Finnish–English dictionary

sälelaatikko

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. [from 1680s]

sali

The room used for deliberation by a legislature.

Salisbury

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430).

salisyylihappo

(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.

salitanssi

A type of elegant dance.

salkku

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

salko

A thin pole for supporting bean vines.

salkoruusu

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.

sallia

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

salliminen

(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

sallittavuus

The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.

sallittu

Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

salliva

That grants permission or power to do something.

salmi

A narrow passage of water.

salmiakki

(inorganic compound) A water-soluble salt of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, having the formula NH4Cl.

salmiakkiruutu

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

salmonella

Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.

sälö

A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

šalom

(Judaism) A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

Salomo

(Biblical character) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.

Salomon

(countable) A en given name.

salonki

(dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.

salpa

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

saluuna

(US) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.

salva

An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

salvaa

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

salvata

(transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).

Salvia columbariae

Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

salvo

(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

salvoa

(transitive) To join by means of notches.

sälyttää

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

sama

The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.

samaan aikaan

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

samaan aikaan kun

During the same time that.

šamaani

A Native American shamanistic healer.

samainen

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

samaistaa

(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).

samaistua

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

samaistuminen

A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.

samalla

(figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.

samalla mitalla

(idiomatic) In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.

samalla tasolla

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

samalla tasolla (kuin etuvarpaat)

(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.

samalla tavoin

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly

samamunainen

(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

saman aikakauden

Existing or created in the same period of time.

samanaikainen

Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.

samanaikaisesti

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

samanaikaisuus

An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

samanhenkinen

Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

samanikäinen

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

samankaltainen

Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.

samankaltaisuus

The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.

samanlaatuisuus

(obsolete) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.

samanlainen

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

samanlaisuus

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

samanmerkityksinen

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

samannäköinen

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

samansuuntainen

Equally distant from one another at all points.

samansuuntainen lyöjän lyöntialueen viivan kanssa

(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.

samansuuntaisesti (jonkun kanssa)

With a parallel relationship.

samansuuruinen

(mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.

samantekevä

Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.

samanvaiheinen

(physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.

samanvertaisuus

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

samarialainen

Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

samassa linjassa

(figurative, usually, with "with") In an understanding relationship (with something or someone).

samassa paikassa oleva

Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

samastua

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

samastuminen

A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.

samaten

(manner) In a like style or manner.

samatoimintainen elin

(countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.

samba

(dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

sambar

(zoology) A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).

Sambia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

sambo

A Russian martial art and combat sport.

sambuca

(musical instruments) An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.

samea

(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

samentaa

To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.

samentua

(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

sameta

To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.

sametti

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

samettikukka

Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

sameus

(countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.

sammahtaa

(slang) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.

sammakko

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

sammakkoeläin

An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.

sammakkomies

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

sammal

(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

sammalikko

(countable) A kind or species of such plants.

sammalkasvi

(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

sammallus

The act or a habit of lisping.

sammaloitua

(intransitive) To become covered with moss.

sammaltaa

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

sammio

A vat which contains this liquid.

sammua

(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.

sammuttaa

(slang) To sing out, sing out loud.

sammutus

The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

samoalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samoankielinen

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samoilu

A gentle hike.

samoin

I wish to you what you have just wished to me.

samovaari

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

samperi

(sometimes, vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

sampi

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

sämplätä

To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.

samplaus

(music) The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

sämpläys

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

sampoo

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

samppakalja

(humorous, slang) Champagne.

samppanja

(countable, uncountable, informal) Any sparkling white wine.

samppanjalasi

A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the drinker's hand from warming the champagne while retaining its carbonation.

samppis

(humorous, slang) Champagne.

sämpylä

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.

Samuel

One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

Samuelin kirja

One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

Samuli

One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

samurai

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

samuus

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

Sana

(Christianity) The Word of God as incarnate in Jesus Christ, or as identified with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus; God the Son; Word of God.

sanaharkka

A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

sanahelinä

Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

sanailija

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]

sanailu

(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)

sanajuuri

(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.

sanake

(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.

sanakirja

(computing) An array-like data structure where the indices (called keys) are not limited to integers.

sanaleikki

(idiomatic) A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.

sanalla sanoen

(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

sanalla sanottuna

In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.

sanallinen

Consisting of words only.

sanallisesti

In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking.

sanamuoto

(grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.

sanan kirjoittaminen

(uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.

sananheitto

(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.

sananiekka

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]

sananjulistaja

A preacher; one who delivers sermons

Sananlaskut

A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.

sananmukainen

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

sananmukaisesti

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

sananpituus

(crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.

sanansaattaja

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

sananvaihto

(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)

sananvalinta

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

sananvalta

(countable, uncountable(?)) A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

sanapaljous

Overabundance of words.

sanaristikko

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

sanaseppä

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]

sanaseppo

One who uses words skilfully. [from late 19th c.]