Finnish–English dictionary

särmäkartio

(geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.

särmikäs

Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

särmiö

(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

särö

An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.

säröinen

Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

sarsaparilla

Any of various tropical (Central and South) American vines of the genus Smilax, such as Smilax aspera, which have fragrant roots.

sarveiskalvo

(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

sarvekas

Either of two large African ground-dwelling birds in the family Bucorvidae.

sarvi

(heraldiccharge) The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.

sarvikalkkarokäärme

A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.

sarvikuono

Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

sarvivälke

(mineral) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.

sashimi

A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.

Saskatchewan

A prairie province in western Canada. Capital: Regina.

saslik

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.

saslikki

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.

sata

(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

sata neliöjalkaa

(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

sataa

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

sataa kaatamalla

(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.

sataa lunta

Snow is falling.

sataa rakeita

(impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.

sataa räntää

(impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

sataa tihkua

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

satakertainen

Hundredfold. Multiplied by one hundred.

satakieli

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

satalappunen

A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).

satama

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

satama-allas

(UK, nautical) The body of water next to and around a pier.

satamäärä

A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

satamatyöläinen

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

satamatyöntekijä

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

satanen

A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

satavuotias

Aged 100 years or more; extremely old.

satavuotinen

Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.

satavuotispäivä

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

sateen takia peruttu ottelu

A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.

sateen tuoksu

The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.

sateenkaaren väreissä kimalteleva

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

sateenkaari

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

sateenvarjo

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

sateeton

(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

säteilevä

Shining brightly.

säteilevyys

The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.

säteilijä

Anything which radiates or emits rays.

säteillä

(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.

säteily

The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

säteilylähde

A point source from which radiation is emitted.

säteilytiheys

(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

säteilyttää

(transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

säteilyttäminen

The process of radiating waves or particles.

säteilytys

An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

säteilytysvoimakkuus

(physics) The radiant power received by unit area of surface.

säteinen

Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.

säteittäinen

Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.

satelliitti

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

satelliittitelkkari

(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]

satiainen

(in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

satiaiset

(slang) Pubic lice.

satiini

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

satiiri

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

sätkä

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

sätkäpaperi

(chiefly, US) A small sheet of paper used for rolling (tobacco) cigarettes, joints (marijuana cigarettes), and the like.

sätkätupakka

Coarse shredded tobacco.

sätke

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

sätkiä

(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.

sätkiminen

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

satku

(US, slang) One hundred.

sätky

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion

sätkynukke

Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.

sätkytellä

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.

sätkyttelijä

(informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

sato

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

satoisa

Bountiful.

satoisuus

The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.

satokasvi

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

satsata

To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.

satsi

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

satsuma

A seedless and easy-peeling cultivar of mandarin orange of Japanese origin; Citrus unshiu.

sättiä

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

sattua

(intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.

sattua kuulemaan

(ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

sattua samaan aikaan

To occur at the same time.

sattua samalla hetkellä

To occur at the same time.

sattuma

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.

sattumalta

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]

sattumanvarainen

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]

sattumanvaraisesti

Randomly, haphazardly.

sattumoisin

Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.

sattumus

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

sattuvasti

Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.

satu

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

satu-

Known only in fables; fictitious.

satuilija

(figurative) A liar.

satukirja

A book containing stories, especially children's stories.

satula

The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.

satulaton

Without a saddle.

satulatta

Without a saddle.

satulavyö

A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.

satuloida

(transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).

satulointi

Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.

satumaa

The land or abode of fairies.

satumainen

Known only in fables; fictitious.

satunnainen

(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.

satunnaisesti

Randomly, haphazardly.

saturaatio

The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.

saturaatioefekti

(music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.

saturainen

(US, slang) One hundred.

satuseppä

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

satusetä

A person who writes or tells fables.

satuttaa

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

satyriaasi

Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.

saudi

A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.

saudi-

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

saudiarabialainen

From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language, or the House of Saud.

sauhut

(countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.

saukko

An otter species, Lutra lutra.

Sauli

A en given name.

sauma

(mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.

saumalaasti

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

saumaus

(construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.

saumauslaasti

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

saumuri

An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

sauna

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

saunamaija

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

saunio

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

saunoa

To use a sauna.

saunominen

The act of using a sauna.

sauva

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

sauvabakteeri

An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.

sauvaohjain

A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.

sauvasolu

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.

sauvoa

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

sävähdys

A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.

savanni

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

säväyttää

(transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.

sävel

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

sävelasteikko

(music) All the notes in a musical scale.

sävelkulku

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

sävelkuuro

Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.

sävellaji

(music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

sävellajinvaihdos

(uncountable) Changing of the key in a piece of music; also, the effect achieved by this as an element of harmony; (countable) an instance of this.

sävellajiton

(music) Lacking a tonal center or key.

sävellys

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]

sävelmä

(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

säveltää

(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

säveltää musiikki

(transitive, music, film) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

säveltäjä

Especially, one who composes music.

savenvalaja

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

savikiekko

A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.