Finnish–English dictionary

savikivi

(geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.

saviliete

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

saviliuske

(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

savipaja

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

saviruukku

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

savitaulu

A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.

savitavara

(ceramics, often, attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.

savu

(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

savuaminen

The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.

savuava

Giving off smoke.

savuhattu

A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.

savuhormi

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

savuinen

Filled with smoke.

savukanava

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

savuke

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

savukkeensytytin

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

savukuvioinen

Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.

savunmakuinen

Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.

savunvärinen

Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.

savupiippu

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

savusilli

Smoked herring.

savustaa

(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.

savustettu

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

savustin

(informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.

savustuspönttö

(informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.

savusumu

A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.

savut

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

savuta

(intransitive) To give off smoke.

savutorvi

A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.

savuttaa

(intransitive) To give off smoke.

savuttaja

A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.

sävy

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

sävyinen

Having a particular color or kind of color.

sävyisä

Gentle; tractable; easily governed.

sävyttää

(transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

sävyttyä

(transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.

sävyttynyt

Having a specific orientation (positioning#Noun or direction).

sävytys

A slight coloring.

säyne

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. [from 19th c.]

säyseä

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Scrabble

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

screen

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

se

(degree) So much; used with "the" and a comparative.

se aika kuusta

An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.

se jokin

An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.

se on, mitä on

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see it,‎ is,‎ what,‎ it,‎ is. This thing has its own distinct nature; this thing is itself.

se paikka

That situation; that position.

seassa

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

SEAT

An automobile from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo

Sebastes-suvun laji

Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family

sedaatio

The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

sedan

An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

sedatiivi

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

sedimentoida

(transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.

sedimentoitua

(intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

sedimentti

(medicine, now, historical) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine. [from 14th c.]

Sedrik

A en given name.

see

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

seeing

(astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.

Seelanti

A province of the Netherlands.

seemiläinen

Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

seemiläiset kielet

The Semitic languages in general.

seepia

Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.

seerumi

Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).

seesami

The seed of this plant.

seesaminsiemen

The seed of this plant.

seesteinen

Calm, peaceful, unruffled.

Seet

A en given name.

segmentoida

(ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

segmentointi

The act or an instance of dividing into segments.

segmentti

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

seikka

(archaic) Evasive or indirect language; circumlocution.

seikkailija

One who enjoys adventures.

seikkailijatar

A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.

seikkailu

(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.

seikkailukertomus

A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.

seikkailunhaluinen

Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.

seikkailunhaluisuus

The quality of being adventurous.

seikkailupeli

(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.

seikkailupolitiikka

(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. [from 20th c.]

seikkaperäinen

Thorough; comprehensive.

šeikki

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

seilata

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

seilissä

(slang) Drunk.

seimi

A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.

seinä

(figurative) An obstacle.

seinään

(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.

seinäke

(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.

seinäkoriste

(countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

seinäkukkanen

A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place.

seinämä

Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.

seinämaalaus

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

seinäruusu

A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place.

seinävaate

A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

Seine

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

seireeni

(Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

seisahtua

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

seisahtunut

(figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

seisake

(rail) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

seisauttaa

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

seiska

(card games) A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.

seiskapari

(poker slang) A pair of sevens.

seisminen

Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.

seisoa

(intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

seisoa hajareisin jonkin päällä

(transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

seisoja

(hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.

seisokki

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

seisomaan

Standing; upright.

seisomakatsomo

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

seisomassa

Standing; upright.

seisominen

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

seisonta

(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

seisontajarru

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

seisova

Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

seisova pöytä

A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

seisovapöytä

A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

seistä

(intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.

seiti

Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

seitinohut

Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.

seitsemäinen

The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

seitsemän

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

seitsemänkymmentä

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

seitsemänkymmentäluku

The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.

seitsemännes

One of seven equal parts of a whole.

seitsemäntoista

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

seitsemäs

The ordinal form of the number seven.

seitsemäsosa

One of seven equal parts (1/7, ⅐).

seitsemästoista

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

seitsemästoistaosa

One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

seitsenottelu

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

seitsikko

The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

seiväs

A wooden stake; a picket.

seivästää

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

sekä

(now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.

sekä ... että

Including both of (used with and).

seka-

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

sekaannus

A lack of clarity or order.

sekaantua

(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

sekaantua eläimiin

(transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with (an animal), to engage in bestiality.

sekahedelmätäyte

A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.

sekainen

(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

sekaisin

In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.

sekaisin oleva

lacking order

sekalainen

Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

sekalainen joukko

A diverse or miscellaneous group.

sekamelska

A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.

sekamuoto

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

sekamuotoinen

Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.

sekantti

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec

sekarotuinen koira

(dialectal) A mongrel dog.