Finnish–English dictionary

siltti

(uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

siluetti

(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.

silvottu

(informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.

sima

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.

sima-kerros

(geology) The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.

Simeon

(biblical character) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Simeoni

A en given name.

Simo

A municipality of Lapland, Finland.

Simon

A surname originating as a patronymic.

simonia

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

simpanssi

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

simpleksi

(algebraic, _, topology, geometry) A generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension; more accurately, the convex hull of n+1 affinely independent points in n-dimensional space.

simpleksinen

Of a polyploid organism: having one dominant allele at a given locus on all homologous chromosomes.

simpleksinen virke

(grammar, archaic) In full simplex sentence: in transformational grammar: a simple sentence which is the product of a few transformations; a kernel sentence.

simplistinen

Overly simple.

simppeli

(heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.

simppu

(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei

simpukankuori

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

simpukka

Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.

simputtaa

(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.

simputus

Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.

simulaattori

A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

simulakrumi

A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.

simuloida

To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

simulointi

Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.

šin

The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): w:Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

sinä

(archaic, dialectal, literary, religion) . [chiefly up to early 17th c.]

sinä itse

(emphatic pronoun) You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

sinänsä

(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

sinapinkeltainen

Of a dark yellow colour.

sinapinvärinen

Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.

sinappikaali

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

sindhi

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too.

sinertävä

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.

sinertyä

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

sinetöidä

(transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

sinetti

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

sinettileimasin

(historical) An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.

sinettisormus

(historical) An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.

sinfonia

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.

singahdella

(intransitive) To dart about rapidly.

singahdus

A sudden or fast movement.

singahtaa

(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.

Singapore

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

singleton

(computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.

singota

(transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult.

singulaarinen

(linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.

singulariteetti

(physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity (“a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes”).

sini

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

Sinihammas

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.

sinikka

Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.

sinikopio

A print produced with this process.

sinikopioida

(transitive) To make a blueprint for.

sinikopiointi

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

sinimailanen

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

sininärhi

Coracias garrulus, a European species of roller.

sininen

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

siniruutu

(computing) Ellipsis of blue screen of death.

sinisiipi

(entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

sinisiipinen

Any butterfly in the family Lycaenidae

sinisilmäinen

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

sinisorsa

(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

sinistää

(transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.

sinistyä

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

sinisyys

The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.

sinitaivas

(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

sinivihreä

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sinivuokko

The flowering plant species Hepatica nobilis

sinkautella

To move rapidly back and forth.

sinkauttaa

(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.

sinkilä

A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.

sinkki

(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.

sinkku

Not married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.

sinko

(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

sinkoutua

(intransitive) To be fired from a catapult or as if from a catapult.

sinne

From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".

sinne minne

In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

sinne missä

(fused relative) The place in, at or to which.

sinnikäs

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

sinnikkyys

The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.

sinooperi

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

sinooperinpunainen

Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

sinooperinpunainen hiusväri

(obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.

sinooperipunainen

A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.

sinsilla

(countable) A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.

šinto

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

šintolaisuus

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

sintrata

To heat a compacted powder mass to form a hardened mass.

sintti

(childish) .

sinua

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

sinun

(archaic, EME) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

sinun ...si

(archaic, EME, dialectal, literary) : that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).

sinut

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

sinutella

(idiom) Having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surname.

sionisti

An advocate of Zionism. [1890s]

sionistinen

Of or relating to a Zionist or Zionists.

sipannut

(UK, Irish, South Africa, colloquial) Broken, inoperative.

Siperia

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

siperialainen

Of or relating to Siberia.

siperiankissa

A long-haired domestic cat breed.

sippi

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes, offensive) Tired or exhausted.

sipsuttaa

(intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

sipsutus

(countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.

sipuli

The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

sipulit

Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.

Šīrāz

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

sireeni

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

sireenieläin

Any of several marine mammals of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.

siristä

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

siristää

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

siristellä

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

siristely

A squint.

sirittää

(Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.

siritys

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

sirkka

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

sirkku

Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

sirkus

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

sirkustirehtööri

The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.

sirkuttaa

Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

sirkutus

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

siro

The third reindeer of Santa Claus.

širokko

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

sironta

(physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.

sirota

(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

sirote

A light covering with a sprinkled substance.

sirotella

To intentionally add noise to a signal to remove artifacts caused by digitization.

sirotella sokerilla

(transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

sirotella suolaa

(obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

sirotin

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

sirottaa

(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

sirottelu

(computer graphics) The use of dot patterns in an image or graphic to approximate colors not available in the system palette.

sirpale

(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.

sirpaleet

(military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.

sirpaleinen

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

sirpaleryhmä

A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

sirpaloitua

(intransitive) To break apart.

sirpinmuotoinen

Shaped like a crescent.

sirppi

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

sirra

(informal) An ambulance driver.

sirrakuski

(informal) An ambulance driver.

sirri

One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

siru

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

sisä-

Internal to a specific country.

sisään

Inside, into, or within a building.

sisäänheittotarjous

(business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.

sisäänhengitys

The act of inhaling; inbreathing.

sisäänkäynti

Actual entrance, reception.

sisäänkirjautuminen

The act of contacting another person in order to keep them informed of one's situation.

sisäänotto

The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.

sisäänpääsy

(uncountable) The right to go in.