Finnish–English dictionary

siunata

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

siunattu

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

siunaus

Something someone is glad of.

Šiva

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

sivallus

(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.

sivaltaa

To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.

siveä

Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

siveetön

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

siveettömyys

(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).

siveleminen

The act of physically applying or laying on.

sivellä

(transitive) To apply with a brush.

sivellä lintuliimalla

(transitive) To add birdlime to.

sivellin

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

siveys

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

siviili

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

siviili-

(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

siviiliasu

Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.

siviilikanne

(historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.

siviilipukuinen

(usually, of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.

siviilisääty

One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.

sivilisaatio

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

sivistää

To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.

sivistäminen

The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

sivistymätön

(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.

sivistymätön ihminen

(by extension, pejorative, ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person.

sivistyminen

The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

sivistyneistö

(politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.

sivistyneisyys

The state or quality of being civilized.

sivistynyt

(of a person) cultured, refined, educated

sivistynyt yhteiskunta

(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.

sivistys

(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.

sivu

(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

sivu-

Secondary or subordinate.

sivuaine

(North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

sivuaineopiskelija

(North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

sivuaja

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

sivuava

Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.

sivuhaara

(Western US) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

sivuhenkilö

(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).

sivuhuomautus

An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

sivuikkuna

A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.

sivuittain

Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.

sivujoki

(chiefly, Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

sivukallistuma

(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.

sivukierre

(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.

sivukivi

(mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

sivukonttori

A location of an organization with several locations.

sivukoukku

(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

sivukuva

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

sivulevy

(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

sivulla

From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.

sivulle

From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.

sivullinen

A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.

sivumaku

(countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.

sivumerkitys

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

sivunumero

A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.

sivunumerointi

The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc.

sivuovi

A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

sivuperäsin

(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.

sivupöytä

A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

sivuraide

A branch line of a railway.

sivuraja

(sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.

sivurakennus

A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]

sivusarja

(fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

sivuseikka

(by extension) Anything of secondary concern; not the primary thing.

sivusta

(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

sivustakatsoja

A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.

sivusto

(Internet) A website.

sivustokuvake

(web design) An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.

sivusukua oleva

(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

sivuta

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

sivuten

(manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.

sivuteos

(fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

sivutoimi

Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.

sivutoimisto

A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]

sivuttaa

(typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.

sivuttain

Sideways; obliquely.

sivuttainen

(disease) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body.

sivuttainen näkyvyys

A widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.

sivutuote

Something made incidentally during the production of something else.

sivutus

The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.

sivutuulipurjehdus

(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.

sivutyö

The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.

sivuun

To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

sivuuttaa

To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

sivuuttaminen

The deliberate omission of something.

sivuvaikutus

A consequence, especially a side effect.

sivuvalo

A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.

sivuvaunu

A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.

sivuverso

Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

Själlanti

The largest island of Denmark.

Sjellanti

The largest island of Denmark.

ska

(music genre) A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

skäägä

(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage. [From 1937.]

skaala

A (normally) complete range.

skaalata

(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

skaalautua

(intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

skäfä

(derogatory, offensive) A short person. [from later 19th c.]

skafferi

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

skalpelli

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

skandaali

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

skandaalinkäryinen

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

skandalisoida

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

skandha

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

skandinaavi

Someone from Scandinavia.

skandinaavinen

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Skandinavia

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

skannaaja

One who scans. [from 16th c.]

skannaava radio

A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.

skannata

(computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.

skannaus

(computing) An instance of scanning.

skanneri

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

skarabee

A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.

skedemesta

A surface for roller skating.

skedettää

(intransitive) To use a skateboard.

skedetys

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skeema

An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).

skeet

(uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

skeet-ammunta

(uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

skeida

(uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

skeidata

(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.

skeitata

To skateboard.

skeittailu

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skeittari

A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.

skeittaus

The act of skateboarding

skeittirata

A surface for roller skating.

skeletaalinen

of, or relating to the skeleton

skeleton

(sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.

skeleton-olio

(computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.

skella

A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness:

skemaattinen

Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.

skenaario

An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

skene

A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.

skepticism

(philosophy) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.

skeptikko

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

skeptinen

Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.]

skeptisismi

(philosophy) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.

skeptisyys

A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.

sketsi

A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.

skidi

(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.

skientologi

A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.

skientologia

A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.

skinhead

A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

skini

A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

skisma

A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.

skitsi

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

skitso

(slang, derogatory, offensive) Schizophrenic.

skitsofreenikko

A person suffering from schizophrenia.

skitsofrenia

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

skleroderma

(medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.