Finnish–English dictionary

sulfatoitua

(of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

sulfidi

(American spelling, chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

sulfiitti

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

sulhanen

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

sulhaspoika

A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man.

sulje

Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

suljenta

(typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).

suljettu

Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.

suljettu alue

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

suljin

A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

sulka

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

sulkakoriste

(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

sulkakynä

A pen made from a feather.

sulkapallo

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

sulkapensas

An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

sulkasato

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

sulkatöyhtö

(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

sulkea

(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

sulkea (sisään)

(transitive) To put or bury within a wall.

sulkea karsinaan

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

sulkea ketjulla

(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.

sulkea pois

(transitive) To make ineligible for something.

sulkea riippulukolla

To lock using a padlock.

sulkea sarkofagiin

(transitive) To enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense 1).

sulkea selliin

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

sulkea sisäänsä

To enclose, as in a case.

sulkea ulkopuolelle

(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

sulkea vetoketjulla

(transitive) To close with a zip fastener.

sulkeminen

The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.

sulkeminen pois

The exclusion of someone; blackballing.

sulkeminen ulkopuolelle

Temporary exclusion from a community or society.

sulkeuma

(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.

sulkeutua

(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

sulkeutunut

(psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.

sulkija

(baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.

sulkijamerkki

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

sulku

Something that prevents something from passing.

sulkuallas

A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

sulkuhana

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

sulkumerkki

Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

sulkutoimi

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.

sulkutuli

(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.

sulkuventtiili

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

sulloa

(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

sulloa täyteen

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

sullominen

The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

suloinen

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

sulous

(uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

sulttaani

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sulttaanirusina

A type of viol, a cither viol.

suma

(figuratively, by extension) Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

sumea

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

sumentaa

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

sumentua

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

sumeri

A person of Sumer.

sumerilainen

Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.

sumerin kieli

(linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

sumeta

(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

sumeus

Something that appears hazy or indistinct.

summa

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

summa summarum

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

summain

Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.

summata

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

summeri

A device that makes a buzzing sound.

summittainen

Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.

summittainen kritiikki

(figurative) Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.

summittaisesti

(manner) In a summary manner.

sumo

(uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.

sumopaini

(uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.

sumopainija

(countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler).

sumplia

(transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.

sumppu

(fishing) A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.

sumu

Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. Example: The clouds were grey so James thought it was about to rain.

sumuinen

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

sumuisuus

The characteristic or quality of being foggy

sumumainen

Resembling or characteristic of a nebula.

sumupilvi

(uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.

sumusireeni

A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.

sumutin

An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.

sumutorvi

A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.

sumuttaa

(transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

sumutus

Talk intended to deceive. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

sumuvarjo

(meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.

sundae

(originally, US) A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

sunnalainen

A follower of Sunni Islam.

sunni

A follower of Sunni Islam.

sunnilainen

Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

sunnuntai

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday.

sunnuntaina

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday.

sunnuntainumero

(informal) A newspaper published on Sunday.

sunnuntaisin

(US, Canada) On Sunday; each Sunday.

suntio

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

suo

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

suoda

To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

suodatin

A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.

suodattaa

(transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

suodattua

(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

suoja

(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

suojaamaton

Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.

suojaaminen

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.

suojaava

Serving or intended to protect.

suojailma

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

suojain

A means of keeping or remaining safe.

suojakasvillisuus

Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

suojakeino

(figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.

suojakumi

(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.

suojakytkin

(engineering) A mechanical cutout device.

suojalasit

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

suojamekanismi

A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.

suojamuuri

A defensive wall or rampart.

suojan puute

(uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.

suojanpuoleinen

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

suojanpuoli

(nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.

suojapaalutus

One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.

suojapaikka

(figurative) A second home, etc., where one can seek an escape or refuge from the stresses of everyday life.

suojapeite

(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.

suojapinnoite

A protective coating or covering.

suojasää

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

suojasatama

(literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

suojata

(transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.

suojata kypärällä

(transitive, archaic, or, poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.

suojata säältä

To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.

suojata tekijänoikeudella

(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

suojatie

Cross, crossing.

suojatossu

An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

suojatti

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

suojattu

defended

suojatuli

(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.

suojatyöpaikka

(idiomatic) An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk.

suojaus

(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).

suojausrahasto

(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).

suojautua

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

suojaväli

(rail) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

suojavalli

A defensive wall or rampart.

suojaväritys

(biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.

suojavarustus

That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.

suojaverkko

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

suojelija

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

suojella

To foster, give help or patronage.

suojella myrskyltä

(Britain, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.

suojella siivillään

Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

suojeltu

defended

suojelu

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

suojelualue

An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.

suojeluraha

Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.

suojelus

(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

suojeluspyhimys

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

suojus

Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.

suojuslehti

(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.