Finnish–English dictionary

suokilpikonna

(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.

suokukko

Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).

suola

Of water: containing salt, saline.

suola-

Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.

suolaaja

One who makes, sells, or applies salt.

suolaheinä

Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially

suolainen

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

suolakauppias

One who makes, sells, or applies salt.

suolakurkku

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

suolaliemi

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

suolaliuos

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

suolaraha

(informal, figurative) Especially of a salary: a very insufficient or small amount.

suolata

(MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

suolattu

To which salt has been added.

suolavesi

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

suolesta tehty

Made of gut.

suolet

(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

suoli

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

suoli-

Made of gut.

suoliluu

(anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.

suolistaa

(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

suolisto

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

suolistokaasu

(uncountable) Gas generated in the digestive tract.

suoliston puhdistaminen

(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.

suolistus

A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.

suomalainen

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

suomen kieli

The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

suomenkielinen

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

Suomi

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

suomia

(transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

suomu

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

suomuinen

Without scales, or with the scales removed.

suomujen peittämä

Without scales, or with the scales removed.

suomupanssari

Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

suomustaa

(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

suomustettu

Without scales, or with the scales removed.

suomuton

Not scaly.

suomyrtti

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

suoneniskentä

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

suonenveto

(idiomatic, US) A muscle cramp, usually a strong one, in the thigh, leg, arm, or core.

suoni

(countable, mining) A lode.

suonikalvo

(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.

suopea

Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

suora

Straightforward, open and sincere.

suora porras

A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).

suora-

(chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

suoraan

(degree, informal, colloquial) Exactly.

suoraan sanoen

(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

suoraan sanottuna

(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

suorakaiteen muotoinen

Having a shape like a rectangle.

suorakulma

A tool used to measure out right angles.

suorakulmainen

Having a shape like a rectangle.

suorakulmaisesti

Forming a right angle (90°).

suorakulmio

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

suoralähettää

(transitive) To broadcast as a live stream.

suoralähettäjä

(Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.

suoralähetys

(internet) A real-time broadcast of audio or video over the Internet.

suorana

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

suoranainen

Explicit and obvious.

suorapuheinen

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.

suorapuheisesti

In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.

suorasanainen

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.

suoraselkäisyys

Moral strength and resolve.

suorastaan

Completely, wholly.

suorasti

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

suorasukainen

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

suorasukaisesti

In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

suoratoistaa

(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

suoratoisto

(computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.

suoraviivainen

(idiomatic) Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating.

suoraviivaisesti

In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.

suoristaa

(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:

suoristaa pinkka

(transitive) To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

suoristua

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

suoritettava tiedosto

(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

suoritettu

Finished.

suoritin

(computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.

suoritinydin

(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).

suorittaa

(transitive) To complete, as time or distance.

suorittaa [[Curry-muunnos]]

(transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.

suorittaa kertamaksu

(transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash

suorittaa kunnianosoitus

(ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).

suorittaa kyberhyökkäys

To launch a cyberattack.

suorittaa kysely

(computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.

suorittaa loppuun

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

suorittaa maksu

(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

suorittaa mielipidetutkimus

To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.

suorittaa palvelunestohyökkäys

(transitive, Internet, _, slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

suorittaa tarkastus

To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

suorittaa täydellisesti

(transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.

suorittaa tutkinto

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

suorittaa väestönlaskenta

(intransitive) To collect a census.

suorittaa ylioppilastutkinto

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

suorittaminen

The process of doing something.

suoritus

The process of doing something.

suorituskyky

Capability; the ability to perform some task.

suorituskykytesti

(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

suorituspiste

(education, academics) A unit for measuring the amount of academic studies of which exact definition varies by learning institution. Typically, there is a minimum number of course credits required as a precondition for graduation.

suoritusvarmuus

(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.

suoriutua

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

suoruus

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

suosia

To foster, give help or patronage.

suosikki

(idiomatic, informal, usually, derogatory) The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).

suosikkiasema

The state of being preferred over others.

suosikkihevonen

(UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

suosio

Goodwill; benevolent regard.

suosionosoitukset

Applause.

suosionosoitus

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

suositella

(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

suositeltava

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

suosittaa

(transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

suositteleminen

An act of recommending.

suosittelija

(UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.

suosittu

Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]

suosituimmuus

The state of being preferred over others.

suositus

A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding.

suosiva

Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.

suostua

(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]

suostuminen

(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

suostumus

Agreement; act of agreeing.

suostutella

(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

suostutteleva

Able to persuade; convincing.

suostuvainen

Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

suostuvaisuus

The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.

suotautua

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

suotua

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

suotuisa

Helpful or good to something or someone.

supattaa

(transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

super-

superior in title or status

superauto

Any high-performance sports car.

superlatiivi

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing three or more entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the superlative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -est or the word most (e.g. tiniest, most fully); the superlative of inferiority, by adding the word least (e.g. least big, least fully).

superlatiivinen

(grammar) Of or relating to the superlative degree (a degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs).

superliima

A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.

supermalli

A highly paid, famous fashion model.

supermarket-ketju

A chain of such stores.

supermarketti

A chain of such stores.

supermassiivinen

(especially, military, engineering, science) Extremely massive; of extraordinary mass.

supermies

A man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.

supernova

(star) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.

superpahis

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

superrikollinen

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

superroisto

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

supersankari

Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.

supertähti

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

supertietokone

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

supervalta

(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.

supervoima

(countable, originally, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

supeta

(intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.

supi

An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.

supiini

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.