Finnish–English dictionary

tarjoilijatar

A woman who serves in a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

tarjoilla

(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

tarjoiluluukku

An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

tarjoilupöytä

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

tarjoiluvaunu

Mobile furniture used for the distribution of meals and drinks.

tarjonta

(uncountable) The act of supplying.

tarjooma

A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

tarjoomo

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

tarjota

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

tarjota enemmän

(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.

tarjota lounas

(transitive, rare) To serve luncheon to.

tarjota spagettia

To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.

tarjota suojapaikka

(transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.

tarjotin

A tray for serving foods.

tarjottimellinen

(by extension) The items on a full tray.

tarjous

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

tarjouskelpoinen

(bridge) Suitable for bidding.

tarjoutua

(intransitive) To present or offer itself.

tarjoutua vapaaehtoiseksi

(ambitransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

tarkalleen

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

tarkastaa

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

tarkastaja

One who or that which checks or verifies something.

tarkastella

To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize.

tarkastelu

An inspection or examination.

tarkastettu

(in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.

tarkasti

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

tarkastus

A judicial examination.

tarkastuskertomus

The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

tarkastuslista

A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.

tarkastusvirasto

An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

tärkätä

To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

tärkeä

Precious to or greatly valued by someone.

tärkeää on

(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.

tärkeämpi

More important or significant.

tärkeästi

In an important manner.

tärkeillä

To dress or behave in a prissy manner

tärkein

Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

tarkekirjoittaa

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

tarkekirjoitus

(linguistics) A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.

tarkemmin sanottuna

(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.) [from 15th c.]

tarkennus

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

tarkentaa

(transitive) To explain in detail.

tärkeys

(uncountable) Clipping of importance.

tärkeysjärjestys

A goal of a person or an organisation.

tarkistaa

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

tarkistaa aukko

(transitive) To check the size of a gap.

tarkistaa henkilöllisyys

(transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.

tarkistaa kieli

(transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

tarkistaa öljyt

(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.

tarkiste

(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.

tarkistus

An inspection or examination.

tarkistuslaskenta

A counting again, as of votes.

tarkistusmerkki

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

tarkka

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

tarkka-ampuja

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

tarkkaamaton

Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention; careless.

tarkkaan

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

tarkkaavainen

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

tarkkaavaisesti

In an attentive manner.

tarkkaavaisuus

(uncountable) Mental focus.

tarkkailija

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

tarkkailla

(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

tarkkailupiste

A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.

tarkkanäköinen

(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.

tärkkelys

(nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

tärkki

Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

tarkkuus

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

tarkkuuskello

A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.

tarkkuutta vaativa

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]

tarkoin

With care; attentively, circumspectly.

tarkoitan

Used to correct oneself in speech.

tarkoite

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

tarkoitettu

Planned.

tarkoittaa

(transitive) To indicate; to mark.

tarkoituksella

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

tarkoituksellinen

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

tarkoituksellisesti

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

tarkoituksenmukainen

Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.

tarkoituksenmukaisuus

(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

tarkoituksettomuus

The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.

tarkoitus

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

tarkoitusperä

A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

tarmo

The capacity to do work.

tarmokas

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative

tarmokkuus

(biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

taro

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

tarokki

(singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.

tarot

(singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.

tarot-kortti

Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.

tärpätti

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

tärpättipistaasi

A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

tarpeeksi

Sufficiently.

tarpeellinen

Necessary.

tarpeellinen ainesosa

A necessary ingredient.

tarpeellisuus

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

tarpeeton

(not comparable) No longer used or required.

tarpeettomuus

The state of being redundant

tarpoa

(intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.

tarpominen

A long or tiring walk.

tarra

An adhesive label or decal.

tarranauha

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

tarrata

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

tarrautua

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

tarrautuva

Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

tärskäyttää

(transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.

tärskyt

A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.

tartaani

(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.

tartaaninen

Made of tartan (noun sense 1), or having a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles like a that of a tartan.

tartaanipukuinen henkilö

(countable) An individual who wears tartan (sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.

tartaanivaatteet

(uncountable) Clothing made from this fabric.

Tartan

(historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.

tartan-viehe

(countable, fishing) A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.

tarttua

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

tarttua (tilaisuuteen)

(transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

tarttua aseisiin

(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.

tarttua kurkusta

(transitive) To put a hold around the neck of (someone), especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm.

tarttua tilaisuuteen

(intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.

tarttuminen

The spread or transmission of such a disease.

tarttuva

Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.

tarttuva tauti

A disease spread by contact.

tartu hetkeen

Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.

tartunnan saanut

Having an infection.

tartunnanlevittäjä

(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

tartunta

The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.

tartuntatauti

A disease spread by contact.

tartuntavaarallinen

(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.

tartuttaa

(transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]

tartuttaminen

The fact of being transmitted.

Taru

A en given name of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.

taru-

Known only in fables; fictitious.

tarumainen

Known only in fables; fictitious.

tarunomainen

Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

tarusto

(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

tarvas

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

tarve

(in negative constructions) Need; necessity.

tarvekalu

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

tärvellä

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

tarvike

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

tarvikkeet

Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

tarvita

(idiomatic, informal) To prove to be useful or helpful.

tarvittava

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

täryäänne

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

tärykalvo

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

tärytin

A device that vibrates or causes vibration.

tärytys

(engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.

tasa

A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

tasa-aineinen

(geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful).

tasa-arvo

The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

tasa-arvoinen

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

tasa-arvoistaa

(obsolete, transitive) To be equal to; to equal, to rival. [16th–19th c.]