Finnish–English dictionary

tasa-arvoisuus

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

tasaantua

(intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.

tasainen

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

tasaisesti

In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

tasaisuus

Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

tasalaatuisuus

(obsolete) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.

tasalla

Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

tasamaa

An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.

tasan

Apiece; each.

tasanko

An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).

tasanne

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

tasapaino

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

tasapainoilla

(ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.

tasapainoinen

Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.

tasapainotaiteilija

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

tasapainotella

(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

tasapainottaa

(transitive) To weigh down with a ballast.

tasapäistää

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

tasapeli

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

tasapelin ratkaisija

Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.

tasapuolinen

Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.

tasapuolistaa

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

tasapuolisuus

(uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.

tasasoukka

(botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

tasasuhtainen

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

tasasuunnata

(transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]

tasata

(transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

tasata molempiin reunoihin

(transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.

tasatilanne

(tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.

tasattu

(typography) Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified.

tasatulos

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

tasaus

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

tasausleikkuri

A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

tasauspiste

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

tasaväkinen

Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.

tasavaltalainen

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

tasavirta

(electrical) Initialism of direct current.

tasavirtageneraattori

(electromagnetism) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.

tase

(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

taskulamppu

(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

taskumatti

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

taskumuistio

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

taskunauris

(dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.

taskuraha

Some extra money not needed for essential payments, which is available for spending on luxuries, hobbies, or simply going out for a beer.

taskurapu

(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

taskurotta

A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).

taskuvaras

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

täsmä-

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

täsmälleen

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

täsmällinen

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

täsmällisesti

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

täsmällisyys

The state of being exact.

täsmätä

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

täsmäyttäminen

(accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.

täsmennys

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.

täsmentää

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.

täsmentämätön

Not specified; not thoroughly explained or detailed; not adequately commented.

taso

An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. [from 13th c.]

tasoissa

(colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.

tasoitella

(transitive) To apply (a substance) with a trowel.

tasoitin

One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

tasoittaa

To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.

tasoittaja

A person or thing that levels.

tasoittua

(intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.

tasoitus

(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.

tasoituskilpailu

A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.

tasoituslasta

A tool used for smoothing a mold.

tasoituspalkki

A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.

tässä

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

tässä kohdin

In this; within this content, context, or thing.

tässä vaiheessa

(informal) At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.

tassu

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

tassun

Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

tassutella

(intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.

tassutus

The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

tästä

(archaic) From here, from this place, away.

tästä eteenpäin

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

tästä lähin

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

tästedes

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

tätä tarkoitusta varten

For a particular purpose.

tataari

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

tataarilainen

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

tataarin kieli

An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

täten

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.

tati

A member of an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.

tätimäinen

Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.

tätönen

(Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.

tatsi

The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.

tattoo

(nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

tatuoida

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

tatuoitu

(slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.

tau

The letter Τ//τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.

taudinaiheuttaja

An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.

taudinkantaja

(genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.

tauko

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

taukomerkki

(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.

taula

A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

taulu

The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting.

taulukko

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

taulukkolaskentaohjelma

A document created with such an application.

taulukoida

To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. [from 15th c.]

taulusieni

(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.

Tauno

(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

tauota

(intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

tauoton

Without stopping; without interruption or break.

tauotta

Without pause.

tausta

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

taustakangas

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

taustakappale

(music) A piece of background music.

taustakulissi

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

taustakuva

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

taustalevy

(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

taustaprosessi

(computing, Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.

taustasoitto

(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.

taustatarina

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

taustatieto

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.

taustaväri

(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

tauti

(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

tautioppi

(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.

tautologinen

Of, relating to, or using tautology.

tava

Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with.

tavalla tai toisella

(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.

tavallinen

Typical.

tavallinen ihminen

(slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.

tavallinen savuke

(slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. [from 20th c.]

tavalliseen tapaan

In the expected or customary manner.

tavallisesti

(idiomatic) In general; most often.

tavallisuus

(uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.

tavanomainen

Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.

tavanomainen sukellusvene

(British) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".

tavanomaisuus

(uncountable) The state of being conventional.

tavara

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

tavaraerä

A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

tavaramerkki

A product having such a mark or name.

tavaramopo

A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).

tavarana

Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.

tavarat

(usually, in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.

tavaratalo

(by extension) A place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field.

tavaratila

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

tavat

Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.

tavata

To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

tavata sattumalta

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.

tavaton

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

tavattoman

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

tavattomasti

In an unusual manner.

taverna

A restaurant or bar.

tavi

Anas crecca, a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Palearctic and migrates south in winter.

tavis

(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20th c.]

tavoite

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

tavoitella

(transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.