Finnish–English dictionary

teitä

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

teititellä

(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

tekaista

(idiomatic) To assemble something quickly.

tekaistu

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

tekaistu juttu

(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

tekeillä

In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.

tekele

(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]

tekeminen

The process of doing something.

tekevä

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

tekeytyä

To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.

tekeytyä sairaaksi

(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

tekijä

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

tekijäinvaihdunta

(genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.

tekijänoikeus

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

tekniikan ala

Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.

tekniikat

(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.

tekniikka

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

tekniikkanörtti

(informal) One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.

teknikko

A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology.

tekninen

(securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.

tekninen piirtäminen

The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.

tekninen piirustus

The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft.

teknisesti

Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.

tekno

(music genre) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

tekno-

Relating to technology.

teknokraattinen

Of, or relating to a technocrat or technocracy.

teknologi

A scientist, engineer, or technician who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field.

teknologia

(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.

teknologiajohtaminen

(business) management of technology.

teknologinen

Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.

teknomusiikki

(music genre) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

teko

(countable) Something done, a deed.

teko-

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

tekoallas

A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

tekohartsi

Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

tekohurskas

Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic.

tekojärvi

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

tekokuu

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

tekonen

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

tekopillu

A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.

tekopyhä

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

tekopyhyys

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

tekoraaja

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

tekosiveä

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

tekosyy

(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

tekotukka

A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.

tekovagina

A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.

Teksas

A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.

teksasilainen

A native or inhabitant of the state of Texas, United States.

tekstailla

(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.

tekstata

(transitive, now, _, legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

tekstaus

(uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

teksti

(marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

tekstiili

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

tekstiilitekniikka

The study of the manufacture of cloth.

tekstiiliteollisuus

The industry involved in the manufacture of cloth.

tekstittää

To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

tekstitykset

(television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

tekstitys

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

tekstiviesti

(countable) A text message sent using the short message service.

tekstuuri

(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.

tektoniikka

(geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.

tektoninen

(geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.

tela

The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.

telaketjutraktori

A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.

telakka

A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.

telakoida

To join two moving items.

telakointi

An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.

telakoitua

To join two moving items.

telakoituminen

(astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.

telaluu

The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

tele-

over a distance

telemetria

(spaceflight, telecommunications) The science, and associated technology, of the automatic recording and transmission of data from a remote source to a receiving station for analysis.

telepaatti

(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.

telepaattinen

(parapsychology) Of, relating to, or using telepathy.

telepatia

(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

teleportaatio

Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.

teleportata

(intransitive) To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.

teleportti

Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.

teleprompteri

A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.

teleskooppi

A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.

teleskooppi-

Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope. [from 17th c.]

televisioida

(transitive) To broadcast by television.

televisiointi

A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.

televisiolähetys

A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio.

televisionkatsoja

Someone who watches television.

televisioyhtiö

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

teli

(by extension, rail transport, also, attributively) One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.

teline

(gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

telineet

A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

teljetä

(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

telkät

Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.

telki

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

telkkä

A medium sized sea duck, Bucephala clangula.

telkkari

(slang, preceded by the) The television.

tellumies

(slang) A telemark skier.

telluurinen

Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.

telmiä

(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

teloa

To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

teloittaa

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

teloittaa sähkötuolissa

(transitive) To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.

teloitus

The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.

teltta

A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.

telttailija

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

telttailla

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

telttakangas

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

telttamaja

(Bible) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.

telugu

A Dravidian language of India.

temaattinen

Relating to or having a or a topic.

temmata

To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

temmellys

A playful antic.

temmellyskenttä

(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

temmeltää

(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]

tempaista

(transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]

tempaus

A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

temperamentti

A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.

temperoida

To soften in tempering.

temperointi

(music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

templaatti

(molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.

tempo

A frequency or rate.

tempoa

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

tempoileva

Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.

tempoilla

To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.

temppeli

(by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).

temppeliherra

A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar.

temppu

A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

temppuilija

One who performs tricks (parts of a magician act or entertainingly difficult physical actions).

tempura

A Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.

tempus

(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

tendenssi

A sloped surface or line.

tenderi

(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

tengu

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, mythological creature) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.

tenho

(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting

tenhota

To attract and delight, to charm.

Tennessee

A state of the United States.

tennis

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

tenniskenttä

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

tenori

Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

tentata

(transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

tentti

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

tenttu

(uncountable, historical, slang, Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.

tenu

(uncountable, historical, slang, Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.

teo-

(religion) god; deity

teollinen

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

teollistunut

(of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.

teollisuudenala

(uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.

teollisuudenharjoittaja

A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.

teollisuus

Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.

teollisuuslaitos

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

teollisuusmaa

(said of a country) wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.