Finnish–English dictionary

determinismi

(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

detritus

(biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.

deuterium

(uncountable, isotope) An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.

devaaja

A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.

deviaatio

(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

Dewar-astia

A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.

di-

Double, twice the quantity.

dia

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

diabeetikko

A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.

diabeetikoille sopiva

Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

diabetes

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]

diadeemi

An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.

diagnoosi

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

diagnosoida

(by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.

diagnostiikka

(of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).

diagnostinen

Of, or relating to diagnosis.

diagonaali

Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:

diagonaalinen

(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).

diagrammi

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

diakoninen

Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate.

dialogi

(computing) Ellipsis of dialog box.

diapositiivi

(photography, graphic arts) An image suitable to overlay (superimpose) over another (as for example a gel for an overhead projector, a slide that complements another slide as a superimposition for it, or a digital virtual equivalent of these); its coloration is adjusted to contrast with the underlying image (for example, text may be white instead of black in areas where the background is dark).

diaspora

(collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).

diatsepaami

(pharmaceutical drug) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.

didaktiikka

The art and science of teaching.

didaktinen

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

Didrik

A en given name.

dieetti

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

diesel

A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.

dieselajoneuvo

(countable) A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.

dieselöljy

A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.

dieteetikko

A person who studies or practices dietetics.

differentiaali

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to differentiation or the differential calculus.

differentiaalilaskenta

(uncountable, often, definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.

differentiaatio

The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

differentioida

(mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.

differentioituminen

The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

differointi

The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

diffundoitua

(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

diffuusi

Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

diffuusio

(physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation.

digata

(dated, _, slang, transitive) To appreciate, or like.

digestiivi

An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.

digestiivinen

Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.

diggari

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

digitaalinen

Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

digitaalisuus

The quality of being digital.

digitalis

(medicine) A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

dihairesis

(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.

diibadaaba

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

diilata

To sell illegal narcotics.

diili

A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.

Dijon

The capital city of Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

dikotomia

(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, such as that of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.

diktaali

(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

diktaattori-

of or pertaining to a dictator

diktaattorimainen

in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others.

diktaattorin

of or pertaining to a dictator

diktatuuri

A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

diktio

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

dilemma

Any difficult circumstance or problem.

diletantti

(sometimes, derogatory) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

diligenssi

(historical) A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.

dilitium

(inorganic chemistry) The diatomic molecule Li2 found in the gas phase.

dille

(UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.

dilutoida

(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

dimensio

(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.

diminutiivi

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

diminutiivinen

(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

dinaari

(currency) The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.

dingo

A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).

dinosaurus

(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.

diokeesi

(historical) An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.

dioksidi

(chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

Dionysos

(Greek god) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

dionyysinen

Of or pertaining to Dionysus.

dioraama

A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

dipata

(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

diplomaattinen

Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.

diplomatia

The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.

diplomi

A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

diplomityö

A thesis submitted for a master's degree.

dippi

(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.

dipsomaani

One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.

dipsomania

Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.

direktiivi

An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.

direktiivinen

(grammar) Relating to the directive case.

direktoraatti

An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

disharmonia

The absence of harmony or concordance.

disinformaatio

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

disiplinaarinen

Of or relating to an academic field of study.

disjunktio

(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.

diskantti

Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.

disko

(countable, slightly, dated) Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

diskomusa

(uncountable, music genre) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

diskonttokorko

The rate of interest charged in discounting.

diskordanssi

A state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.

diskordantti

Of a coastline: having bands of different types of rock running transversely to the coast, leading to the formation of alternating bays and headlands.

diskordianismi

A minor new religious movement with absurdist elements, often seen as a parody, based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of discord and confusion.

diskoteekki

(dated) A nightclub where dancing takes place.

diskreditoida

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).

diskreetti

Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.

diskriminoida

(intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions harmful to (a person or group) based on prejudice.

diskurssi

(uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.

diskussio

Text giving further detail on a subject.

Disneyland

(informal) Any of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

disorganisaatio

The state of being disorganized

disorganisointi

The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

dispergoida

(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.

dispersio

(optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.

dissata

(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

dissaus

(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

dissidentti

(Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

dissimilaatio

(phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.

dissonanssi

(genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

dissosiaatio

The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

distaalinen

(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.

distressi

(medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

distributiivinen

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.

distro

(software) A set of bundled software components.

ditheröidä

(computer graphics) To use dot patterns in an image or graphic to simulate colors or shades not in the system palette.

diureetti

(medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.

diureettinen

(medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

diurnaalinen

Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.

divali

(Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.

divergenssi

(calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}.

divergentti

Growing further apart; diverging.

divertimento

(music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.

divisioona

(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

diwali

(Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.

djinni

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

DNA

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”).

do

(UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.

dödö

An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

döfätä

(intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

döfis

A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

doge

(historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

dogmaattinen

Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

dogmatismi

The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

dogmi

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

dokata

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

dokkari

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

doksologia

An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.

doktriini

(countable, and, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.

doktrinääri

A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.

doktrinäärinen

Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

dokumentaari

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

dokumentaatio

(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

dokumentoida

To record in documents.

dokumentointi

Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.