Finnish–English dictionary

dokumentti

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

dokumenttielokuva

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

doliini

A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.

dollari

The official currency of the United States.

dollarin seteli

(US) A one-dollar bill.

domaini

(computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.

domeeni

(taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.

domina

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.

dominantti

(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

dominicalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominikaani

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

dominikaanilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominikaaninen

Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.

dominio

(historical) Any of the self-governing nations of the British Commonwealth until 1949.

domino

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

dominoida

(transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

dominoivuus

(physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.

dominonappula

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

dominopalikka

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

Don

A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.

dongeli

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

donitsi

(British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie

donkata

(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

donkkaus

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

donkki

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

doorilainen

Of or relating to the Dorians.

dopamiini

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

doping

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dorka

(informal, pejorative, North America, dated) An idiot; a fool.

Dorkas

A woman who is said, in the Bible, to have been restored to life by Peter.

dosentti

A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)

doupata

(transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).

douppaus

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

draama

(uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.

draamallinen

Of or relating to the drama.

draamallisesti

In a dramatic manner.

drag

(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]

drag race-kuljettaja

One who takes part in drag racing.

draiveri

(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.

draivi

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

drakma

(pharmacy) One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).

Drakon

An Athenian lawgiver, known for the severity of his laws.

drakoninen

Very severe, cruel, or harsh.

dram

(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

dramaattinen

Of or relating to the drama.

dramaattisesti

In a dramatic manner.

dramaturgi

(rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.

dramaturgia

(theater) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.

drapeerata

(transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.

drapeeraus

(uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.

drastinen

Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.

draw

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

dreadnought

(informal) Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.

dreeni

(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

dreijata

(transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

dreijaus

The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel

drelli

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

Dresden

The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735]

driftata

(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

drifteri

(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.

drilli

An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

drillinki

A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).

drinkki

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

drip

A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.

dromedaari

The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).

dromi

(literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

drone

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

drongo

Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.

drontti

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

drooni

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

droppi

(music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.

druidi

(historical) One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.

duaali

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

duaalinen

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

duaalipiste

(geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

duaalisuus

(mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.

dubbaus

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

dubletti

A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.

Dublin

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland.

Dubrovnik

A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa.

dulla

(uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis.

dumari

(sports, informal) An umpire.

dumpata

(transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

dumppaaminen

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

dumppaus

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

dunkkis

(countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.

duo

(musician group) Two musicians who perform music together.

duodesiimi

(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

duodesimaalijärjestelmä

(arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.

duodesimaalinen

(arithmetic) Of a number, expressed in base twelve.

dupleksi

(telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).

duplex

(metallurgy) Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.

duplex-leima

(philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.

duplikaatti

One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

duratiivinen

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

duratiivinen verbi

(linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.

duratiivisuus

(linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.

durio

Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

duriopuu

Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia.

durra

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

duuma

A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

duuri

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

Dvořák

(music) Antonín Leopold Dvořák, Czech composer

DY

Initialism of differential equation.

dyadi

(music) Any set of two different pitch classes.

dynaaminen

Able to change and adapt.

dynaamisuus

Great energy, drive, force, or power; vigour of body, mind or personality; oomph or pizzazz

dynamiikka

(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

dynamiitti

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

dynamismi

(philosophy, metaphysics) Any of several philosophical theories that attempt to explain the universe by an immanent force.

dynamo

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

dynastia

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

dysenteria

(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.

dysfemismi

(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.

dysforia

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

dysfunktionaalinen

Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

dysleksia

(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.

dyspepsia

(pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn, and nausea, often following a meal.

dyspnea

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

dysrytmia

A disturbance to an otherwise normal biological rhythm, especially that of the heart.

dystopia

A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

dystopinen

Of or pertaining to a dystopia.

dyyni

(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

džinni

(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.

džonkki

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

e. pp.

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

eaa.

(chronology) Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

eagle

(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

eboniitti

The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite.

Ecuador

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

edeema

(medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

edellä

Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. [first attested before 1150.]

edellä mainittu

Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

edelläkävijä

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.

edelläsanottu

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

edelleen

(conjunctive) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.

edelleenlähettää

(transitive) To forward (something received), especially a message.

edelleenlähetys

The act by which something is forwarded.

edellinen

(formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

edellyttää

To require of someone.

edellyttäen että

Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).

edellytys

(law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.

edeltäjä

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

edeltävä

(non-productive) Prior to in time.

edeltävä asia

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

edeltävä tekijä

Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly, psychology) , something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.

edelweiss

A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

edes

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

edesauttaa

(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]

edesmennä

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.