Finnish–English dictionary

tylppä neula

A short needle with a strong point.

tylppyys

The characteristic of being blunt.

tylsä

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

tylsäjärkinen

Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.

tylsämielinen

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

tylsämielisyys

Mental lethargy or dullness.

tylsän näköisyys

The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

tylsimys

(finance) Acronym of dividend reinvestment plan or dividend reinvestment program.

tylsistää

(transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]

tylsistynyt

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

tylsistyttää

To suffer from boredom. (This entry is a translation hub.)

tylstyä

(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

tylstyttää

To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

tylsyä

(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

tylsyttää

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

tylsyys

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

tyly

Without emotion; impassive.

Tylypahka

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

tylysti

Directly; flatly.

tymä

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

tympaani

(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated

tympäännyttää

(transitive) To bore.

tympääntyä

(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).

tympääntynyt

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

tympäistä

Apathetic; unenthusiastic.

tympanon

(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated

tympeä

(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.

tympiä

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

tynkä

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

tynnyri

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

tynnyrintekijä

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

työ

Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

työasema

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

työhaalarit

(UK) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

työharjoitella

(intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

työharjoittelija

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

työharjoittelu

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

työharjoittelupaikka

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

työhevonen

A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse.

työhönsijoitus

The act of matching a person with a job

työhousut

Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.

työhuone

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

työhye

A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.

työjärjestys

The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or priority; an agenda.

työjuhta

(by extension) Someone or something that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly.

työkalu

A tool or instrument for working with.

työkalupakki

A collection of tools; a toolkit.

työkalusarja

A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

työkalut

(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.

työkaluvyö

A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.

työkaveri

Somebody with whom one works.

työkoti

(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

työkyvytön

Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action.

työkyvytön henkilö

(dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.

työkyvyttömyyseläke

(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

työläinen

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

työläiset

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

työläs

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

työlista

(figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

työllistää

(transitive, usually reflexive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.

työllistetty

In a job; working.

työllisyys

(economics) The number or percentage of people at work.

työmaa

A site where work occurs; usually used in reference to construction work.

työmatka

Travel for business purposes, often paid for at least partially by the employer.

työmatkalainen

(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.

työmoraali

The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.

työn alla

In progress; having started.

työn laatu

The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.

työn tekeminen

(usually, in the plural) Operation; action.

työnantaja

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

työnarkomaani

In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

työnarkomaaninen

In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

työnjako

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

työnjohtaja

(management) The leader of a work crew.

työnkulku

A path or succession of states through which a system passes.

työntää

(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

työntää alle

(transitive) To push under or below.

työntää olkapäällään

(transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

työntää ruuvi läpi

(communication, chiefly, law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication). [from 19th c.]

työntäyteinen

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

työntekijä

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

työntö

A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.

työntöventtiili

(music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

työntöveturi

(rail, British, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

työntövoima

The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.

työntyä

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

työntyä alle

(rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.

työpaikka

A post of employment; a job.

työpaikkaa jatkuvasti vaihtava henkilö

A person who frequently changes employment.

työpäivä

(chiefly, US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).

työpaja

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

työpari

(countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable) , close collaboration.

työpiste

The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.

työpöydän taustakuva

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

työpöytä

(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.

työskennellä

(transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

työskennellä freelancerina

(intransitive) To work as a freelance.

työskennellä jonkin parissa

(computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.

työskennellä mallina

(intransitive) To make a model or models.

työskenteleminen

(usually, in the plural) Operation; action.

työskentelypaikka

(by extension) A cubicle or partitioned space for reading or studying, often in a library.

työskentelytapa

Method of operation.

työssäkäyvä

In paid employment.

työstää

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

työstäminen

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

työstettävyys

The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.

työstetty

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

työstökulma

(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).

työstöpenkki

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

työsuhde

(uncountable) The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

työsulku

(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

työt

(card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

työtaso

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

työtätekevä

In paid employment.

työtila

(computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.

työtodistus

(cryptography, cryptocurrencies) A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.

työtön

(euphemistic) Unemployed.

työtoveri

Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

työttömyys

The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.

työttömyysavustus

(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

työttömyyspäiväraha

(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

työura

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

työuupumus

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

työväenluokka

(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

työväline

An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

työvoima

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

työvuoro

A miner's underground working time or shift.

typerä

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

typerryttää

(transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.

typerys

(colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

typeryys

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

typistää

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]

typistää latvasta

To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

typistäminen

The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.

typistetty

Truncated.

typistys

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

typografi

A person skilled in typography, a typesetter.

typografia

The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.

typpi

nitrate, nitrogen

typykkä

(slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Tyr

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.

tyrä

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

tyranni

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

tyrannia

A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.

tyrannilisko

Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.

tyrannisoida

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

tyrannosaurus

Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.

tyrävyö

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

tyrehdyttää

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

tyrehtyä

(intransitive, also, reflexive, obsolete) Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.