Finnish–English dictionary

valaistus

(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.

valaistusmestari

(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

valaja

Someone or something that casts.

valakka

A castrated male horse.

valamiehistö

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

valaminen

The casting procedure.

valanrikkoja

Someone who breaks an oath; a perjurer.

valapatto

(countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.

valas

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

väläys

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

väläyttää

(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

väläyttää valoja

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Valdemar

(rare) A en given name.

vale

Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

vale-

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

valeasu

A disguise or covering up.

valehdella

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

valehteleminen

An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.

valehtelija

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

valehtelu

An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.

valehuutaja

A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

välein

All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

valekuristustauti

(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

valelääkäri

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

valella

(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

valemustikka

A shrub growing this fruit.

Valencia

The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.

valenssi

(uncountable, especially, psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive (causing a feeling of attraction) or negative (repulsion). [from early 20th c.]

Valentinus

An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.

valepuku

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

valeriaana

An extract of the dried roots of the Valeriana officinalis used in herbal medicine as a sedative.

Valhalla

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

valhe

(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.

valheellinen

Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.

valheellisesti

In a false manner.

valheellisuus

(uncountable) The property of being false.

väli

Chiefly with a modifying word: a measure between two points or quantities; a difference, a variance.

väli-

Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.

väliaika

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

väliaikainen

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

väliaikainen kilpailurajoitus myynnin jälkeen

(horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

väliaikainen korjaus

(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.

väliaikaisesti

For a limited period of time; not permanently.

väliaineen vastus

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

väliaskel

(obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

validi

Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

validiteetti

A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

välienselvittely

The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.

välierä

A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

välihammas

A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.

välihuomautus

A spoken or written remark.

väliintulo

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

välijuoma

(food) A palate cleanser; a small snack with a bright light neutral taste; a fruit; a fresh sparkling wine; or a fruity or milky cocktail; that is served between courses in a meal.

välikäden kautta

Indirectly.

välikäsi

(archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.

valikko

A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

välikoe

(education) A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).

välikohtaus

An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

valikoima

A large collection.

valikoimaton

(networking) The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

valikoiva

Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

välikuva nyökyttelystä

(UK, television, informal) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding at the person being interviewed (or sometimes the interviewee nodding at the interviewer), often used to cover an editing gap in an interview.

välilasku

(North America, Australia) A break between stages of a journey.

välilaskuton

Without stopping; without interruption or break.

välilehti

A leaf, often of tissue paper or other thin paper, inserted between the pages of a book to protect illustrations.

välilevy

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc

välillä

(idiomatic) On occasion, sometimes.

välillinen

Not direct:

välillisesti

In an implicit or implied manner.

väliltä

One of (representing a choice).

välilyönti

The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.

välimaali

A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.

välimatka

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

välimerellinen

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

Välimeren

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

Välimeren alue

A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

välimerkit

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

välimerkittäminen

An act of punctuating.

välimerkitys

An act of punctuating.

välimies

Relating to arbitration.

valimo

A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.

välimuisti

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

valin

(nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

välinäytös

An entertainment between the acts of a play.

väline

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."

välineet

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

välineistö

(collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.

välinen

Situated between; lying among.

valinnainen

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

valinnanvapaus

The freedom or right to choose.

välinpitämätön

(chiefly, US) Negligent in performing a duty; careless.

välinpitämättömästi

In an indifferent manner.

välinpitämättömyys

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

valinta

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

valinta vaaleilla

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.

valintaikkuna

(computing) Ellipsis of dialog box.

valintalevy

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

valintamyymälä

A chain of such stores.

valintanauha

(GUI) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

valintaruutu

A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

valintatyökalu

(computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.

valiokunta

A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

välipala

A light meal.

välipohja

(construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

välipuhe

(obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.

välirikko

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

väliruoka

(food) A palate cleanser; a small snack with a bright light neutral taste; a fruit; a fresh sparkling wine; or a fruity or milky cocktail; that is served between courses in a meal.

välisiirto

(chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.

välisoitto

A part of a piece of music or a song which differs from the other parts in that it features improvisation or is stripped down (for example, played by fewer instruments or a solo performer).

välissä

In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)

välistä

On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. [from 15th c.]

valistaa

(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.

välistää parit

(typography, chiefly, _, proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.

välistää rivit

(transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.

valistunut

Exceedingly wise.

valistusaika

(historical period) A period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century.

välit

Relations among people.

valita

(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.

valita näyttelijät

(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

valita uudelleen

To elect for a second or subsequent time.

valitettava

To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.

valitettavasti

(idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction.

välitila

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

välitön

Not posed or rehearsed.

välitön este

Any impediment that prevents all further progress.

valitseminen

The process or act of selecting.

valitsija

One who chooses something.

valitsijamies

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

valitsin

(computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.

valittaa

(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

välittää naimakauppa

To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.

välittäjä

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

välittämättä

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

valittaminen

The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.

välittömästi

Immediately; now; right away.

valittu

That have been selected or chosen.

välittyminen

(biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.

välituki

A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.

valitukset

Formal statements made to an authority to express discontent.

välitunti

(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.

välituote

(chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.

valitus

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

valitusoikeus

A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.

valitusvirsi

(historical, Scotland, Ireland) A dirge or lamentation.

välitys

The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

välityskyky

(operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.

välitysliike

A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).

välityspalkkio

The commission paid to a broker.

välityspalvelin

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

välityssuhde

The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).