Finnish–English dictionary

välitystoimisto

An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

väliverho

(theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.

väliviiva

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

väljä

(of, clothing) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.

valjaat

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.

väljähdyttää

To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

väljähtänyt

No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

väljähtynyt

(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

valjakko

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

valjastaa

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

valjeta

(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.

valju

Flat; lacking character or definition.

välkähdys

A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

välkähtää

(transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.

valkaista

(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;

valkaisuaine

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

valkama

(literal, dated) A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

välke

(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.

valkea

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

valkeahko

Somewhat white, pale or almost white.

välkehtiä

Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter.

valkio

The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.

valkkari

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

valkku

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

välkky

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

välkkyä

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

Valko-Venäjä

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

valkohapsi

White hair as an indication of old age.

valkoihoinen

(anthropology, dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.

valkoinen

(anthropology, dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.

valkoinen keppi

(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path

valkoinen lista

(legal, computing) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.

valkoisuus

(statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.

valkokangas

The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

valkokaulus-

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.

valkopäätopi

A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus

valkopälvi

(dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.

valkopapu

A white bean.

valkoretikka

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

valkosilmäkuha

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

valkosipuli

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

valkotonnikala

A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh.

valkoturska

A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

valkuainen

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

valkuaisaine

(biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.

valkyria

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

välkyttää

To send a signal with a lighting device.

vallabi

Any wallaby of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.

vallan ositus

A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

vallan tasapainotus

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

vallanalaisuus

The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

vallananastaja

One who usurps.

vallankaappaus

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

vallankumouksellinen

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution

vallanperijä

One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.

vallanpitäjä

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

vallanpitäjät

(metonymically, chiefly, in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

vallata

To demand ownership or right to use for land.

vallata takaisin

To capture or occupy somewhere again.

vallaton

Disregarding accepted rules.

vallattomuus

The characteristic or quality of being frisky.

vallattu rakennus

A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.

valli

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

vallihauta

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

vallita

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

vallitseva

Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.

vallitseva tila

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

vallitsevuus

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

valloittaa

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

valloittaja

Someone who conquers.

valloittamaton

(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.

valloittava

Attractive.

valloitus

That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

valloni

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

vallonilainen

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

valmennus

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

valmentaa

(intransitive, sports) To train.

valmentaja

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

valmiiksi

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

valmis

Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

valmis tukemaan

Providing support.

valmistaa

(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.

valmistaa huumetta

(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]

valmistaa kuivalihaa

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

valmistaa mikrossa

(transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.

valmistaa naisten hattuja

To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats.

valmistaja

A person or company that manufactures.

valmistaminen

(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

valmistautua

(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.

valmistautua törmäykseen

(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

valmistautumaton

Not prepared; caught by surprise.

valmistautumattomana

Unawares.

valmistautumattomina

Unawares.

valmistautuminen

(obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation. [17th–18th c.]

valmistautunut

Ready for action or effect; prepared.

valmiste

A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

valmisteleva

Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

valmistella

(transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

valmistelu

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

valmistelu-

Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

valmistettu

Constructed or assembled.

valmistua

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

valmistujaiset

(education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

valmistujaisseremonia

(education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

valmistumaton

Not finished.

valmistuminen

The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

valmistumispäivä

(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

valmistunut opiskelija

A male graduate.

valmistus

The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

valmistusaine

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

valmius

The state or condition of being complete.

valmiusaste

(philosophy) The property of being finished; completion.

valmiustila

(computing) the state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external activity, particularly awaiting a keypress which restores the system to its active state from the random access memory.

valo

A clear, open space.

valo-oppi

(physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.

valoa emittoiva

Producing or emitting light; luminescent.

valoammus

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

valoaukko

(architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

valohaltia

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

valoherkkyys

(photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.

valohiukkanen

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

valoisa

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

valoisuus

(uncountable) the condition of being illuminated

valoisuusarvo

(arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

valojuova-ammus

A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.

valojuovaluoti

A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.

valokaari

(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning. [from 19th c.]

valokeila

The light from the above source.

valokopio

A copy made using a photocopier.

valokopioida

(transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.

valokopiokone

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

valokuva

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

valokuva-albumi

A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

valokuvaaja

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

valokuvakamera

(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

valokuvamalli

A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.

valokuvata

(transitive) To take a photograph of.

valokuvauksellinen

Looking good when photographed.

valokuvauksen harrastaja

(informal) A person who makes a hobby of photography.

valokuvaus

(photography) An instance of taking a photograph.

valokvantti

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

valomiekka

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]

valonarka

having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light

valonheitin

A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

valonpilkahdus

A flash of light.

valööri

(arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

valopiha

(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

valopilkku

(idiomatic) A better situation after long hardship.

valos

An object made in a mould.

valosapeli

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]