Finnish–English dictionary

vanhanaikainen

old-fashioned, out of date

vanhapiika

(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

vanhapoika

(obsolete) An unmarried woman.

vanhemmuus

The state of being a parent

vanhempi

older, greater than another in age or seniority.

vanhempi konstaapeli

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

vanhempiaan kunnioittava

(comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.

vanhenematon

Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

vanheneminen

The process of becoming older or more mature.

vanheneva

Becoming elderly.

vanhennettu

(of furniture, etc.) Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.

vanhentaa

(transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

vanhentua

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

vanhentumisaika

(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

vanhentunut

(not comparable) No longer used or required.

vanheta

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

vanhin

The senior member of some group of people.

vanhukset

(with, definite article, collective) Older people as a whole.

vanhurskas

Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.

vanhurskas teko

(countable, now, rare) A righteous act or quality.

vanhurskaus

(uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.

vanhurskauttaminen

(Christianity, uncountable) The forgiveness of sin.

vanhus

(now, chiefly, US) An old person.

vanhuudenheikkous

feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.

vanhuudenhöperö

(archaic) An old person with impaired intellect; a senile person; one in their dotage.

vanhuudenhöperöys

Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.

vanhuudenhöperyys

(mostly, uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.

vanhuus

(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.

vanilja

(of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.

vaniljainen

(of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.

vaniljauute

(uncountable) The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.

vanilliini

Synthetically produced vanillin, used in place of vanilla extract from vanilla beans.

vankeus

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

vankeusaika

The state of being captive.

vankeusrangaistus

(uncountable) Confinement in prison.

vanki

(slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.

vankila

(formal, or, literary) Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison. [from late 16th c.]

vankila-

Of or relating to the punishment of criminals.

vankilaan kuulumaton kirja

(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners which is not part of the official prison library.

vankilakundi

A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

vankilanjohtaja

A chief administrative officer of a prison.

vankilapako

An escape from prison.

vankilatuomio

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

vankileiri

(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

vankityrmä

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

vankka

Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)

vankkumaton

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

vankkumatta

In a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction

vankkumattomasti

In a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction

vanne

The rim#Noun of a wooden wheel#Noun, supported by the spokes.

vannehtia

(transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.

vannikka

(architecture) A large convex molding, typically semicircular in cross section, which commonly projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.

vannoa

(obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.

vannoa lähtevänsä ja olevansa palaamatta

(historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]

vannoa väärä vala

(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

vannoa vala

(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.

vannottaa

(transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.

vannoutunut

Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.

vänskärin paikka

(slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.

vantinlevittäjä

(nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.

vanttera

(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.

vantti

(nautical) One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.

vanu

(UK) Soft, absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use, protective padding, etc.

vanukas

(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.

vanuttaa

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

vapa

A pole used for fishing.

vapaa

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

vapaa arvo

(legal, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.

vapaa huone

An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.

vapaa käyttö

Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.

vapaa korkeus

The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.

vapaa leveys

The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.

vapaa mies

(usually, _, historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.

vapaa paikka

Empty space.

vapaa radikaali

(chemistry, physics) A molecule, ion or atom that has one or more unpaired electrons, and which is generally highly reactive (and therefore often occurs only as a transient species).

vapaa toimittaja

Someone who freelances.

vapaaehtoinen

Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.

vapaaehtoisesti

On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled.

vapaaehtoistyö

Service or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.

vapaaherra

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

vapaaherratar

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

vapaajakso

(uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.

vapaaksi laskeminen takuita vastaan

(legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

vapaamatkustaja

(economics) One who obtains benefit from a public good without paying for it directly.

vapaamielinen

Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

vapaamielisyys

The quality of being liberal.

vapaamuurari

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

vapaamuurari-

Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.

vapaan maan kansalainen

(usually as two words) A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.

vapaapaini

(wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.

vapaapäivä

A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.

vapaataival

(baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".

vapaauimari

(sports) A crawl swimmer.

vapaauinti

(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.

vapahdus

(religion) Salvation from sin.

vapahtaa

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

Vapahtaja

honorific title for Jesus Christ

vapari

(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.

vapaus

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

vapautettu orja

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

vapauttaa

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

vapauttaa (itsensä)

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

vapauttaa (jostakin)

(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

vapauttaa (syytteestä)

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

vapauttaa (velvollisuudesta)

(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

vapauttaa syytöksistä

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

vapauttaa syytteestä

(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

vapauttaa vastuusta

(transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.

vapauttaja

A person who frees or liberates.

vapauttaminen

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

vapauttava

Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.

vapauttava tuomio

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

vapautua

(also, reflexive, figurative) Often followed by from: to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); also, to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression.

vapautus

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

vapina

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

vapiseva

Trembling, quivering, or shaking.

vara

(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

vara-

Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

varaaja

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.

varaaminen

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

varaan

(informal) Used to claim this right.

värähdellä

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

värähdellä mukana

To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

värähdys

A single complete vibrating motion.

värähtää

(ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.

värähteleminen

The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

värähtelevä

Vibrating, resonant or resounding.

värähtelijä

A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.

värähtely

(informal) Vibration. [later 20th c.]

varainhankkija

A person who collects money from the public for some cause.

varainhoitaja

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

varainhoito

The science of management of money and other assets.

varajärjestelmä

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

varajäsen

A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

väräjöivä

Vibrating, resonant or resounding.

varakas

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

varakkuus

A moderate level of wealth.

varakreivi

A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.

varakreivitär

The wife of a viscount.

varakuningas

One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.

varalaita

(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

varallisuus

Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

varamies

(informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.

varanäyttelijä

A performer who understudies; a standby for a study (9).

varanto

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

varaosa

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

vararahasto

Money set aside for a future event.

vararengas

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

vararikko

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

vararikkoinen

(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]