Finnish–English dictionary

vatsalihakset

(informal) The abdominal muscles. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

vatsalihas

(informal) Clipping of abdominal muscle [mid 20th century].

vatsanpalvonta

The vice of eating to excess.

vatsanpurut

(chiefly, in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

vatsaontelo

(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.]

vatsapuolen

(anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.

vatsarutistus

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

vatsastapuhuja

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

vatsastapuhuminen

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

vatsavaiva

An upset stomach.

vattu

The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.

vatukka

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

vatvoa

(ambitransitive) To extend or lengthen excessively.

vätys

A person of little worth or usefulness.

vau

An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.

vau!

An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.

vaudeville

(historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.

vauhdikas

Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.

vauhdikkuus

(uncountable, figurative) Flamboyance, energetic style or action.

vauhdinottorata

(athletics) In javelin, long jump, and similar events: a short track along which athletes can accelerate themselves for their jumps or throws.

vauhdinpitäjä

(now, uncommon) One who sets the pace in a race, to guide the others.

vauhditon

Without speed; slow; sluggish or steady.

vauhdittaa

(literary, also, figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive. [from 14th c.]

vauhko

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.

vauhkosti

In a frantic way.

vauhti

The relative speed of change or progress. [from 18th c.]

vauhtiveikko

One who is noted for being very fast.

vaunu

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. [from ca. 1350—1470]

vaununkaatolaite

(countable, rail transport) An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done.

vaununtekijä

(historical) A person who builds and repairs wagons.

vaunuseppä

A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.

vaunut

A small horse-drawn cart.

vauras

(chiefly, Britain, dated) Having enough money to spend.

vaurastua

(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

vaurastuva

Showing thrift; economical; frugal.

vauraus

Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

vaurio

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

vaurioittaa

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

vaurioittaa miinalla

(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

vautsi

Wow: an indication of surprise, excitement, or amazement.

vautsi-vau

Wow: an indication of surprise, excitement, or amazement.

vauva

A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.

vauvaikä

The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

vauvasänky

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

vavahdella

(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.

vavahdus

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

vavahtaa

(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

vavahtelu

A spasmodic shaking.

vavista

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

väylä

An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

Veda

(Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.

vedättää

(transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

vedättäjä

An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game, such as an accomplice of the seller who bids to drive up the price.

vedätys

A fraudulent deal.

veden alla

underwater

veden kielelle saava

That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.

veden peitossa

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

veden peitossa (oleva)

Soaked with water.

veden pelko

(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.

vedenalainen

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

vedenhaltija

A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

vedenkestävä

Resistant to the effects of water.

vedenkestävä sandaali

(India) A waterproof sandal.

vedenpaisumus

(Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

vedenpaisumusta edeltävä

(biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.

vedenpitävä

(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.

vedetön

From which the water has been removed.

vedin

Something that drags.

vedonlyönti

The act of placing a bet.

vedonlyöntikohde

The subject of a bet.

vedonvälittäjä

(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

vedos

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

vedostaja

One who makes prints.

vedota

(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.

vee

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.

veemäinen

Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.

Veera

A en given name.

Veeti

A en given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

vegaani

A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

vegaaninen

Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]

vege-

(informal) Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians; without meat.

vegetaristi

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

vehdata

(transitive, slang) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.

vehje

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

vehkeillä

(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

vehkeily

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

vehmas

Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

vehnä

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

vehnänkeltainen

Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.

vehreä

Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

vehreys

The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

veijari

A mischievous scamp.

veikata

(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

veikeä

(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.

veikka

(slang) Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.

veikkaus

A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money

veikko

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

veikkonen

(slang) Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.

veisata

To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing

veistää

To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.

veistetty

Of an object, made by carving.

veistokset

Statues considered collectively.

veistos

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

veitikka

A lively, high-energy person.

veitsentekijä

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

veitsenteroittaja

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

veitsi

A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.

veitsiseppä

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

veivaaminen

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

veivata

(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

veivaus

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

veivi

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

veivilista

(by extension) A list of things to accomplish before a certain deadline or in a certain time period.

vekata

(transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.

vekittää

(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.

vekki

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

vekkuli

given to jesting; habitually jolly

vekotin

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

vekseli

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

velallinen

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

velan alentaminen

(legal, business) A partial loss, financially: thus, in a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor (based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor); among investors, the negative return on investment from a losing proposition.

velan maksu

Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]

velho

(chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

velhotar

A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.

veli

(slang) Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).

velipuoli

A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

veljeillä

(transitive) To treat as a brother.

veljeillä (+ genitive +) kanssa

To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.

veljekset

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

veljellinen

Of or characteristic of brothers.

veljenpoika

The son of one's brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

veljentytär

The daughter of one's brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

veljes

(chiefly, in the plural) A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.

veljes-

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

veljeskunta

An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

veljet

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

veljeys

The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

velka

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

velkainen

Obligated, especially financially.

velkaisuus

State of owing money; being in debt.

velkajärjestely

(legal) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.

velkakirja

(legal) A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.

velkamäärä

The amount owed.

velkoa

(transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.

velkoja

(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.

velkojen anteeksianto

(business) An act of clearing a person's debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.

velli

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

velloa

(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

veloittaa

(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.

veloittaa lisämaksu

To apply a surcharge.