Finnish–English dictionary

vilauttelija

(slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.

Vilhelm

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

Vilhelmiina

A en given name.

Vilho

A en given name

Vilhunen

An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, an adopted anglicization of Mac Uilliam (McWilliam).

Vili

A en given name

vilinä

(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

vilistä

To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

vilistää

(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

vilja

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

vilja-aitta

(figuratively) A fertile, grain-growing region.

viljanjyvä

(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.

viljapelto

A field of corn (maize).

viljava

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

viljavoitua

Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.

viljelemätön maa

(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.

viljelijä

A person who cultivates.

viljellä

To grow plants, notably crops.

viljelmä

(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.

viljelty

Artificially developed.

viljely

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

viljelyaine

(biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.

viljelykasvi

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

viljelymetsä

An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.

viljelypalsta

(British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

viljelys

The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

viljelyskasvi

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

viljelysmaa

Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.

vilkahtaa

(figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.

vilkaista

To look briefly at (something).

vilkaista sivulle

(intransitive) To look or glance sideways.

vilkaisu

(informal) A glance, look.

vilkas

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

vilkastuttaa

(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.

vilkkaasti

In an active manner.

vilkkua

(intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

vilkuilla

To look briefly at (something).

vilkuilu

(ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: an act of rapidly touching the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus.

vilkuttaa

(transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.

vilkuttaja

One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.

vilkutus

Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.

villa

Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation

villa-

Made of wool.

villainen

Made of wool.

villakoira

(US, informal) A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.

villapaita

(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

villapusero

(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

villatakki

A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.

Ville

A en given name

villeys

The state or quality of being wild.

villi

Out of control.

villi-

Untamed; not domesticated.

villi-ihminen

(historical, now, pejorative, ) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

villieläin

Any (nonhuman) animal living in a natural, undomesticated state.

villihevonen

A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.

villiintynyt

Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.

villikasvi

(botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.

villikissa

(zoology) A domestic cat that has returned to or was born in a living situation without human care.

villisti

In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

villitä

(informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.

villitys

(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support. [from 1880]

villiviini

Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.

vilpillinen

Not honourable; unworthy of honour.

vilpillisyys

(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

vilpitön

In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.

vilpittömästi

in a candid manner; frankly.

vilpittömyys

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

vilpola

A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

vilppi

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

Vilppu

(countable, rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

vilske

(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

viltti

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

vilunki

A fraudulent deal.

vilustuminen

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

vimma

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

vimmaisesti

Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.

vimmattu

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

vimmatusti

In a frantic way.

vimpain

A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.

VIN-kilpi

(chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

vinaigrette

A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.

vingahdus

A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.

vingahtaa

to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice

vinguttaa viulua

(intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.

vinguttaja

(US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly). [from 1926]

vinha

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

vinhasti pyörivä

Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

vinkki

A hint or intimation.

vinksahtanut

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

vinkua

(intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

vinkuna

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

vinkuva

Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.

vino

Turned or twisted to one side.

vino liike

An oblique or sideways movement.

vinoileva

(informal, often humorous) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.

vinoilla

(transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone). [from 19th c.]

vinoilu

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

vinokas

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

vinoneliö

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

vinoon

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

vinorivi

(military) A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. [from late 18th c.]

vinosilmä

(pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority. [from 1970]

vinossa

(chiefly, predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

vinosti

Tilted to one side.

vinottain

In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.

vinottainen

Having a slanted or oblique direction.

vinottainen liike

An oblique movement or course.

vinotuki

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

vinotunneli

(mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

vinouma

A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

vinous

The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]

vinouttaa

(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

vinoutunut

(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted

vinoutus

(mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.

vinoviiva

(originally, _, US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.

vinssata

To use a winch

vinssi

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

vintiö

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

vintti

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

vintturi

(especially, nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.

vinyyli

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

vinyyliryhmä

(organic compound, uncountable) The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene.

Viola

A en given name.

violetti

Having a pale purple colour.

vipata

(transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.

vipeltää

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

vipu

(chiefly, _, nautical) The handle of a pump.

vipunosto

(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

vipupuu

A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.

vipurahasto

(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).

vipuvarsi

(physics) The distance between the point of application of a force and the axis.

vipuvoima

A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.

virago

A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

virallinen

Arising or originating from a figure of authority.

virallisesti

In a formal manner.

virallistaa

To give something a formal or official standing.

viraltapano

The removal of someone from office.

viran puolesta

By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.

viranhaltija

The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.

viranhaltijuus

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

viranomainen

An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

viranomaiset

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

virasto

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

vire

(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

vireä

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

vireillä oleva

Begun but not completed.

virekynsi

Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

vireys

Energy or vigour.

virginaali

(musical instruments) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

virhe

(informal) A blunder, an error.