Finnish–English dictionary

eloton

(, usually, not comparable) Devoid of living things; barren.

elottomuus

The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.

elpoinen

Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.

elpyä

(intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.

elpymävaihe

(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

elpyminen

A return to normal health.

Elsass

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

elsassi

The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.

eltaantunut

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell.

elukka

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

elvyttää

(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.

elvyttäjä

Someone who seeks to revive something.

elvyttävä

Invigorating or stimulating.

elvytys

The act of resuscitating.

Elysion

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The home of the blessed after death.

em

(typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

emä

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

emäkaupunki

(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

emäksinen

Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

emäksisyys

(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.

emälaiva

A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.

emämaa

The parent-state of a colony. [from 19th c.]

emämunaus

(slang) A painfully obvious mistake.

emännöitsijä

Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. [from 16th c.]

emansipoida

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

emäntä

Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. [from 16th c.]

emäs

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

emätin

(relational) Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

emävale

(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.

embargo

A temporary ban on making certain information public.

embleemi

A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.

embolia

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

embryonaalinen

(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.

emergenssi

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emeritus

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

emfaasi

(phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.

emigroitua

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

emiiri

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

Emilia

A en given name.

emissio

Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

emittoida

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

Emma

A en given name.

emme

Used to show agreement with a negative question.

emo

A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).

emoji

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

emolevy

(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.

emosuoni

(mining) A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

EMP

Initialism of electromagnetic pulse.

empaatti

(science fiction, parapsychology) A person with extrasensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.

empanada

Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine.

empatia

The ability to share the feelings of another.

empatisoida

(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person

empiä

(ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

empiirinen

Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.

empiminen

An act of hesitating

emu

A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

emulgoida

(transitive) To make into an emulsion.

emulointi

(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

emulsio

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

en

Used to show agreement with a negative question.

encomium

(rhetoric) A general category of oratory.

encore

A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

endaumentti

(Mormonism) A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.

endeeminen

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

endemia

A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

enemmän

Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. [from 13thc.]

enemmän kuin

In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.

enemmistö

The bulk; the mass.

enemmyys

Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

enenevä

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

energia

(physics) The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.

energinen

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

energisoida

(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.

englanniksi

The English term or expression for some thing or idea.

englannin kieli

The English term or expression for some thing or idea.

englannin taito

(uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.

englanninkielinen

English-speaking.

englanninvinttikoira

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

Englanti

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

englantilainen

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

englantilainen tikanheitto

(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.

englantilaismies

A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation. [from 7th c.]

enimmäkseen

In general; as a whole.

enintään

At the most; at a maximum or upper limit.

eniten

the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)

enkefaliitti

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

enkeli

(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

enkelimäinen

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

enkelioppi

The study of angels. Angels have been grouped into nine categories or “choirs,” from lowest to highest: angel, virtue, archangel, power, principality, dominion, throne, cherub, and seraph.

enklaavi

A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

ennakko

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

ennakko-

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

ennakkoaavistus

A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

ennakkoarvio

An estimation of a future condition.

ennakkoasenne

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

ennakkoehto

In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.

ennakkoilmoitus

(uncountable) Prior notification.

ennakkokäsitys

An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.

ennakkoluulo

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

ennakkoluuloinen

Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.

ennakkoluuloisuus

(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

ennakkomaksu

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

ennakkoon muodostettu

(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

ennakkopalkkio

A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

ennakkoperintö

(legal) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

ennakkosuosikki

A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.

ennakkotieto

Knowing beforehand; foresight, precognition, prescience.

ennakoida

(transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.

ennakointi

(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

ennakoitavissa oleva

able to be foreseen or anticipated

ennakoiva

Performed so as to minimise risk.

ennakolta maksettu

Paid for in advance.

ennalleen

Back (to a former place or state). [from 11thc.]

ennallistaa

To construct again; to restore.

ennalta

In or for the future.

ennalta arvattava

able to be foreseen or anticipated

ennalta ehkäisevä lääke

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

ennalta ehkäisevä toimenpide

(figuratively) Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences.

ennalta maksettu

Paid for in advance.

ennalta-arvaamaton

Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

ennalta-arvaamattomuus

(uncountable) The quality of being unpredictable.

ennaltaehkäiseminen

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

ennaltaehkäisevä

Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

ennaltaehkäisy

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

ennaltamäärätä

(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.

ennätyksellinen

Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.

ennätys

(stock market, and, cryptocurrency, _, trading) Initialism of all-time high, referring to the value of an asset.

enne

An omen or a sign.

ennen

Preceding.

ennen kaikkea

Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.

ennen kokematon

Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.

ennen kuin

(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.

ennen leikkausta

Prior to surgery.

ennen muuta

(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

ennen vanhaan

(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).

ennenaikainen

Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

ennenaikaisesti

(idiomatic) At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.

ennenaikaisuus

The state of being untimely.

ennennäkemätön

Not foreseen.

enneuni

A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

ennusmerkki

An omen or a sign.

ennustaa

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

ennustaja

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

ennustamaton

Unable to be predicted.

ennustamattomuus

(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. [from 1560s]

ennustaminen

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

ennustamiseen liittyvä

Pertaining to divination.

ennustava

Pertaining to divination.

ennuste

An estimation of a future condition.

ennusteellinen

Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.