Finnish–English dictionary

Esa

A en given name.

Esaias

A en given name.

esanssi

The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.

esc-merkki

(programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).

esc-näppäin

(computing) escape key

esi-

Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

esi-isä

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

esi-isät

A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.

esiaikuinen

(countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.

esiäiti

(dated) A female ancestor.

esiaste

(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

esiaviollinen

Before marriage; before getting married.

esidiabetes

The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes.

esihistoria

The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

esihistoriallinen

(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.

esihistoriallinen aika

The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

esiin

Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively) , to the attention of.

esiin pistävä

Sticking out.

esiin työntyvä

Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.

esiinpistävä

Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.

esiintyä

(idiomatic) To move, especially emphasizing the manner in which one moves.

esiintyä herrana

(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

esiintyä kadulla

(intransitive, especially, UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.

esiintyä rinnakkain

To arrange or occur side by side.

esiintyjä

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

esiintymä

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

esiintyminen

The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

esiintymisalue

(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.

esiintymislava

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

esiintymistiheys

The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.

esiintymisvarmuus

(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.

esiintyvyys

The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.

esijännite

(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.

esijäristys

(seismology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence.

esikäsittely

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

esikatsella

(computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

esikatselu

(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

esikaupunki

An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.

esikaupunkialue

A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, convenience stores, etc.

esikkokasvi

A plant of the family Primulaceae.

esikoinen

The first child to be born to a parent or family.

esikois-

Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.

esikoisoikeus

The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.

esikoisuus

The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.

esikonkeltainen

A light yellow colour.

esikoulu

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

esikoululainen

A child who is educated at preschool.

esikunta

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

esikuva

Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

esikuvallinen

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

esilämmittää

(transitive) to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action

esilatausohjelma

(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

esilaulaja

singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

esileikki

(sex) The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.

esiliina

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

esille tuleminen

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

esim.

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

esimaku

A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.

esimerkillinen

Deserving honour, respect and admiration.

esimerkki

An example that illustrates a point.

esimies

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

esinahka

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

esine

A material object (vaguely designated).

esineellinen

Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

esineellistää

(transitive) To treat (someone) as a mere (often sexual) object, denying their dignity and tending toward dehumanizing them.

esiosa

(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.

esipuhe

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

esirippu

A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

esisana

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

esitaistelija

(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.

esite

A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

esitellä

(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.

esitelmä

(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.

esitelmäkokous

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

esitelmämoniste

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

esitietovaatimus

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.

esittää

(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

esittää ääntä

(television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

esittää aitona

(figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.

esittää kutsu

(transitive) To request formally.

esittää kysymys

(transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).

esittää lyhyesti

(ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

esittää malja

(ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.

esittää mielipiteenään

(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).

esittää omin sanoin

(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.

esittää pääosaa

(transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.

esittää serenadi

(transitive) To sing or play a serenade for (someone).

esittää tabloidina

To express (something) in a compact or condensed manner, especially in the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper (appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.).

esittää tauon pitämistä

(informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).

esittää todistuskappale

(transitive, legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

esittäminen

The act of adducing or bringing forward.

esittelevä

Of, relating to, or providing a description.

esittelijä

One who shows.

esittely

An instance of exhibiting.

esittelytila

A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.

esitys

A show or spectacle.

esityslista

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).

esityslistan kohta

A matter for discussion in an agenda.

esitysmuoto

(hence) The form of presentation of something.

esivaalit

(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.

esivaltaa totteleva henkilö

One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

esivanhemmat

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

esivanhempi

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

esivirta

(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.

eskadroona

(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

eskalaatio

An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.

eskaloitua

(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

eskaloituminen

An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.

eskapisti

Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality

eskapistinen

Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.

eskapoida

(transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.

eskarppi

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.

eskatologia

(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.

eskimo

In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.

eskimoiden

In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.

eskimokieli

Any of the languages of the Eskimo people.

esoteerinen

Esoteric.

esoteerisuus

The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.

esoterismi

(philosophy) Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.

Espanja

A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

espanjalainen

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

espanjalaiset

(collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.

espanjalaistaa

(transitive) To render Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.

espanjan kieli

(uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

espanjankielinen

Spanish-speaking

espanjantaa

(transitive) To translate into Spanish.

espanjanvihreä

The color of this patina or material.

espresso

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

essee

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

esseisti

One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

Essen

A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

essu

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

estää

(transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

estää leviämästä

(transitive) To hold inside.

estäen

In a manner that impedes.

estäminen

(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

Eštar

(Mesopotamian god) A goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.

estävä

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

este

A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.

esteellinen

That can be contested; debatable.

esteellisyysperuste

(legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).

esteetön

(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

esteettinen

Aesthetically pleasing.

esteettisesti

In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.

esteettömyys

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.

estellä

(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

estely

The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.

Ester

A en given name.

Esteri

A en given name.

estetiikka

The study or philosophy of beauty.