Finnish–English dictionary

feikata

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

feikki

Not real; false, fraudulent.

feilata

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

fellaatio

Performance of oral sex upon the penis.

feminiini

(grammar) The feminine gender.

feminiininen

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

feminiinisyys

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

feminismi

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

feministinen

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

femma

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

femoraalinen

Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

fendari

(US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

fenkoli

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

fenomenaalinen

(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.

fenotyyppi

(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.

fentanyyli

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.

feodaalinen

Of, or relating to feudalism.

feodalismi

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

fermentti

Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.

feromoni

(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.

Ferrari

A car manufactured by Ferrari.

fertiliteetti

Ability to produce offspring.

Fès

A city in Morocco.

festivaali

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

fetissi

Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]

fetsi

A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.

fiasko

(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.

fiba

An error.

fibroosi

(medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Fidži

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fiesta

(in Spanish-speaking countries) A religious festival.

fife

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

figuuri

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

fii

Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".

fiikus

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

fiilis

(informal, originally, New Age jargon, often, in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. [c. 1960s]

fiini

(British,, _, Australian, _, and, _, New Zealand) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.

fiksaus

(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.

fikseerata

(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

fikseeraus

The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.

fiksoitua

(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]

fiksu

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

fiktiivinen

(linguistics, conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.

fiktio

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

filantrooppi

A person who loves humankind in general.

filantropia

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filantropinen

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filee

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

fileerata

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

fileoida

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

filharmoninen

(music) Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music.

filia

(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

filippiikki

(by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

filippiiniläinen

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filippiinit

The islands of the Malay Archipelago on which the country of Philippines is situated

filippiino

(uncountable) The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Filippos

(uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.

Filippus

(uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.

filistealainen

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

filistealaisuus

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

filisteri

(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

fillari

Clipping of bicycle.

filleri

A subdenomination of the forint, 100 fillér = 1 forint; only used in calculations since 2000 due to the inflation.

filmaaminen

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

filmata

(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

filmatisointi

The action of the verb to film.

filmausmateriaali

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

filmi

(photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.

filmiaineisto

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

filmileikkuri

A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

filmitaide

(film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography

filogynia

Love or fondness for women.

filologi

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologia

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filologinen

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filosofia

(countable) A general principle (usually moral).

filosofinen

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filosofoida

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

filunki

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. [from mid 19th c.]

fimppi

(slang) A cigarette butt.

finaali

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

finaalinen

(grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.

financier-leivos

A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.

finanssioppi

The science of management of money and other assets.

fingerpori

(sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.

fingerporillinen

(by extension) A small amount of liquid, especially alcoholic spirits.

finiittinen

(grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]

finni

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

fireball-jolla

(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.

firenzeläinen

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

firma

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

firmis

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

firmware

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

firn

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

firn-lumi

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

fiskaalinen

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

fissio

The process whereby one item splits to become two.

fissioida

(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.

fissioitua

(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.

fissuura

A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

fisteli

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fistula

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fitti

(bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

flaami

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

flaamilainen

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

flaksi

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flamingo

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flamingonpunainen

A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

flänässä

A state of being drunk.

flanelli

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flanellinen

Made of flannel.

flashata

(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

flebotomia

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

fleece

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

fleecekangas

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

fleecetakki

(countable) An insulating wooly jacket

flegma

Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]

flegmaatikko

One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

fleshlight

A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.

flexata

(intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

fliisi

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

flikki

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

flipperi

(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

flipperipallo

The ball used in pinball.

flirtata

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]

flirttaileva

(of a person) Having a tendency to flirt often.

flirttailija

A flirtatious female; a coquette.

flirttailla

(transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.

flirttailu

(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.

flirtti

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

floatata

(poker) To perform a float.

floater

(surfing) A manoeuvre in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of a wave on to the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.

floattaus

(poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.

floor show

A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.

floora

The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

flopata

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

floppi

(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.

fluidi

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

fluidi-

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.

fluksi

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

flunssa

(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.

fluoksetiini

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.

fluoresenssi-

Of or relating to fluorescence.

fluoresoiva

Of or relating to fluorescence.

fluoridi

(chemistry) The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

fly

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

flyygeli

(musical instruments) A large piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp

fobia

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

föhn

A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.