Finnish–English dictionary

haarautuva

That splits into two or more directions, or parts.

haaraväli

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

hääriä

(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.

haarniska

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

haarniskahuppu

(historical) A similar item of mail armour covering the head.

haarniskoida

(transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

haaroitin

Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

haaroittaa

(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.

haaroitus

(Britain, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

haaroituspistorasia

Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.

haarukka

(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.

haarukkatrukki

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

haarukkavipu

(nautical) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.

haarukoida

(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

haaruristi

(heraldic charge) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.

haaska

(derogatory) An ugly woman.

haaskaaja

Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

haaskaeläin

An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.

haaskalintu

(figurative, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

haaskata

(intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.

haaskattu

Not profitably used.

haastaa

(transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.

haastaa oikeuteen

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.

haastaa todistajaksi

(law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).

haastaja

One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.

haastatella

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

haastattelija

One who interviews.

haastava

Difficult, hard to do.

haaste

A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.

haaste todistajaksi

(law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.

haaste vastata vaatimukseen

(historical, law) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.

haastehakemus

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

häät

(archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.

häätää

(transitive) To order to leave.

haava

An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.

haavaside

(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

haavasolukko

(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

haavauma

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

haavautuma

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

haavautuminen

The development of an ulcer.

haave

(countable, figurative) A hope or wish.

haaveellisuus

A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.

haaveenomainen

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

haaveilija

One who daydreams.

haaveilla

(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

haaveilu

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [from 1657]

haavemaailma

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

haavia

(transitive) To catch by means of a net.

haavipallo

(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.

haavoittaa

(transitive, figuratively) To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally.

haavoittaminen

The act of inflicting a wound.

haavoittumattomuus

The state of being invulnerable.

haavoittuminen

An instance of being wounded.

haavoittunut

Wounded, physically injured.

haavoittuvainen

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

haavoittuvuus

(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

habitaatti

A place in which a person lives.

hackamore

A kind of bridle with no bit.

hackney

A breed of English horse.

hadeeinen

(geology) Of or relating to the Hadean geological eon.

hadeeinen aioni

(geology) The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.

hädin tuskin

(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all.

hädin tuskin riittävästi

Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

hadroni

(particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.

hadž

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

hadži

(Islam) a honorific given to Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

Hagar

(biblical character) The Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael.

haggis

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

hah

A representation of laughter.

hahmo

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

hahmoinen

Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.

hahmonnos

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

hahmonnus

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

hahmontaa

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

hahmotella

To conceive the idea for something.

hahmotelma

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

hahmottaa

To conceive the idea for something.

hahtuva

The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

hai

(poker) A hand which has no pairs and is not a straight or a flush, and is the lowest possible winning hand.

haihattelija

A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.

haihdunta

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

haihdutin

A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.

haihduttaa

(transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

haihduttaminen

The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.

haihdutus

The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.

haihtua

(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.

haihtuminen

A departure taken quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone. [from mid 18th c.]

haihtuva

Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

haihtuvuus

(uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.

häijy

Intending to harm; malevolent.

häijysti

In a wicked manner.

häijyys

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

häikäilemätön

Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

haikailla

(intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

häikäisevä

Shining brilliantly; radiant.

häikäisevä valo

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

häikäistä

(transitive) To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.

häikäistynyt

Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

haikara

Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

haikea

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

haikeus

(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]

häikkä

(countable) A problem affecting function.

haiku

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

häilähdellä

To move about rapidly and nimbly.

häilähtää

To move about rapidly and nimbly.

hailakansininen

A very pale blue color.

haili

Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

häilyä

To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.

häilyvä

Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

häilyväinen

Fickle.

haima

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

haimonni

Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

haipakka

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

haipua

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

häipyä

(idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.

häipyvä

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

hairahdus

(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]

hairahtua

(intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.

hairahtunut

(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

hairahtuvainen

Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

häiriintynyt

Disturbed or upset, especially mentally.

häiriintyvyys

(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

häirikkö

(specifically) A person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant.

häirintä

Deliberate pestering or intimidation.

häirintälähetin

Any device used to jam radio reception.

häirintälaite

Any device used to jam radio reception.

häiriö

A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.

häiriötekijä

Something that distracts.

häiriötilanne

An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

häiritä

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

häiritseminen

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

häiritsevä

Causing disruption or unrest.

haiseva

Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.

haiskahtaa

(intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.

haista

(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

haista home

(idiomatic, slang, offensive) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.

haista paska

(idiomatic, slang, offensive) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.

haistaa

(transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

haisu

A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.

haisuli

One who stinks.

haisunäätä

Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

haitallinen

More of a hindrance than a help.

haitanteko

(law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.

haitari

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

haitata

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

Haiti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

haitta

The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

haittaohjelma

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

haittapuoli

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

häivä

A trace, or slight indication.