Finnish–English dictionary

häneltä

(in the singular, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.

hänen

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

hänet

With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]

hangaari

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

hangata

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

hangoitella

To give reluctantly.

hangoitteleva

Not cooperative.

Hangzhou

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China; a former imperial capital.

hanhenpoika

A young goose.

hanhenpoikanen

A young goose.

hani

A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.

hanja

The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.

hanka

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

hankaaja

(countable) Someone or something which rubs.

hankaava

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]

hankain

(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

hankaintappi

(nautical, chiefly, British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.

hankala

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

hankalakäyttöinen

Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

hankalasti

In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.

hankalasti käsiteltävä

Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

hankaluus

(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

hankauma

Injury or wear caused by friction.

hankaus

A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.

hankausäänne

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.

hankausaine

A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

hankauspiirros

(countable, arts) An illustration made by means of frottage.

hankautua

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

hanke

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

hankinnainen

(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.

hankinta

The act or process of acquiring.

hankintameno

(accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.

hankintaosasto

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.

hankkia

(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.

hankkia itselleen

(transitive) To acquire; to secure.

hankkia jäseneksi

(transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

hankkia parempi

(transitive) To replace with something better.

hankkia takaisin

(transitive) To regain or get back something.

hankkija

(UK, historical) An officer who obtained provisions such as accommodation and food for the household of a monarch or some other high-ranking person; also, an officer in charge of obtaining provisions for an army, a city, etc.

hankkiminen

The act or process of acquiring.

hankkiutua eroon

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

Hanna

A prophetess in the New Testament.

hännällinen

(zoology) Having a tail.

hännänhuippu

(slang, sports) The person or team in last place.

hännäntynkä

The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

hännäntyvi

The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

Hannu

A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

hännystelijä

A fawning toady; a base sycophant.

Hanoi

The capital city of Vietnam.

Hanover

British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.

hansikas

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

hanska

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

hanskakäsi

(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.

hanskantekijä

A person who makes or sells gloves.

häntä

(zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

häntäheikki

(informal) Agent noun of bed-hop: one who bed-hops; a person who is promiscuous or has multiple sexual partners.

häntähihna

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

häntäluu

(medical, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

häntäremmi

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

hanukka

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

hanuri

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).

haoma

(Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.

häpäiseminen

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

häpäistä

(obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.

häpäisy

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

hapan

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

hapan aine

A sour substance.

hapankaali

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

hapankorppu

A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).

hapannaama

An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.

hapannuttaa

(transitive) To make sour.

hapantaa

(transitive) To make sour.

hapantaikina

(obsolete) Leaven; an agent that makes dough rise.

hapantua

(intransitive) To become sour.

hapantunut

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

hapate

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

hapatettu

Artificially developed.

hapattaa

(transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.

häpeä

The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

häpeäksi

A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.

häpeällinen

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

häpeällinen teko

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

häpeällisesti

In a shameful manner.

häpeällisyys

The state of being infamous.

häpeämätön

(archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

häpeämerkki

A mark of infamy or disgrace.

häpeäpaalu

(historical, chiefly, in the plural, also, attributive) A form of stocks with openings for restraining a person's hands or feet; also, one of the openings in the device.

häpeäpilkku

A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.

häpeätahra

A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

häpeilemätön

Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

häpeissään

(chiefly, of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.

hapenpuute

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

hapero

Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.

hapettaa

(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

hapettua

(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

hapettuma

Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.

hapettuminen

The combination of a substance with oxygen.

hapettumisenestoaine

Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical.

hapetus

(chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.

hapokas

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

hapokkuus

The quality or state of being acid.

happamuus

The quality or state of being acid.

happi

A particular state of being.

happiatomi

The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

happihakuinen

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

happivajaus

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

happo

Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

hapsupiiska

(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.

hapsuttaa

(transitive) To decorate with fringe.

häpy

The private parts of the body, particularly the sex organs.

häpyhuulet

folds of tissue at opening of vulva

häpykieli

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

häpyluu

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

hara

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

haraam

(Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

harakanvarvas

(informal, idiom) Cramped or illegible handwriting.

harakiri

A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.

harakka

A well-known black-and-white corvid species, Pica pica, of Eurasian distribution.

harakkakottarainen

One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

häränsilmä

A shot which hits the centre of a target.

harava

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

haravoida

(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

haravointi

The act of raking.

Harbin

A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China.

hardis

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

hardware

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

harha

(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

harha-aistimus

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

harha-askel

An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

harhaan

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

harhaanjohtaminen

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

harhaanjohtava

(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

harhaileva

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

harhailija

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

harhailla

(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.

harhailu

(uncountable, computing, operating system) Using the OS service of manipulating folders and documents from different PC devices by a registered user.

harhainen

Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.

harhakuvitelma

That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

harhakuvitelmista kärsivä

Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.

harhalaukaus

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

harhaluoti

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

harhaluulo

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

harhaluuloinen

Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.

harhalyönti

A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.

harhama

(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

harhamuunnos

(zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19th century.]

harhanäky

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

harhaoppi

(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

harhaoppinen

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

harhapolku

(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.]