Finnish–English dictionary

harvaetuhampainen

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

härveli

(figuratively, derogatory, or, ironic) Any object.

harvempi

a smaller number.

harvennin

Something that thins or thins out (another thing).

harventaa

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

harventaja

Something that thins or thins out (another thing).

harventaminen

A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.

harventuminen

A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.

harvesteri

(forestry) A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.

harvinainen

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

harvinainen onni

An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). [from 14th c.]

harvoin

Not frequently.

hasa

(slang) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

hashtag

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

hasis

The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.

hassaaja

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

hassahtanut

(informal) Eccentric or impractical.

hässäkkä

A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.

hasselpähkinä

The fruit of the hazel, especially Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.

hässiä

(informal, chiefly, UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

hässijä

A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.

hassu

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

hassunkurinen

Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

hassutella

To rail at; to banter.

hästäkki

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]

hätä

Serious danger.

hätäännyttää

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

hätäapu

Aid or assistance offered in time of need.

hätäillä

(idiomatic) To develop an opinion based on insufficient information or to take action prematurely.

hätäinen

Brief or hurried.

hätäisesti

In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.

hätäisesti tehty

Done in haste; done quickly or hastily.

hätäkutsu

An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft.

hatara

Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.

hataroittaa

To make (something) likely to be easily damaged.

hätäsoihtu

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

hätätilanne

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

hätävara

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

hätistää

(idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave

hätistellä

(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

hatka

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.

hätkähdys

A sudden involuntary movement.

hätkähdyttää

(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]

hätkähdyttävä

Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange. [from late 16th c.]

hätkähtää

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

hätkähtämätön

Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put off; unimpressed.

hatkat

(slang, usually in the phrase do a runner) A quick escape away from a scene; (by extension) the person who gets away.

hätkäyttää

(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.

hatsi

(uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis.

hattu

A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

hattutukki

A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

hattuuntunut

(euphemistic, rare) Damned.

hatullinen

The amount that will fit into a hat.

hatuntekijä

A person that makes or sells caps.

hätyyttää

To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.

hau

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

haudankaivaja

A person employed to dig graves.

haudanlepo

(euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")

haudanryöstäjä

One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.

haudata

To place in the ground.

haudata kasvonsa kämmeniinsä

To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.

haudattu

Placed in a grave at a burial.

haude

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

haudontaerä

(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

hauduttaa

(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.

hauduttaa liikaa

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

hauduttaminen

The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.]

hauis

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

haukahdus

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

haukahtaa

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

haukankasvattaja

A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.

haukata

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

hauki

A species of pike, Esox lucius.

haukka

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

haukkakehrääjä

(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor. [from 18th c.]

haukkametsästäjä

A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.

haukkametsästyksen seuraaja

One who follows the sport of fowling with hawks.

haukkaus

An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.

haukkoa

(intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

haukku

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

haukkua

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

haukkua pataluhaksi

(transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.

haukkua pystyyn

(idiomatic) To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.

haukkumanimi

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

haukkumasana

(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

haukkuminen

(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

haukotella

(intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

haukottelu

The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.

haukotus

(uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.

haukunta

The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.

haukut

An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

hauli

(uncountable) Small metal balls, or other hard objects of various shapes, used as ammunition, especially in shotgun shells or artillery shells.

haulikko

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

haupitsi

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.

hauras

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

hauraus

The state of being brittle (in various senses).

haureellinen

Of, or characterized by adultery.

haureus

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

hauska

Very amusing; that entertains.

hauskaa

(informal) A very enjoyable time.

hauskanpito

(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) Fun times; pleasure and leisure.

hauskuus

Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

hauskuuttaa

(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

hauste

The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.

hauta

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

hautaholvi

A burial vault.

hautajaiset

A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

hautakammio

An underground vault.

hautakappeli

A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

hautakirjoitus

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

hautakivi

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

hautakumpu

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

hautamuistomerkki

An important burial vault or tomb.

hautarovio

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

hautaus

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

hautausmaa

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

hautausurakoitsija

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

hautoa

(medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.

hautoa mielessään

(transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

hautomakone

An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.

hautominen

Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.

hautomo

(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.

hautova ilma

A state of cloudy, humid weather.

hautua

(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).

hautuumaa

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

hauva

(countable, childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

hauveli

(countable, childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

havahduttaa

(transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.

havahtua

(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

Havaiji

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

havaijin kieli

The Hawaiian language.

havaijinhanhi

The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

Havaijisaaret

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

havainnoida

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

havainnoija

One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice

havainnointi

The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)

havainnollistaa

(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

havainnollistaminen

The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.

havainnollistus

An event at which something will be demonstrated.

havainnollisuus

The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

havainto

Power of acute observation and deduction

havaintoasema

A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.

havaintoharha

(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

havaintokyky

Conscious understanding of something.

havaintokykyinen

Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

häväistä

(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.

häväistys

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

havaita

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

havaitseminen

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

havaitsija

A person who observes something.