Finnish–English dictionary

havaittava

(usually) Both detectable#Adjective and at least modestly substantial#Adjective: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance#Noun.

havaittavasti

In an appreciable manner; to a large extent; considerably.

havaittavissa oleva

Able to be observed.

havaittu

Having been noticed.

havaituksi tuleminen

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

Havanna

The capital city of Cuba.

havannalainen

A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.

havannasikari

A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.

häveliäisyys

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

häviäjä

A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

häviämätön

Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

hävikki

A gradual reduction in number.

havina

A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.

hävinnyt

(nuclear physics) Of a radioisotope: no longer occurring primordially due to having decayed away completely, because it has a relatively short half-life.

häviö

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

havista

To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

hävitä

To leave suddenly.

hävitä ajan loputtua

(chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.

hävitä tahallaan

(sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.

hävitetty

Ruined, ravaged.

hävittää

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]

hävittää hyönteiset

(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.

hävittää maan tasalle

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]

hävittäjä

(science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role.

hävittäjä-ässä

A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.

hävittäjätaistelu

(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.

hävittäminen

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

havittelija

Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

havittelu

(often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

hävitys

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

havupuu

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

hävytön

Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.

hävyttömyys

(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

Hawaii

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

he

The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

he jotka

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

Hebridit

The islands off the west coast of Scotland, divided into the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides.

hede

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

hedelehti

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

hedelmä

Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (sense 1.1). [from 9th c.]

hedelmäinen

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

hedelmäjuoma

A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.

hedelmäkakku

A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

hedelmäliha

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

hedelmällinen

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

hedelmällisyys

The state or quality of being fruitful; exuberant abundance.

hedelmänsyöjä

An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.

hedelmäpuu

A tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis.

hedelmäpuutarha

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

hedelmärahka

(literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.

hedelmäsokeri

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

hedelmätarha

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

hedelmätön

(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.

hedelmiä syövä

Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.

hedelmöittää

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

hedelmöittäminen

The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.

hedelmöittyminen

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

hedelmöitynyt

Capable of developing past the egg stage.

hedelmöitynyt munasolu

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

hedelmöitys

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

hedge-rahasto

(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).

heebo

(chiefly, US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.

heetti

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

heettiläinen

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

hegemonia

(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

hehee

An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.

hehkeä

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

hehku

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

hehkua

(transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.

hehkulanka

Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.

hehkusukka

The incandescent gauze (mantle) surrounding the flame in a gas lamp, which contains rare earths to enhance the light output.

hehkuttaa

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

hehkutus

The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.

hehkuva

Radiant with bright light and color. [18th century.]

hehtaarihalli

An extremely large store; a hypermarket.

hei

(colloquial) Goodbye.

hei hei

(colloquial) Goodbye.

heidän

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).

heijari

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

heijastaa

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

heijastaminen

The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

heijastava

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

heijaste

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

heijastella

Of light or sound: to fall on or hit (a surface or other thing); also, to fill or spread throughout (a space or other thing).

heijastua

(intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

heijastuma

(photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.

heijastuminen

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

heijastus

The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.

heijastusvaikutus

(British) A secondary, often unintended effect; a repercussion, chain reaction.

heikennetty

Reduced.

heikentää

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

heikentyä

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]

heikentyminen

A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.

heikentynyt

Rendered less effective.

heiketä

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]

heikkeneminen

A gradual diminishing of strength.

Heikki

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages.

heikko

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

heikko kohta

A weakness or failing of character.

heikkolaatuinen

Of poor quality; inferior.

heikkoluonteinen

Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.

heikkomielinen

Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence

heikkonäköinen

Of the eyes: unable to see well, especially due to old age; weak.

heikkotahtoinen

(British, archaic) Lacking vitality.

heikkous

(figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

heikkoverisyys

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

heila

A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

heilahdella

(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.

heilahdus

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

heilahdusalue

The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

heilahduttaa

(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

heilahtaa

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

heilahtelu

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; an irregular rising and falling.

heilakka

A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.

heilata

To greet with a Sieg Heil.

heilautella

(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.

heilauttaa

(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

heilauttaa mailaa

(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.

heilautus

(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.

heilua

(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

heiluminen

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

heilunta

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

heiluri

(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

Heilurikello

(astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.

heilutella

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

heiluttaa

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

heiluttaa häntää

(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

heilutus

An oscillating movement.

heiluva

Easily rocked; unstable.

heimo

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

heinä

(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

heinäharava

(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.

heinähattu

(countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.

heinäkuu

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.

heinämaa

A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.

heinäpelto

A field of hay.

heinäperhonen

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

heinäsirkka

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

heinäsorsa

(countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.

heinäsuova

A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

heippa

(colloquial) Goodbye.

heisimato

(zoology) A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.

heite

Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

heitellä

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

heitellä päin

To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.

heitin

Someone or something that casts.

heittää

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

heittää (pois)

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

heittää (vankilaan)

(transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

heittää alas

To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).