Finnish–English dictionary

heittää häkkiin

(British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.

heittää ilmaan

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

heittää kaaripallo

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

heittää kananmunilla

To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).

heittää kranaatilla

To use grenade(s) upon.

heittää kuperkeikkaa

(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

heittää leipää

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

heittää leipiä

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

heittää menemään

To throw down or aside. [from 15th c.]

heittää pois

(intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.

heittää pullolla

(British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.

heittää ränniin

(transitive) To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.

heittää roskiin

(chiefly, British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.

heittää tyrmään

(transitive, also, figuratively) To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison.

heittää ulos

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

heittää vettä

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

heittää yli laidan

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

heittäjä

Someone or something that casts.

heittäminen

The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.

heittäytyä

To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.

heittäytyä koppavaksi

(intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

heittäytyä maahan

(also, figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.

heitteillejättö

The act of neglecting.

heitteillepano

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

heittelehtiä

(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.

heittiö

A person with low morals or principles.

heitto

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

heittoase

Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

heittokäsi

A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.

heittokeihäs

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

heittokone

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.

heittokoukku

A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.

heittomerkki

(orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

heittopaikka

A place for throwing.

heittopussi

(figuratively) A person serving as an object of abuse.

heittorengas

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

heitukka

(countable, Britain, dialectal) A young woman regarded as flighty, giddy, or silly.

heiveröinen

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

heiveröisyys

(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.

hekottaa

To laugh quietly or inwardly.

heksa

(computing, informal) Clipping of hexadecimal.

heksaedri

(geometry) A hexahedron.

hektinen

(figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.

hekumallinen

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

hekumallisuus

(countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

hekumoida

To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

hela

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

helähdys

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

helähtää

(intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.

helakanpunainen

Of a bright red colour.

helat

Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.

heläyttää

(transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.

hele

(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.

heleä

Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear.

heleänpunainen

Of a rosy pink or red colour.

Helena

A en given name.

helikopteri

(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.

heliks

(anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.

Helinä

Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.

heliovaippa

(astronomy) A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.

helistä

(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

helistää

(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

helium

(uncountable) The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.

Helka

A en given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

helkkari

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]

helkkarin

(slang) Very. Intensifier.

hella

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

Hellas

Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.

hellästi

In an affectionate manner.

hellävarainen

Intended for use with fragile items.

hellävaraisesti

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

hellävaraisuus

The state of being gentle.

hellävaroen

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

helle

(countable) A hot spell.

helleeni

A Greek, especially an Ancient Greek.

helliä

(intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.

hellitä

(intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.

hellitellä

(intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.

hellittää

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

hellittämätön

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

hellittämättömyys

The state of being insistent.

helluntailainen

A member of a Pentecostal church.

helluntalainen

A member of a Pentecostal church.

hellyttävä

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

helma

(geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.

helmi

A small drop of water or other liquid. [from 16thc.]

helmikuu

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

helminauha

(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.

helmitaulu

(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. [attested from c. 1387]

helmivene

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

helootti

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

helottaa

(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

helposti

Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

helposti kiihtyvä

Easily excited.

helposti lähestyttävä

Easily approached; easy to talk to.

helposti syttyvä

Capable of burning.

helposti unohtuva

Easily forgotten; not special or notable.

helpottaa

(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.

helpottava

That serves to mitigate.

helpotus

A cause of relief or satisfaction.

helppo

(informal) Making few demands; comfortable, easy.

helppo kurssi

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

helppo nakki

(informal) Something that is very easy to do.

helppo oppia

Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

helppo ymmärtää

Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

helppoa

Something easy, not difficult, not posing problems.

helppohintainen

Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

helppohuoltoinen

Easy to service.

helppokäyttöinen

Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

helppokäyttöisyys

(computing, web design) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.

helppopääsyinen

Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

helppotajuinen

Easily understood; clear.

helppous

Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.

Helsinki

The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

helteinen

(informal, hyperbole) Of the weather: very hot.

heltta

The fleshy red pate of a rooster.

heltymätön

Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

helvetillinen

(hyperbolic) causing great pain, discomfort or distress

helvetin

(slang) Very. Intensifier.

helvetin tuli

(uncountable) The fire of Hell.

helvetti

(euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.

hely

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

helyt

(Cockney rhyming slang) Jewellery.

hemaiseva

(by extension of sense 1, and by analogy to slang tasty) Sexually attractive.

hemisfääri

(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. [1550s].

hemlokki

Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees. [from 1670]

hemmetin

(British, Australian, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

hemmetti

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

hemmo

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

hemmotella

(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.

hemmotella pilalle

(ambitransitive) To indulge to excess.

hemmoteltu

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

hemmottelu

Something in which someone indulges.

hemoglobiini

(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

hempukka

A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.

hengähdysaika

A short break; a rest or respite.

hengähdystauko

(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.

hengähtää

(intransitive, now, rare) To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

hengailla

(Ireland, &, Scotland, slang) To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful.

hengailu

A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. [from 16th c.]

hengästyä

A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.

hengästyminen

The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.

hengästynyt

Having difficulty breathing; gasping.

hengästyttävä

(comparable) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.

hengellinen

(usually, religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.

hengelliset asiat

(obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

hengellistää

To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.

hengellisyys

The quality or state of being spiritual.

hengenahdistus

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

hengenmies

One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.