Finnish–English dictionary

hengenpelastaja

Someone or something that saves lives.

hengenvaarallinen

Potentially fatal.

hengetön

Not breathing; dead or apparently so.

hengissä

(informal, predicative, _, only, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

hengissä oleva

Having life; living; not dead.

hengitettävä

(of air) suitable for breathing

hengittää

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

hengittää pihisten

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

hengittää sisään

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

hengittää ulos

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

hengittäjä

Something or someone that breathes.

hengitys

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

hengitys-

(relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

hengitysaukko

A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc.

hengityskone

(figuratively) A means of sustaining existence or continuation of something, usually in an artificial manner when it should have changed or terminated in its natural environment.

hengityslaite

A device to assist breathing.

hengityssuojain

A device to assist breathing.

hengitysvaikeus

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

henkäillä

To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.

henkäistä

(ambitransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.

henkäisy

(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.

henkari

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

henkäys

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

henkeä

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

henkeäsalpaava

That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).

henkevä

Endowed with life.

henkevyys

Spirit, enthusiasm.

henki

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

henkiä

(transitive) To give an impression of, to exude.

henkien poismanaus

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

henkilö

(military, euphemistic) Designed to kill soldiers.

henkilöä kohti

Per person.

henkilöauto

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

henkilöhahmo

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

henkilöinti

A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

henkilöitymä

(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.

henkilökohtainen

Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.

henkilökohtainen mörkö

A source of dread; resentment; or irritation. [from late 16th c.]

henkilökohtaisesti

In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.

henkilökohtaista -ilmoitus

(mostly, in the plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

henkilökohtaisuus

(informal) A personal attack.

henkilökunta

A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.

henkilökuva

(countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person

henkilöllisyys

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

henkilömäärä

The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.

henkilönä

As a person.

henkilöstö

(management) The personnel employed in an organization.

henkilöstönhallinta

the practice of hiring and firing staff

henkilöstöruokala

A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

henkilöstövähennys

(chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

henkilötiedot

(countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

henkilötodistus

A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

henkilöyhtiö

An association of two or more people to conduct a business

henkimaailma

Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.

henkinen

Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

henkinen pääoma

(economics) The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.

henkiolento

A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.

henkipatto

An outlaw.

henkisesti

In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.

henkistää

To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.

henkisyys

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

henkitorvi

(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

henkivartija

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

henkiystävä

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

henkselit

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

henna

(countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.

hennapensas

(countable) A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.

hennata

(transitive) To dye or tattoo with henna.

hennosti

Slenderly; delicately.

Henrik

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

henry

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

hentai

(Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.

hento

(figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.

hepariini

(carbohydrate, pharmaceutical drug) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.

hepatektomia

(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

hepatiitti

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

hepene

(countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.

hepenet

Gay or rich clothing.

hepo

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

heppa

(colloquial, usually, childish) A horse.

heppoinen

Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial. [from 18th c.]

heppu

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

heprea

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

heprealainen

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Heprealaiskirje

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

hepreankielinen

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

hepuli

(with the) An attack of uncontrolled giggling.

Hera

(Greek god) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

herääminen

The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

heraldiikka

Heraldry.

heraldikko

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms

heraldinen väri

(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.

herätä

(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.

herätä äkisti

(transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.

heräte

An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.

herättää

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

herättää henkiin

(literary, also, figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive. [from 14th c.]

herättää huomiota

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herättää kunnioitusta

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

herättää pelkoa

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

herättäminen

The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.

herätys

An alarm.

herätyskello

A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

hereästi

In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

hereillä

Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

hereillä oleva

Not asleep; conscious.

heresiarkki

(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]

herhiläinen

A large species of hornet (Vespa crabro) found across Eurasia and North America.

heristää

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

herja

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

herjaava

Possessing the traits of calumny.

herjata

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

herjaus

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]

herkästi

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

herkästi pahastuva

Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.

herkästi syttyvä

Easily set on fire.

herkeämätön

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

herkeämättä

In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

herkistymä

(medicine, immunology, broadly) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.

herkistynyt

(medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.

herkkä

Having life; living; not dead.

herkkähermoinen

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

herkkähermoisuus

The quality of being squeamish

herkkähipiäinen

Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.

herkkänahkainen

Easily offended and ready to bicker.

herkkätunteinen

Emotionally fragile, easily offended.

herkkäuskoinen

Able to be deceived; gullible.

herkku

Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.

herkkumutteri

(slang) The glans penis.

herkkupala

(slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.

herkkusuu

A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.

herkkyys

The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. [from 15th c.]

Herkules

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.

herkullinen

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

herkullisuus

The quality of being delicate.

herkutella

(transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]

herkuttelija

A person who appreciates good food.

hermafrodiitti

(biology) Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.

Hermanni

A en given name.

hermeettinen

Impermeable to air or other gases.

hermeliini

The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.

Hermes

(Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

hermo

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

hermo-

Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system. [from 15th c.]

hermoärsytys

The act of innervating or stimulating.

hermokirurgia

(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.

hermolääkäri

A doctor or scientist who practices or specializes in neurology.

hermomyrkky

(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.

hermosairaus

(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).

hermosärky

(pathology, neurology) An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.