Finnish–English dictionary

aikamoinen

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant, bad. [from 16th c.]

aikamuoto

(linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

aikana

At any time or period within a given time interval.

aikapöly

Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.

aikataulu

A list of planned events.

aikataulun mukaan

On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass.

aikatauluttaa

To create a time-schedule.

aikataulutus

(uncountable) A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.

aikaväli

An amount of time or a particular time interval.

aikeet

A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.

aikoa

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

aikoihin

(hyperbole) A long time.

aikomuksellinen

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

aikomus

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

aikuinen

Fully grown.

aikuisikä

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

aikuisoppilaitos

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

aikuisuus

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

ailahteleva

Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.

ailahtelevainen

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

ailahtelevaisuus

(uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.

äimistellä

(intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

äimistynyt

Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.

äimistys

The state of being bewildered.

äimistyttää

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

aina

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.

aina kun

At each occasion that.

aina vain

Continuously and tediously.

ainakaan

Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. [from 19th c.]

ainavihanta

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

ainavihanta kasvi

A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.

aine

A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.

aineellinen

Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.

aineellisoikeudellinen

(law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.

aineellistaa

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

aineellistua

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

aineenvaihdunta

(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

aineeton

Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

aineeton asia

Anything intangible.

aineeton olio

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A being or entity having no matter or substance.

aineisto

(countable, law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.

ainekirjoitus

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

aineksena oleva

Being a part or component of a whole.

aineosa

A part, or component of a whole

aines

A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

ainesosa

A part, or component of a whole

ainoa

Sole; being the only one of a type.

ainoastaan

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

ainokainen

Alone in a category.

ainut

A member of an ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

ainutkertaisuus

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

ainutlaatuinen

(obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.

ainutlaatuinen ihminen

A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.

ainutlaatuisuus

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

aiottu

Planned.

äippä

(Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.

airo

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

airut

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

airutkuvio

(heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. [from 16th c.]

aisa

(literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.

aisankannattaja

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

aisata

To strip the bark from; to peel.

Aisha

A en given name, most famously borne by Muhammad's third wife. Daughter of first caliph Abu Bakr.

äiskä

(colloquial) The landlady of a theater.

aisti

Relating to perception.

aistia

To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.

aistiharha

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

aistiherkkä

Responsive to stimuli.

aistikas

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

aistillinen

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

aistillisuus

(uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.

aistimiskyky

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

aistimuksellinen

Of the physical senses or sensation.

aistimus

(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.

aistin

An organic sensor.

aistinvarainen

Of the physical senses or sensation.

aita

A structure that bars passage.

aitajuoksu

A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.

aitapylväs

A post which helps hold up a fence.

aitatarpeet

Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.

aitaus

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

aitaverkko

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

äitelä

Excessively sweet.

äiti

(colloquial) The landlady of a theater.

aitio

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

äitiys

The state of being a mother; motherhood.

aito

Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

aitokissanminttu

Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

aitosiilikäs

A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.

aitous

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.

aitovärimatara

A dye made from the plant.

aitta

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

äityä

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

aivan

(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

aivastaa

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

aivastus

An act of sneezing.

aivina

The longer fiber(s) of flax.

aivoaalto

Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram.

aivohalvaus

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

aivoinfarkti

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

aivokalvontulehdus

(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

aivokammio

(neuroanatomy) One of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain, that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord.

aivokoppa

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aivokuori

(neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.

aivokuume

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

aivokuvaus

(neurology) The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity. [from 20th c.]

aivolisäke

(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.

aivolohko

(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

aivomuuri

(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses

aivoperäinen

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

aivopestä

(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)

aivopesu

A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.

aivoriihi

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

aivosaari

(neuroanatomy) A structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus.

aivot

(in the plural) Intellect.

aivotärähdys

(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.

aivotulehdus

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

aivoturso

(neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.

ajaa

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

ajaa (liian) nopeasti

To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

ajaa aitaukseen

To place inside of a corral.

ajaa ansaan

(transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

ajaa karille

(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.

ajaa kokoon

(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up.

ajaa koloon

(transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.

ajaa läpi

(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.

ajaa luisussa

(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

ajaa maanpakoon

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

ajaa matkanopeutta

(intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.

ajaa nurkkaan

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

ajaa ohi

(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.

ajaa paitsioon

(transitive, rare) To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

ajaa parta

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

ajaa partansa

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

ajaa perä

(mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

ajaa pois

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

ajaa polkupyörällä

To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

ajaa puuhun

(transitive) To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.

ajaa reunakiveykseen

(transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

ajaa siiliksi

(transitive) To cut (the hair) in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

ajaa skootterilla

(intransitive) To ride on a scooter.

ajaa takaa

(transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.

ajaa takaperin

(ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.

ajaa tiehensä

(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

ajaa ulos

(US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.

ajaa ylinopeutta

(intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate.

ajaja

One who drives something.

ajajainen

(obsolete, or, historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.

ajajan viereinen

(dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.

ajalla

(chess) By a player's running out of time.