Finnish–English dictionary

himmennin

(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.

himmentää

(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.

himmentyä

(intransitive) For light to dim or diminish in strength.

himmetä

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

himmeys

(uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.

himo

A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.

himoita

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

himoitseva

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

himoittu

Highly sought-after.

himokas

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

himot

(common usage) Sexual urges or drives.

himota

(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

hinaaja

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

hinata

(intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.

hinausköysi

A line or rope used for towing a vehicle or vessel.

hindi

The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.

hindu

A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).

hindulainen

Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

hindulaisuus

A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.

hindustanilainen

(dated, _, outside of, _, South Asia) Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.

hinkata

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

hinkit

(slang, vulgar, mostly, in the plural) A woman's breast.

hinku

An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).

hinnanalennus

A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

hinnankorotus

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

hinnasto

(business) A list of items for sale with their prices.

hinnoittelu

The level at which a price is set.

hinta

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

hinta-laatusuhde

The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.

hinta–laatu-suhde

The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.

hintaero

(trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.

hintava

(informal) Expensive, dear.

hintelä

(of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)

hinttari

(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]

hintti

(chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

hioa

To form or shape by cutting.

hioa (hiekkapaperilla)

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

hioma-aine

A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

hioma-arkki

a sheet of sanding paper or sandpaper

hiomahihna

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.

hiomajäte

(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

hiomakivi

A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.

hiomakone

(slang) Any tooth.

hiomapaperi

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

hiomapöly

(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

hiomaton

(idiomatic) In need of refinement; unsophisticated.

hionta

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

hiostava

Likely to cause one to sweat.

hiottu

(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.

hiova

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]

hipaista

(ambitransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.

hipaisu

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

hipelöidä

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

hipiä

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

hiplata

(intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust

hipoa

(transitive, figurative) To be almost like some other thing; to verge on.

hippa

(slang) A person's name.

hippi

(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

hippodromi

A horse racing course.

hippokamppi

(mythological creature) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.

hippokampus

(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.

hippu

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

hippunen

Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.

hiprakassa

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

hiprakka

A state of being drunk.

hipsiä

(intransitive) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.

hipsteri

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]

hipsteröidä

To behave like a hipster.

hipsu

(countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.

hipsutella

(intransitive) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.

hiragana

(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.

Hiram

A king of Tyre. (biblical character)

hirmuhallitsija

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

hirmuinen

Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

hirmuisesti

(literary, _, or, _, dated) So as to cause terror or awe.

hirmulisko

(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.

hirmumyrsky

A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye. [16th c.]

hirmuteko

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

hirnahdus

The cry of a horse.

hirnua

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

hirnunta

The cry of a horse.

Hiroshima

A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.

hirsi

(heraldiccharge) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.

hirsipuu

A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]

hirssi

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

hirttää

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

hirttäjä

(countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.

hirttäjäiset

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

hirttäminen

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

hirttäytyä

(internet slang, originally, _, incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.

hirttopaikka

A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]

hirttosilmukka

A kind of knot used primarily to execute a person by hanging.

hirvas

(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.

hirveä

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

hirveän

Very; extremely.

hirveästi

(literary, _, or, _, dated) So as to cause terror or awe.

hirven jälki

(obsolete) The track of a deer.

hirvenliha

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

hirveys

(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

hirvi

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

hirviantiloopit

A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]

hirvieläin

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

hirviö

A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

hirviö-

Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.

hirviömäisyys

The state of being monstrous.

hirvittää

To anticipate with fear.

hirvittävä

(figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

hirvittävästi

In a frightening or terrifying manner.

hirvitys

A monstrous person, thing, or act.

hissi

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

hissikori

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

hissikuilu

(UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.

hissimusiikki

(music) Easy listening music, whether played live or recorded, especially if regarded as uninteresting.

hissukka

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.

hissutella

(intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously.

historia

(idiomatic) That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.

historiaa tietämätön

Lacking historical perspective or context.

historiallinen

Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

historiankirjat

Historical records; chronicles; history.

historiankirjoittaja

A writer of history.

historiantutkimus

The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).

historioitsija

A writer of history.

histrioninen

Of or relating to actors or acting.

hitaasti

(manner) At a slow pace.

hitaasti lentävä pallo

(sports) A ball that moves lightly through the air, as if floating; specifically (basketball) , an early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.

hitaus

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

hitaus-

Of, relating to, or depending on inertia.

Hitler

Ellipsis of w:Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism.

hitsaaja

One who welds, or wields.

hitsaaminen

joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or

hitsari

One who welds, or wields.

hitsata

(figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.

hitsaus

joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or

hitsauskone

An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder.

hitsautua

(intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.

hitsi

(somewhat, dated) A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.

hitti

(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).

hitto

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

hitto vie

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

hitunen

A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

hituri

One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.

hiue

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

hiukan

To a small extent or degree.

hiukka

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

hiukkanen

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

hiukkaspommitus

(physics) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.

hiukset

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

hius

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

hiusharja

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

hiusjuuri

The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.