Finnish–English dictionary

hiuskarva

(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.

hiuskuontalo

(humorous) A dense head of hair.

hiuslenkki

(British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie

hiuslisäke

A length of hair which is attached to one's normal hair to make it longer.

hiusmarto

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

hiusmurtuma

A very thin fissure.

hiusneula

A pin or fastener for the hair.

hiuspanta

A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

hiusraja

The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.

hiusrasva

A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.

hiussolki

A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.

hiussuonikeränen

(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine

hiustenkuivaaja

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

hiustenkuivain

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

hiustenleikkaaja

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

hiustenleikkuu

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

hiustenpesu

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

hiustenpesuaine

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

hiustöyhtö

(UK, _, dialectal) An erect tuft of hair.

hiusvärjäys

A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye.

hiusverkko

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

hiusviiva

A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography.

hiutale

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

hiutalemainen

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

hivakka

A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

hive

(computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.

hivellä

(transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.

hiven

(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

hivenaine

A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.

hivuttaa

(transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.

hivuttautua

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

hjelma

(computing) Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.

hko

(of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.

HLBT

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

hmm

Indicates thinking or pondering.

hmong

The lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number of lects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages.

hmongit

A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

ho

A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

hobitti

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

höh

(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion.

hohde

(obsolete) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.

hohdokas

Having glamour; stylish.

hohkakivi

A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.

hohkasilikaatti

Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.

hohkata

(copulative) To radiate thermal heat.

hohoi

Used to get attention.

hohtaa

To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.

hohtava

Having a bright sheen.

hohtimet

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

hohto

The quality of being bright.

hohtokolibri

Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

hoidella

(transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

hoidettavissa oleva

Capable of being cured.

hoikka

Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.

hoiperrella

(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.

hoiperrellen

(manner) Moving with a stagger.

hoipertelevasti

(manner) Moving with a stagger.

hoipertelu

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

hoippua

(intransitive) To tilt back and forth on an edge.

hoipunta

An unsteady movement or gait.

hoitaa

Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on. [from ca. 1150–1350]

hoitaa akupunktiolla

(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

hoitaa huonosti

(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.

hoitaa psykoanalyysilla

(transitive) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

hoitaa puutarhaa

(intransitive) To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

hoitaa säästäväisesti

(transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

hoitaa väärin

(transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.

hoitaja

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

hoitajatar

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

hoitamaton

Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.

hoitava

Referring to nurses.

hoito

(uncountable) Maintenance, upkeep.

hoito-ohjelma

(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.

hoitoala

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

hoitoharjoittelija

A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.

hoitoon sitoutuminen

(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.

hoitosuunnitelma

(especially in, _, medicine) A treatment plan.

hoitotyö

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

hoitovirhe

The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

hoiva

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

hoiva-ala

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

hoivata

(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.

hoivatyö

(uncountable) The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

hokea

To repeat something incessantly.

hoki

(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

Hokkaido

The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.

hökkeli

(pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

hökkelikaupunki

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

hökkelikylä

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

höläyttää

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

holhoaminen

A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.

holhokki

Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

holhota

(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

holhottava

A person under guardianship.

holi

A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

hölistä

To talk inconsiderately; blab.

hölkätä

(transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot.

hölkkä

An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.

holkki

A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

höllä

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

hölläluonteinen

Docile, amenable or compliant.

hollanti

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

hollantilainen

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

hollantilaiset

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

hollantilaismies

A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.

höllätä

(transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).

höllentää

(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.

höllentyä

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

hölletä

(transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.

hölmö

(colloquial, pejorative) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

hölmöillä

(intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.

hölmöily

Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

holografia

(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms

holografinen

In the form of a hologram or holograph.

hologrammi

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

holokausti

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

hölökyn kölökyn

A common toast used when drinking in company.

hölösuinen

(obsolete) Talkative; eager to speak.

hölösuu

(informal) A gossip.

hölöttää

To blab; to reveal a secret.

hölpöttää

Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.

hölskyä

(transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.

holtiton

Carefree, reckless, irresponsible.

holtittomuus

Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions. [Mid 19th century.]

holvata

(transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.

holvi

(anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:

holvijalka

A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).

holvikaari

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

holvikatto

Any arched ceiling or roof.

holvikäytävä

(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. [from 15th c.]

holvin muotoinen

(especially <>) Shaped like an arch or vault; resembling a fornix.

holvituki

(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

hölynpöly

Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]

homa

(Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.

home

(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

homeinen

Moldy or musty.

homeopaattinen

Of or pertaining to homeopathy.

homeostaasi

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

Homeros

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

homma

(countable) A particular situation or activity.

homo

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

homo-

(dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

homofiili

(dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex.

homofobia

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homofoni

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homogeeninen

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)

homogenoida

To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.

homogenoitu maito

(dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.

homografi

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

homokammo

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]