Finnish–English dictionary

ajallaan

Regularly; at the proper time.

ajallinen

Worldly or earthly; temporal.

ajallinen etäisyys

An interval or length of time between events.

ajaminen

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

ajan

For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.

ajan henki

The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.

ajan tappaminen

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

ajan tasalla

Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

ajanhukka

(North American, figuratively, usually, politics) A waste of time or money; a pointless activity.

ajanjakso

A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

ajankohta

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

ajankohtainen

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

ajanlasku

(chronology) The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.

ajanottaja

A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

ajanotto

(countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.

ajanottolaite

A device which marks or records time or time intervals.

ajantasaistaa

(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

ajantasaisuus

The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use.

ajanvaraus

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

ajanviete

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

ajanvietteellinen

For, or relating to, recreation.

ajassa

Punctually or according to the schedule.

ajastaa

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

ajastin

Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

ajatella

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

ajateltavissa oleva

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

ajatollah

(Shi'ism) A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.

ajaton

Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; neverending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.

ajattelematon

(informal) Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.

ajattelemattomasti

In an inconsiderate manner; without consideration for others.

ajatteleminen

Thought; gerund of think.

ajatteleva

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

ajattelevainen

Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.

ajattelevaisuus

Careful deliberation before action.

ajattelija

A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

ajattelu

Thought; gerund of think.

ajattelukykyinen

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

ajattelutapa

A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.

ajattomuus

The property of being timeless.

ajatuksellinen

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

ajatuksensiirto

(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

ajatukseton

Lacking thought or consideration.

ajatus

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

ajatusmalli

An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.

ajatusrakennelma

An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.

ajatustapa

(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

ajatustenlukija

(parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.

ajatustenvaihto

(uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.

ajatusviiva

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

ajatusvirhe

(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]

ajautua

(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

ajautua tyynessä

(nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.

ajautuma

(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.

ajautuminen

The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

ajautuva

Anything driven at random.

Ajax

(soccer) The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax

ajelehtia

(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

ajelehtiminen

The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

ajelehtiva

Anything driven at random.

ajelehtiva hylkytavara

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

ajelehtiva tavara

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

ajella

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

ajelu

An instance of riding.

ajettuma

Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

ajettunut

Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

ajetus

The state of being swollen.

ajo

(hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

ajo-

That which is driven, forced, or urged along.

ajoankkuri

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.

ajohevonen

A horse used to ride or drive.

ajoissa

At a time before expected; sooner than usual.

ajoittaa

(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

ajoittain

(idiomatic) On occasion, sometimes.

ajoittain kuivuva

(specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.

ajoittainen

Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.

ajoittaisesti

Stopping or starting at intervals.

ajoitus

A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.

ajojahti

(countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.

ajojuhta

Something that drives something else.

ajokalusto

A group of vessels or vehicles.

ajokilometri

The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

ajokortti

(American spelling) A document issued to a specific person by a government authority, permitting this person to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on public roads and highways, often used as an identification document.

ajolähtö

(baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

ajoluiska

An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

ajomaksu

(US, dated) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.

ajomatka

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

ajometsästys

(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]

ajomies

A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

ajoneuvo

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.

ajopiirturi

A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.

ajopuu

Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.

ajopyynti

(uncountable, hunting, often, attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]

ajospahka

(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.

ajot

Any of several annual horse races.

ajotie

(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

ajotiedosto

(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

ajoura

A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]

ajovalaisin

A flashlight worn on the head.

ajovalo

The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.

ajoväylä

A way used as a road.

ajuri

(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.

ajuruoho

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

akaasia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

äkäinen

scolding, nagging

äkämä

(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).

akana

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

akanat

(figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

akankaali

A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

akantappaja

A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.

akantappokone

A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.

akanvirta

A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

äkäpussi

(literary, derogatory, dated) An ill-tempered woman.

akasia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

akateemikko

(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]

akateeminen

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]

akateeminen maailma

(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]

akateemisesti

In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. [First attested in the late 16th century]

akatemia

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

äkeä

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

Akhilleus

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

Aki

A en given name, always rare in English.

akileija

Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.

akilleenkantapää

A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.

Akilles

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

äkillinen

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

äkillisesti

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

akita

A large dog of a Japanese breed from the mountainous northern regions of Japan.

akka

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

akkamainen

(pejorative) Effeminate.

akkapari

(poker slang) A pair of queens.

akkaväki

Women, taken collectively.

akki

One affected with.

äkkiä

(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.

äkkijyrkästi

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

äkkijyrkkä

Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

äkkikäännös

(by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.

äkkimutka

A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.

äkkimuutos

(uncountable, rare) Disastrous or sudden change.

äkkipikainen

(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.

äkkipikaisesti

In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.

äkkivihainen

(of people or tempers) Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

akklimatisaatio

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

akklimatisoida

(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

akklimatisoitua

(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

akkreditoida

(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

akkreditointi

The giving of credentials.

akku

(British) A wet-cell storage battery.

akkumulaatio

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

akkumulaattori

(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.

akkumuloitua

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.