Finnish–English dictionary

Iisai

(biblical character) The son of Obed and the father of king David.

Iisak

(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.

Iisakki

A en given name.

Iisebel

(biblical character) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.

iitti

(pathology) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.

Iivari

A en given name.

iivi

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

iivinen

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

ikä

(countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.

ikääntyä

(ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

ikääntyminen

The process of becoming older or more mature.

ikääntynyt

Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

ikääntyvä

Becoming elderly.

ikäinen

Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

ikäpolvi

(countable, uncommon, possibly, dated) A generation.

ikäraja

A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit.

ikäsyrjintä

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

ikätoveri

One who is the same age as another.

ikävä

Bold, daring, and tough.

ikävä kyllä

Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

ikävöidä

(figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event). [from 19th c.]

ikävöinti

(archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.

ikävöivä

Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

ikävystyminen

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

ikävystyttävä

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

ikävystyttävyys

Boredom or tediousness; ennui.

ikävyys

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

ikenet

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

iki-

Having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried.

ikiaikainen

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

ikiajoiksi

(duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

ikimuistoinen

Very difficult or impossible to forget.

ikinä

(intensifier) Out of all living creatures.

ikionnellinen

Very happy.

ikirouta

Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.

ikivanha

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

ikivihanta

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

ikivihreä

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

ikkuna

A large window at the front of a shop, behind which items for sale are displayed.

ikkuna-aukko

A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.

ikkunalauta

(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.

ikkunaluukku

(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.

ikkunanpuite

The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. [circa 1680]

ikkunapaikka

(graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.

ikoni

(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

ikoni-

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

ikoninen

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

ikterus

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

ikuinen

Lasting forever; unending.

ikuinen kakkonen

(sports, entertainment, social dynamics) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.

ikuisesti

Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly.

ikuistaa

To make eternally famous.

ikuistaminen

The act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active.

ikuisuus

(countable, hyperbole) A long time.

ilahduttaa

(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

ilahduttava

Refreshingly thrilling.

iljanne

(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

iljettää

To cause an intense dislike for something.

iljettävä

Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]

iljetys

(countable) A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18th century.]

ilkamointi

(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

ilkeä

Bold, daring, and tough.

ilkeästi

In a wicked manner.

ilkeys

The property of being hurtful.

ilkikurinen

Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.

ilkimys

(informal, chiefly, childish) A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.

ilkiö

(informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

ilkivallantekijä

A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.

ilkivalta

(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

ilkkua

(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

ilkkuva

derisive or contemptuous

illallinen

A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

illallistaa

To eat supper.

illan siimes

The close of the day; the coming of night.

illanistujaiset

(informal) Preferring or favoring cooperation or social interaction.

illansuu

The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.

illastaa

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

illatiivi

(grammar) The illative case, or a word in that case.

illusionisti

A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

illuusio

(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

ilma

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

ilma-

In or carried by the air.

ilma-alus

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

ilmaantua

(idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.

ilmaantuminen

An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

ilmaantuvuus

(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

ilmahyppy

(uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.

ilmailu

The art or science of making and flying aircraft.

ilmailu-

Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.

ilmainen

Supplied free of charge.

ilmaiseksi

Without paying; free.

ilmaiseksi antaminen

The act of giving something away for free.

ilmaiseksi jaettu

Of a thing: given out free of charge, usually by hand.

ilmaiseksi jakamiseen liittyvä

Of or pertaining to the giving of handouts (gifts of money or material assistance, printed sheets, etc.).

ilmaisetu

Something offered at a reduced price as an inducement to buy something else.

ilmaiseva

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

ilmaisin

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

ilmaisinalue

(computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.

ilmaislahja

(informal) Something which is free; a giveaway or handout.

ilmaista

(transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).

ilmaista kunnioitusta

(transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.

ilmaista sanoin

(transitive) To speak or to use words to express.

ilmaista toisin sanoin

(transitive) To say or write something with different wording.

ilmaisu

(usually, plural only) Expressions in general; speech.

ilmaisutaito

Drama or performance as a profession or art form.

ilmaisuväline

A medium for expression of talent or views.

ilmakäytävä

(aviation) A predefined route, or series of routes, in which a commercial or military aircraft must fly.

ilmakehä

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

ilmakehä ja avaruus

The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.

ilmakupla

A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.

ilmalaiva

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

ilmalento

(uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.

ilmalukko

A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.

ilman

In the absence of; without; except. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

ilman (jotakin)

Without obligations.

ilman asianmukaisia asiakirjoja

(of a person) Not having official documentation required to legally enter, reside in, or work in a country.

ilman ennakkoilmoitusta

Not announced beforehand.

ilman ennakkovaroitusta

Not announced beforehand.

ilman henkäystä

(linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.

ilman keskitettyä johtoa

(of a group or body etc.) Having components that act independently of each other.

ilman kondomia

(slang, sex) Without a condom.

ilman muuta

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true

ilman satulaa

Without a saddle.

ilman seuralaista

Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

ilman sitoumuksia

(idiomatic, originally, US, informal) Without conditions or obligations; without a catch.

ilman tuomiota

(legal, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.

ilmanala

The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

ilmankansi

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

ilmankosteus

The amount of water vapour in the air.

ilmanpainemittari

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

ilmansuunta

Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.

ilmanvaihto

The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.

ilmanvaihtojärjestelmä

The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.

ilmanvaihtokone

A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.

ilmanvastus

(fluid dynamics) force on an object directed against its direction of movement through air

ilmapatja

A bed that is inflated with air; typically used as a portable, temporary bed.

ilmapiiri

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

ilmapudotus

The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

ilmarako

(botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

ilmareikä

(marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.

ilmarinta

(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

ilmassa

(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.

ilmassa kieppumaton kolikko

(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.

ilmassa leijuva

In or carried by the air.

ilmastaa

(transitive) To supply with oxygen or air.

ilmasto

The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).

ilmastointi

(uncountable, usually, with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.

ilmastollinen

Of, relating to, or influenced by climate.

ilmastonmuutos

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

ilmasulku

A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.