Finnish–English dictionary

irtonaisesti

In a disconnected manner.

irtotavara

(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.

irvailu

Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

irvikuva

A caricature.

irvistää

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

irvistellä

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

irvistys

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

irvokas

(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

is

(originally, _, public school slang) Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.

Isä

(Christianity) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ.

Isabella

A en given name.

isäkompleksi

(informal) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.

isällinen

Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.

isän tekemä

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

isänäiti

A mother of someone's parent.

isänmaa

The country of one's ancestors.

isänmaallinen

Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country

isänmaallisuus

Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

isännätön esine

(Britain, law, archaic) An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

isännätön tavara

(Britain, law, archaic) An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

isännimi

(onomastics, by extension) A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

isännöidä

To perform the role of a host.

isännöitsijä

(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

isännöitsijyys

The rank or office of a steward.

isänperintö

A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.

isäntä

A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.

isäntäeliö

(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.

isäpuoli

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

isätön

Without a (living) father.

isäukko

(informal) A father, a male parent.

Isebel

(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.

isi

(informal) A father, a male parent.

Isis

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

iskä

(informal) A father, a male parent.

iskeä

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

iskeä kaaripallo

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

iskeä kyntensä

(intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.

iskeä nyrkillä

To strike with the fist.

iskeä päähän

(transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.

iskeä silmää

(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

iskemä

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

iskemia

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

iskevä

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

iskias

(pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.

iskostaa

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

isku

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

isku kyynärpäällä

A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.

iskujälki

A gouge or notch made by such a blow.

iskulause

(US, figurative) Said of canned insight; a slogan or saying that is trite or lacks depth.

iskulyönti

(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.

iskunappula

(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.

iskutyyny

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

iskuvaikutus

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

iskuvasara

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

iskuyritys

(often, in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

islam

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

Islamabad

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory.

islamilainen

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

islamintutkija

A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics. [from 1910s]

islaminuskoinen

(dated) Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. [from 19th c.]

islamisti

A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs. [from 1980s]

islamistinen

Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere. [from 1980s]

islanninsimpukka

An edible clam native to the North Atlantic Ocean, Arctica islandica.

Islanti

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

islantilainen

A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.

Ismael

(Abrahamism, biblical character) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.

ismi

Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.

Ismo

A en given name.

iso

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Iso Karhu

Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)

iso kiho

(idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

iso kissa

Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, animal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.

iso-

(qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

isoäiti

A mother of someone's parent.

isoapollo

A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.

isoartisokka

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

isoava

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

isoharus

(nautical) A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.

isohaukkakehrääjä

(US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor. [from 18th c.]

isohuiluvaris

A magpie-like black-and-white passerine bird of species Gymnorhina tibicen, native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.

Isojalka

(cryptozoology, folklore) A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

isokenkäinen

(slang, chiefly, UK, Irish) A wealthy or influential person; a toff.

isokissanminttu

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

isolationalisti

One who advocates or supports isolationism.

isolationalistinen

Relating to, or supporting, isolationism.

isomunainen

(colloquial, of a person, slightly, _, vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).

isonenäinen

Having a large or elongated nose.

isonpurjeen jalus

(nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail.

isopanda

A rare, black and white mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the ursid (bear) family.

isopuksipuu

(countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.

isopurje

(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

isorintainen

Having large breasts.

isorokko

(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

isosirri

One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

isota

(figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.

isotoninen

(of two solutions) Having the same osmotic pressure.

isotooppi

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

isovanhempi

The parent of someone's parent.

israelilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

israelilaisten pako Egyptistä

(biblical) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

issa

A member of a Somali clan, mainly residing in Djibouti; it is the larger of the two dominant ethnic groups.

Istanbul

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

Ištar

(Mesopotamian god) A goddess of fertility, love, sex, and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.

Istria

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

istua

(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.

istua hajareisin

(transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.

istua hajareisin jonkin päällä

(transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

istua orrella

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

istuin

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

istuinkaukalo

(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]

istuinluu

(skeleton) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.]

istuinosa

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

istuintyyny

A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.

istujaiset

(informal) Preferring or favoring cooperation or social interaction.

istukas

A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.

istukka

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

istuma-

(medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.

istumapaikat

(uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.

istumapaikka

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

istunto

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.

istuntopaikka

The location of a governing body.

istuntosali

The room used for deliberation by a legislature.

istute

(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.

istuttaa

(transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.

istuttaa metsää

(transitive) To cover or plant with trees.

istuttaja

A machine for planting seeds or transplants.

istuttaminen

Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.

istutus

A garden plot.

istutuslapio

A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.

istutuspuikko

A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.

istuva

(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.

isukki

(informal) A father, a male parent.

isyyden tunnustaminen

(legal) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.

isyys

The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive father, foster father; sometimes the biological father specifically).

IT

(military, aviation) Initialism of anti-aircraft or anti-air.

itä

The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.

itä-

(meteorology) Blowing (as wind) from the east.

itää

(intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.

itää kohti

Towards the east; eastwards.

itään

Towards the east; eastwards.

itään päin

Towards the east; eastwards.

itäblokki

The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.

itäinen

(meteorology) Blowing (as wind) from the east.

italia

Pertaining to Italy.

italialainen

Pertaining to Italy.

italialainen jäätelö

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

itämaalainen

(archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.]

itämaalaisuus

(arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.

Itämaan tietäjät

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

itämaat

The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.