Finnish–English dictionary

itämainen

Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. [from 15th c.]

Itämeri

Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.

itäminen

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

itara

(informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.

itarus

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

itätuuli

A personification of the wind from the east.

Itävalta

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

itävaltalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Austria.

iteraatio

(computing) The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.

iteraatiokerta

(computing) A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.

iteraattori

(programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.

itikka

An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

itiö

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.

itiöemä

(mycology) The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.

itkeä

To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.

itkeminen

The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.

itkettävä

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

itku

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

itkuinen

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

itkun partaalla

Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.

itkupotkuraivari

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

itse

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

itse asiassa

(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

itse-

Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.

itseään

(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

itseään havainnoiva

Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.

itseään toistava

drawing upon itself, referring back.

itsehallinnollinen

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

itsehallinto

(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.

itsehillintä

The ability for a person to control his/her temperament, particularly in stressful situations; to show proper behavior and/or disagree appropriately without losing control of one's emotions.

itseisarvo

(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

itsekäs

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

itsekeskeinen

Egotistical.

itsekeskeisyys

The quality of being egocentric.

itsekkyys

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

itsekseen

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

itsekunnioitus

(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

itsekuri

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

itseliikkuva

Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.

itselleen

(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

itselleni

(colloquial, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.

itseluottamus

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

itsemääräämisoikeus

(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

itsemme

(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

itsemurha

(of a voluntarily-chosen course of action) Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part.

itsemurhaaja

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

itsemurhakandidaatti

Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves.

itsenäinen

Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

itsenäisesti

In an independent manner.

itsenäisyys

(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

itseni

(proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself. [from 10th c.]

itsenne

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

itsensä

(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

itsensä kehittäminen

The practice of effecting gradual yet substantial improvements of oneself, especially through education.

itsensä toteuttaminen

Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled. [from 1950]

itsensäpaljastaja

One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.

itsepäinen

(chiefly, UK, informal) Obstinate; stubborn.

itsepäisyys

The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.

itsepalvelupesula

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

itsepintainen

(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

itsepintaisesti pitää kiinni

(intransitive) To continue to exist.

itsepintaisuus

The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.

itserakas

Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.

itserakkaus

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

itsesaastutus

(now, archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]

itsesi

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

itsessään

In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.

itsestään

In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.

itsestään selvä

Self-evident, intuitively obvious.

itsestäänselvä

Self-evident, intuitively obvious.

itsestäänselvyys

A predictable or inevitable conclusion, or one made without enough consideration and evidence.

itsesuggestio

A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

itsetajunta

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

itsetietoinen

Aware of oneself as an individual being.

itsetietoisuus

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

itsetuhoinen

Causing injury to oneself or harm to one's interests.

itsetunto

Trust in one's positive characteristics; self-confidence; self-worth.

itsetutkiskelu

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

itsetyydyttää

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

itsetyytyväinen

Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.

itsetyytyväisyys

A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.

itsevaltias

An absolute ruler with infinite power.

itsevaltius

(uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.

itsevarma

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

itsevarmuus

The quality of being assertive.

itu

A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

iva

Act of treating with disdain.

ivahymy

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

ivailu

Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior.

ivallinen

(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

Ivanovitš

A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”).

ivata

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

IVY

Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States.

Ivy League

(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. [from 1935]

j. pp.

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

ja

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

ja ... toistuu

When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.

ja lisäksi

(colloquial) With; having in addition.

ja seur.

and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.)

ja sitten

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]

ja täten

therefore (especially in syllogisms)

jaa

Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

jää-

With ice added.

jaa-ääni

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

jaa.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

jäädä

(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]

jäädä eläkkeelle

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

jäädä eloon

(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

jäädä henkiin

(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

jäädä huomaamatta

(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

jäädä jäljelle

(mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

jäädä jälkeen

(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.

jäädä jonkin varjoon

To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; to drown out.

jäädä joukosta

(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.

jäädä kiinni

I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).

jäädä koukkuun

(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]

jäädä mielestä

(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.

jäädä pois

(intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.

jäädyke

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

jäädytetty

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

jäädytettynä

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

jäädyttää

(transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

jäädyttäminen

The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.

jäädytys

(legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]

jäähdyte

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

jäähdytetty

With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of.

jäähdytin

Anything which cools.

jäähdyttää

(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

jäähdyttäminen

(uncountable) Refrigeration.

jäähdyttävä

Causing cold.

jäähdyttimen säleikkö

On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

jäähdytys

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

jäähdytys-

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

jäähdytysaine

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

jäähdytysneste

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

jäähdytysvaunu

(rail, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).

jäähilejuoma

Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).

jäähtyä

(intransitive) To become cold.

jäähtyminen

(countable) A decrease in temperature.

jäähtyvä

Becoming cold.

jäähy

(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.

jäähyväiset

Parting, valedictory, final.

jäähyväispuhe

A speech made when leaving or parting company.

jäähyväissanat

A speech made when leaving or parting company.

jääkaappi

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

jääkäri

Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.

jääkellari

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

jääkenttä

A bright surface of ice or snow.

jääkiekko

(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.

jääkiekkomaila

(North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.