Finnish–English dictionary

jalankulkualue

A road which is closed off to non-emergency motor traffic, with only pedestrians and small vehicles such as bicycles being allowed.

jalankulkutunneli

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

jalansija

(military) Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement.

jalas

A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).

jalaton

Without feet.

jalava

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

jäljellä

.

jäljellä oleva

Remaining.

jäljelle

So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.

jäljelle jäänyt

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

jäljempi

Relating to or being the second of two items.

jäljennös

(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).

jäljentää

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

jäljentäjä

A person who copies documents.

jäljessä

Behind.

jäljet

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

jäljitellä

(transitive) To imitate.

jäljitelmä

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

jäljitelty

Inauthentic.

jäljitin

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

jäljittää

(idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

jäljittäjä

A person who traces something.

jäljittäminen

An act of tracing.

jäljittely

The practice of aping (copying)

jäljitys

An act of tracing.

jalka

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

jalka-

(chiefly, anatomy) Pertaining to the leg.

jalkaholvi

(anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.

jalkainen

Related to or resembling a foot or similar limb.

jalkajakkara

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

jalkajousi

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

jalkakäytävä

A clearly defined path for pedestrians.

jalkakäytävän reuna

(British spelling) .

jalkalinja

(tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.

jalkalista

(US) A similar panel at the base of a piece of furniture or equipment.

jalkapallo

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

jalkapalloilija

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

jalkapallostadion

(countable, UK) A soccer stadium.

jalkapiikki

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

jalkapohja

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

jalkapuu

(historical, chiefly, in the plural, also, attributive) A form of stocks with openings for restraining a person's hands or feet; also, one of the openings in the device.

jalkarahi

(furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

jalkarauta

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

jalkaterä

(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

jalkatuki

A support on which to rest the feet.

jalkatyö

A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]

jalkauttaa

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

jalkautua

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

jalkaväki

(military, euphemistic) Designed to kill soldiers.

jalkaväkirykmentti

A regiment of infantry.

jalkavamma

(physics, uncountable) The sudden (and usually damaging) transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator; (countable) an instance of this; also, the minimum voltage at which this occurs.

jälkeen

Subsequently to; following in time; later than.

jälkeen Kristuksen

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

jälkeenjäänyt

One who knew a specific decedent.

jälkeenpäin

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

jälkeensä

So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.

jälkeläinen

(genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

jälkeläiset

A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.

jälki

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

jälki-

Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

jälki-istunto

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

jälkiäänitys

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

jälkiharkinta

The act of reconsidering or something reconsidered.

jälkihoito

(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.

jälkijäristys

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

jälkijoukko

(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.

jälkikaiku

An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

jälkikaiunta

An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

jälkikaiut

(mostly, in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

jälkikasvu

A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.

jälkikäteen

Too late; after something is finished or final.

jälkikäteinen

(formal) Following in order or in time.

jälkikäteistarkastelu

Consideration of past times.

jälkikirjoitus

A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword

jälkikoira

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

jälkiliite

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

jälkimaailma

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

jälkimaku

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

jälkimmäinen

Relating to or being the second of two items.

jälkimmäinen vuoro

(baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

jalkine

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

jälkiosa

(linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.

jälkiperäinen

(legal, copyright) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.

jälkipolvet

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

jälkipuhe

an epilogue.

jälkiruoka

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

jälkiruokalusikka

(rare) An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.

jälkisanat

A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play

jälkiseuraus

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

jälkitilanne

The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.

jälkivaikutus

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

jälkiviisaus

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

jalkkis

(originated, , late 19th C, now, commonly, US, Australia) Association football.

jalkojen alla

Under one's foot or feet.

jälleen

Back (to a former place or state). [from 11thc.]

jälleen kerran

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time.

jälleenavaaminen

the act of opening something again

jälleenmyyjä

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

jälleenmyynti

Sale of something previously bought.

jälleennäkeminen

A second or subsequent encounter

jälleenrakennus

The act of building something again.

jälleenrakentaa

(ambitransitive) To build again or anew.

jälleensyntyminen

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

jälleensyntynyt

(often, _, postpositive) Reincarnated.

jälleenyhdistyminen

The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.

jallittaa

(UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.

jalo

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

jalohaikara

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

jalohaukka

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

jalokivi

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

jalokivien hionta

The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.

jalokivihioja

A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.

jalokiviseppä

A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.

jalokuusi

(chiefly, countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.

jalometalli

A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.

Jalopeura

(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola.

jalostaa

(transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

jalostaja

A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

jalostaminen

The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material

jalostamo

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

jalostettu

Artificially developed.

jalostua

(transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

jalostumaton

Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]

jalostus

The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material

jalosukuinen

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

jalous

The quality or state of being noble; nobility or grandeur.

jaloverso

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Jalta

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

jalus

(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

jalusta

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.

jalustaa

(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

jalustaa poikittain

(nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.

jämä

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

jämähtää

(ambitransitive, cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.

Jamaika

An island and country in the Caribbean.

jamaikalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

jämäkkä

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

jamboree

(scouting) A large rally of Scouts or Guides.

jämerä

Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)

jamit

(countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

jammailla

(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

jammata

(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

jana

(geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.

Janette

A en given name.

Jangtse

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

jänis

(uncountable) The meat from this animal.

jänishousu

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

jänistää

(British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

jankuttaa

(intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).

jännä

(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting. [popular in the 1940s and again in the 1960s–1970s]