Finnish–English dictionary

jännäri

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

jänne

(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.

jännite

(physics, engineering) Voltage.

jännitetty

(also, figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.

jännittää

(intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.

jännittää lihaksiaan

(intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

jännittävä

(figuratively) Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.

jännitteetön

(not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.

jännitteinen

(US, uncomparable) Electrically charged.

jännittyä

(intransitive) To become tense.

jännittynyt

Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

jännitys

(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

jännityselokuva

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

jännityskertomus

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

jännitysnäytelmä

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

jännitysromaani

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.

jannu

(slang, chiefly, North America) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.

jano

A strong desire; yearning.

janoinen

Very thirsty.

jänönvihmamittari

A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.

jänöyökkönen

Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.

jänteistää

(transitive) To put strings on (something).

jäntevä

Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.

jäntevyys

(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

jänteys

(physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.

jänteyttää

(transitive) to make (something) firmer

jaoke

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

jaos

A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

jaosto

A part, portion, or subdivision.

jaotella

(transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments.

jaoton

(arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.

jaotteleminen

(mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

jaottelu

(mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

Japani

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.

japanilainen

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

japanilainen kirsikkapuu

cherry blossom (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)

japanilaiset kielet

A language family spoken in Japan, consisting of Japanese proper and the Ryukyuan languages.

Japanin keisari

(history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.

japanin kieli

A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan.

japaninaprikoosi

Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.

japaninkielinen

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

järeä

Materially strong, enduring.

jargon

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

järisyttävä

(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.

järjellinen

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

järjenkäyttö

The use or development of the intellect.

järjenvastainen

Contrary to intuition or common sense.

järjenvastaisuus

(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]

järjestää

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

järjestää jonoon

(transitive) To range in a line.

järjestää kojelaudaksi

To organize in a dashboard format.

järjestää riviin

(transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.

järjestää ruokatarjoilu

(ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.

järjestää tentti

(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

järjestää uudelleen

(transitive, intransitive) To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

järjestään

(manner) In a consistent manner.

järjestäjä

One who arranges.

järjestämätön

lacking order

järjestäminen

The act of arranging.

järjestäytyä

(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

järjestäytyä uudelleen

(intransitive) To pause and become organized again.

järjestäytyminen

(uncountable) The act of associating.

järjestäytyneisyys

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

järjestellä

(transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.

järjestelmä

The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

järjestelmällinen

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

järjestelmällistää

To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system

järjestelmänlaajuinen

(not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.

järjestely

The act of arranging.

järjestelyt

(often, in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.

järjestetty

(figurative) Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

järjestö

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

järjestyksessä oleva

Not cluttered; without clutter

järjestyneisyys

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

järjestynyt

Neat and tidy; possessing order.

järjestys

The manner of being arranged.

järjestysluku

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

järjestyspartio

(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]

järjestysrelaatio

(countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.

järjestyssäännöt

A set of rules regulating behaviour.

järjestyssääntö

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

järjetön

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [from mid-16th c.]

järjettömyys

(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]

järjissään

(idiomatic) Thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.

järkähtämätön

steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding

järkäle

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

järkälemäinen

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

järkeen vetoaminen

(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion.

järkeenkäypä

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

järkeilevä

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

järkeillä

To think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

järkeily

(countable) Any rational expression, reason.

järkeistää

To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.

järkeistäminen

(economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.

järkevä

Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

järkevästi

In an intelligent manner; cleverly.

järkevöittää

To make something rational or more rational.

järkevyys

Provident care; prudence.

järki

(in the plural) Intellect.

järkiperäinen

Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

järkiperäisesti

In a rational manner

järkiperäistää

To make something rational or more rational.

järkiperäistäminen

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

järkiperäisyys

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

järkkymätön

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

järkkymättömyys

Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.

järkyttää

(intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

järkyttävä

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

järkyttynyt

Extremely upset and shocked.

järkytys

A surprise or shock.

jarru

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

jarruttaa

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.

jarruttaja

(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.

jarrutus

The act of applying brakes.

jarrutuspuhe

(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.

jarruvaunu

(US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.

järvenranta

Adjacent to a lake. Usually used to describe real estate.

järvi

(nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.

järvisimpukka

A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.

jäsen

A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

jäseneksi ottaminen

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

jäseneksi vihkiminen

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

jäsenfunktio

(programming) A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.

jäsenistö

The body of members of an organization.

jäsenkunta

The body of members of an organization.

jäsenmaksu

Membership fees.

jäsennys

(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

jäsentää

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

jäsentäminen

(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

jäsentely

(uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.

jäsentyä

(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

jäsentymätön

Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.

jäsenyys

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Jaska

A en given name.

Jasmin

A en given name.

Jasper

A en given name, more popular in the form Jasper.

jässikkä

One who has a strong build.

jästi

A person who has no magical abilities.

jästipäinen

Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

jätättää

(of a clock) To run slow and not keep accurate time.

jäte

Litter and discarded refuse.

jäteastia

A container for rubbish or waste.

jätemaa

(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

jätemassa

(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

jätepala

The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.

jätesilppuri

(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.

jätetty taimi

(obsolete, except, UK, dialectal, dated) A sapling or other young tree left standing when other trees around it have been felled.

jätevesi

(uncountable) Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.

jätkä

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1847]

jatkaa

(archaic, slang) Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.