Finnish–English dictionary

jatkaa loppuun

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

jatkaa sukua

(transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

jatkaminen

The act of resuming or starting something again.

jätkäpari

(poker slang) A pair of jacks.

jatkavuus

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

jatkettu

That has had something added in order to dilute it.

jatko

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

jatko-opinnot

Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

jatko-opiskelija

A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

jatko-osa

(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.

jatkoaika

(sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.

jatkojohto

(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.

jatkokappale

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

jatkokertomus

A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

jatkokutsu

The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.

jatkolevy

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

jatkoyhteys

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.

jatkua

(intransitive) To resume.

jatkua molemmin puolin

(transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

jatkuminen

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

jatkumo

(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

jatkuu-tunnus

(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.

jatkuva

Consistently recurring over time; persistent.

jatkuvasti

Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

jatkuvasti muuttuva

Frequently or constantly changing.

jatkuvuus

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

jätös

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

jatsahtava

In the style of jazz.

jatsari

(originally, US, jazz, slang) A jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.

jatsata

To play (jazz music).

jatsi

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

jättää

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

jättää arpi

(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.

jättää hakemus

(intransitive, with for, chiefly, _, legal) To submit a formal request to some office.

jättää heitteille

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

jättää huomiotta

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

jättää jälkeensä

(transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by.

jättää jälki

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

jättää jälkipolville

To hand down; to transmit.

jättää jonkun haltuun

(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.

jättää jotain taakseen

(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.

jättää luokalle

(education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.

jättää lypsämättä

(agriculture) To cause (milk) to be held in a cow's udder until the latter becomes hard and swollen, either by not milking the cow or by stopping up the teats, to make the cow look healthy; also, to cause (a cow) to have an udder in this condition.

jättää perinnöttä

(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

jättää pois

(archaic, transitive) To leave out, except, bar.

jättää pöydälle

(chiefly, US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). [from 19th c.]

jättää rauhaan

To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

jättää tekemättä

(intransitive) To fail to perform.

jättää väliin

(idiomatic) To forgo something.

jättää valitsematta

(transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection.

jättää varjoonsa

(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.

jättää vastine

(obsolete) To suspend judgment or proceedings because of a difficulty or doubt; to put off the conclusion or determination of a matter; to delay, to hesitate, to pause.

jättää virka

To leave an office or position.

jättämä

(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

jättäminen

The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

jättäytyä pois

To choose not to participate in something.

jätteenpolttouuni

A furnace that burns refuse.

jätteet

Litter and discarded refuse.

jätteiden keräilijä

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

jätti

Any huge body or structure.

jätti-

Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

jättikatkarapu

(Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.

jättiläinen

(figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.

jättiläiskäärme

Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.

jättiläismäinen

Extremely large or on a great scale.

jättiläispanda

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

jättiläistähti

(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).

jättimäinen

Very large; great; huge.

jättipotti

(informal, usually, as make a killing) A large amount of money.

jättisumma

(informal, usually, as make a killing) A large amount of money.

jättö

The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

jättöpyörre

The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.

jauhaa

(idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.

jauhaa hienoksi

(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.

jauhaa massaksi

(ambitransitive) To make or be made into pulp.

jauhaminen

The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action.

jauhatus

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

jauhautua

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

jauhautua massaksi

(ambitransitive) To make or be made into pulp.

jauhe

Pulverized material.

jauheliha

(slang) Someone who has been badly beaten.

jauhelihapihvi

The patty used in such a sandwich.

jauhemainen

Of or pertaining to powder.

jauhettu

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.

jauho

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

jauhobanaani

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

jauhoinen

Of or pertaining to powder.

jauhosieni

A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.

jauhot

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

jauhottaa

(cooking, transitive) To sprinkle (food) with spices or seasonings, using a dredge.

Java

(computer language) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.

jäyhä

Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

jäykästi

In a rigid manner; stiffly.

jäykistää

(transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.

jäykistyä

(intransitive) To become stiff.

jäykistyminen

(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

jäykistyvä

(biology, medicine, of tissue) Capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.

jäykkä

Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

jäykkäkouristus

(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

jäykkis

(1950s, _, slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.

jäykkyys

The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape

jäynä

(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

jäytää

To hollow out or undermine.

jäytiäinen

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

jazz

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

jee

Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

jeeppi

(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

jeera

Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

jees

Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.

Jeesus

(historical, religion) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.

jeesusteleva

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

jeesustella

(colloquial, often, pejorative, or, humorous) To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.

Jehova

(religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.

Jehudit

(biblical character) A wife of Esau.

Jeju

An island, province, and city in South Korea.

jekku

A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

jekkuilla

(US) To engage in mischief.

jekkuilu

Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]

jekut

Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]

jekuttaa

(obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.

Jelena

A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Еле́на (Eléna), equivalent to Helen.

Jeltsin

A transliteration of the Russian surname Е́льцин (Jélʹcin).

Jemen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

Jemina

A en given name.

jemmata

(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

jenga

(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.

jengat

Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.

jengi

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

jengiläinen

(US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.

jenkki

A citizen or national of the United States of America.

Jenni

A en given name.

Jennifer

A en given name.

jenny

(nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.

jep

(informal) Yes.

jepari

(usually, in the plural, slang) A police officer.

jeppe

(usually, in the plural, slang) A police officer.

jerbo

Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.

Jeremia

A en given name of biblical origin.

Jeremias

A en given name of biblical origin.

Jeriko

A city in the West Bank, Palestine.

Jersey

An English earldom.

jerseyneulos

(uncountable) A type of fabric knit.

jerseyrotu

A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.

Jerusalem

A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.

Jerusalemin temppeli

(by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).

jes

An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

Jesaja

A en given name.

Jessika

A en given name.

jessör

(informal, or, military) Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.

jessus

(euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.