Finnish–English dictionary

jestas

(possibly, _, offensive, blasphemous) An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.

jestas sentään

(euphemistic) An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.

jesuiitta

(Catholicism) A member of the Society of Jesus.

jeti

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

Jevgeni

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Евге́ний (Jevgénij).

jiddiš

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

jiddišinkielinen

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

jiekiö

A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

jigi

The projecting arm of a crane.

jihad

(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

jii

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

jiihaa

(chiefly, Southern US, and, Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.

jiipata

(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.

jiirata

(chiefly, nautical) To swerve from a course.

jiiraus

(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

jinkku

(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.

jinni

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

jippii

A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.

jippo

(video games) A bug or an exploit.

jirdi

Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

JK

Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.

jKr.

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

jne.

And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.

jo

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

jo riittää

Stop! Don't do that any more!

jobbari

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

jockey

One who rides racehorses competitively.

jodaatti

(chemistry) The anion IO3-; any salt of iodic acid.

jodi

An antiseptic incorporating the element.

jodidi

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

jodisprii

An antiseptic incorporating the element.

joditinktuura

An antiseptic incorporating the element.

jodittaa

To treat or react with iodine.

jodlata

(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

jodlaus

A song incorporating yodelling.

joenhaara

(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.

joenpenkka

A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

joenpohja

(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

joensuu

The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.

jogurtti

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

Johanna

A en given name, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.

Johanneksen evankeliumi

(biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.

Johanneksen ilmestys

(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

Johanneksen kirje

(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

Johannes

(biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).

Johannesburg

The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.

johdannainen

(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.

johdanto

The introduction to an essay or discourse.

johdanto-

Introducing; giving a preview or idea of.

johdatella

(transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.

johdateltava

(rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

johdatin

(physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

johdattaa

(transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.

johdatteleva

Providing guidance or direction.

johdatus

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

johde

(physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

johdettavissa oleva

Capable of being deduced.

johdettu

Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.

johdin

Any metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance.

johdinkuvio

(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

johdonmukainen

Orderly, logical and consistent.

johdonmukaisesti

(manner) In a consistent manner.

johdonmukaisuus

The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

johdos

That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.

johdosta

Caused by; resulting from; because of.

johdottaa

(transitive) To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.

johonkin

To an uncertain or unspecified location.

johonkin aikaan

At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

johtaa

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

johtaa harhaan

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).

johtaa puhetta

(transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

johtaa putkessa

(transitive) To convey by a system of pipes.

johtaa tautiin

(plant disease) To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut.

johtaa virta

(transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).

johtaja

The head of a political party in a given region or district.

johtajaopettaja

A headdress; a covering for the head.

johtajuus

The capacity of someone to lead others.

johtamaton

(of a group or body etc.) Having components that act independently of each other.

johtaminen

Skillful guidance or management.

johtamistaito

Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].

johtava

(astrology) Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.

johto

(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

johto-oppi

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

johtoaihe

(music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.

johtoasema

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

johtoasentaja

A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.

johtohahmo

A notable person within a specific field or discipline.

johtohenkilö

One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).

johtokunnan jäsen

A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.

johtokunta

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

johtolanka

Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

johtomies

(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]

johtopäätös

(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

johtua

To be caused or derived; to originate.

johtuminen

(physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.

johtuva

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

jointti

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

joitakin

A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

joka

A regular frequency.

joka ilta

Every night.

joka kerta

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

joka kerta kun

At each occasion that.

joka paikassa

(idiomatic) In multiple directions or locations, often haphazardly; everywhere.

joka päivä

quotidianly, every day

joka tapauksessa

(idiom) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.

joka toinen

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

joka toinen vuosi tapahtuva

Happening every two years.

joka yö

Every night.

jokailtainen

Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.

jokainen

(collectively) All; everyone.

jokaöinen

Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.

jokapäiväinen

(uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.

jokavuotinen

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

jokellus

(countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period

jokeltaa

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

jokeltelu

(uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words

jokeri

A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

joki

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

jokin

(stressed) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

jokin paikka

Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.

jokipoikanen

Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

jokiuoma

A stream bed.

jokivarressa

At or near the side of a river.

jokivarsi

Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.

jokivene

(nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

joko

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

joko tai

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

Jokohama

The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo.

joku

(informal) A person of some consideration or standing.

jokunen

A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).

jolkuttaa

(transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot.

jolla

(nautical) A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.

jollakin tavalla

In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means

jollei

Except on a specified condition; if not.

jolloin

(relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.

jolta puuttuu

(with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.

joltinenkin

Satisfactory.

jomma

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.

jomottaa

(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

jomotus

(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

jonain päivänä

Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.

jonakin päivänä

(set phrase) At some unspecified time in the future.

Jonatan

(biblical character) A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.

jongleerata

To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

jongleeraus

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.

jonglöörata

To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

jonka

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

jonkin mukainen

(used adverbially) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.

jonkin mukaisesti

(used adverbially) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.

jonkin verran

An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.]