Finnish–English dictionary

kahlauspaikka

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

kahle

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.

kahleet

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).

kahlehtia

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

kahlekuningas

An escape artist.

kahlita

(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.

kahlita kädet

To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.

kahlitsematon

Not bound by chains or shackles.

kahluu

An act of wading.

kahluupaikka

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

kahmia

(transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.

kahnaus

A small argument; a quarrel.

kahtia

(archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.

kahtia haarautunut

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.

kahtia jakautuva

Having bifurcations.

kahtiajakautunut

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.

kahtiajako

(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.

kahtiajakoinen

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.

kahva

(chiefly, _, nautical) The handle of a pump.

kahvakuula

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

kahveli

(nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.

kähveltää

(transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

kähveltäjä

(slang) A thief.

kahvi

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

kahviherne

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kahvikerma

A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

kahvikermajauhe

A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

kahvila

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

kahvinkeitin

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

kahvinruskea

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

kahvio

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

kahvipapu

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

kahvipensas

A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

kahvitilaisuus

An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.

kaide

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

kaidepinna

One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.

kaidepuu

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

Kaifas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

kaihdin

(countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

kaihi

(figurative) Something which obscures.

kaiho

(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]

kaihoisa

Full of longing or yearning.

kaijanen

Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.

kaikella kunnioituksella

(formal) With all due respect to.

kaiken kaikkiaan

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

kaiken päälle

Also, additionally, moreover.

kaiken tieltään tuhoava voima

A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.

kaikenkattava

(idiomatic) Pertaining to all categories or things.

kaikilla herkuilla

(of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options.

kaikille avoin

(UK, education, chiefly, historical) In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.

kaikin puolin

(dated) In every way, however possible.

kaikista

(intensifier) Out of all living creatures.

kaikkein

Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

kaikkensa

(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

kaikkeus

(archaic) The Earth, the sphere of the world.

kaikki

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

kaikki jaksot

Containing multiple items.

kaikkiaan

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

kaikkialla

(idiomatic) Everywhere.

kaikkialla läsnä oleva

Being everywhere simultaneously.

kaikkialle

(idiomatic) Everywhere.

kaikkialta

(idiomatic) Everywhere.

kaikkien reaalilukujen joukko

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

kaikkiruokainen

An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

kaikkitietävä

(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.

kaikkivaltias

God, the supreme being.

kaikkivoipa

Having unlimited power; omnipotent.

kaikkivoipaisuus

Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

kaikkoa

(archaic) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.

kaikota

(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

kaiku

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

kaikua

To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

kaikuefekti

(audio effects) An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.

kaikuluodata

(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

kaikuluotain

(nautical) A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.

kaikuluotaus

The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures.

kaikuva

Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.

kaikuvasti

With a loud, resonant sound.

kailottaa

(dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

kaima

A person with the same name as another.

kaimaani

(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.

Kain

(biblical character) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.

kainalo

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

kainalokuoppa

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

kainalosauva

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

kainosteleva

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

kainostelu

The quality or property of being bashful

kainous

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

kaipaava

(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.

kaipaus

(often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

kaipuu

(often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

kaira

A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

kairaaja

A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.

kairata

To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.

kaisla

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

kaislikkoinen

Full of, or edged with, reeds.

kaista

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

kaistale

A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.

kaistanleveys

(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.

kaistapää

(slang, chiefly, derogatory) Someone who is insane.

kaita

(obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.

kaitaliina

A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.

kaitsea

(transitive) To watch over; to guide.

kaitsija

Someone acting as a chaperone and tutor to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, especially in Europe. [from 18th c.]

kaitsijaproteiini

(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

kaiutin

Loudspeaker.

kaiutinkalvo

(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.

kaiutus

(computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.

kaivaa

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.

kaivaa alle

To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]

kaivaa esiin

(transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth

kaivaa koekuopasta

(also, intransitive) To excavate washdirt from (a superficial deposit).

kaivaa kuoppa alle

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

kaivaa maahan

To place in the ground.

kaivaa maata alta

(transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

kaivaa syvennys

To make a recess (noun sense 1 and sense 1.1) in (something).

kaivaa tunneli alle

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

kaivaa ulos

(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

kaivaa ylös

(transitive) To take out of the grave or tomb.

kaivaja

One who digs.

kaivaminen

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

kaivata

(figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event). [from 19th c.]

kaivattu

wished-for, longed-for

kaivaus

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

kaivautua

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

kaivautua asemiin

(military, also, figurative, _, in, _, sport) To dig trenches to resist an enemy attack.

kaiverrettu

Made by engraving.

kaiverrin

A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.

kaiverruksin koristeltu

Decorated with engravings.

kaiverrus

An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.

kaivertaa

(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

kaivertaminen

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.

kaivinkone

A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

kaivo

A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.

kaivonkatsominen

The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

kaivos

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

kaivoskaasu

(mining, archaic, or, historical) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

kaivoskuilu

A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.

kaivosmies

A person who works in a mine.

kaivostoiminta

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

kaivostyöläinen

A person who works in a mine.

kaivosvaunu

A wheeled container, often one that travels on tracks, used for moving mining materials.

kaivuri

A tool for digging.

kaivuu

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

kaivuujäte

(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

kajaali

A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.

kajahdella

(British, Canadian) To make a clanging sound.

kajahtaa

(intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

kajahtava

Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.

kajahtavasti

With a loud, resonant sound.