Finnish–English dictionary

kajakki

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

kajakkimelonta

water sport

kajastaa

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

kaje

An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

kajota

(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

kajuutta

The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.

kaka

Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.

kakadu

A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. [from 1610s]

kakaista

To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in sense 1.1.

kakara

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

käkättää

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

kake

(colloquial) A remote control for a television.

Kakelbergin marja

(slang, derogatory) Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair.

käki

A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).

kakistaa

(slang) Crystal meth.

kakistokratia

(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]

kakka

(slang) Rubbish; anything worthless.

käkkäräinen

(US, informal, sometimes, offensive) Of hair: tightly curled or twisted; frizzy (often specifically in reference to Afro textured hair)

kakkaus

An act of defecation.

kakkonen

(cards) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

kakkoslaatu

(usually, in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.

kakkosnelonen

(Australia, UK, NZ) A length of sawn wood of cross section 4 inches by 2 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber / timber.

kakkospari

(poker slang) A pair of twos.

kakkospesä

(baseball) Second base.

kakkossija

The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.

kakkosvaihde

The second gear of an engine.

kakku

(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.

kakkulat

(archaic, British, slang, in the plural) A pair of spectacles.

kakkupaperi

(Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women.

kaklattaa

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

kaklatus

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

kakoa

To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

kakodemoni

An evil or malevolent spirit.

kakofonia

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

kakofoninen

Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

kakominen

A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

kakomisti

A North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus

kakru

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

kaksi

Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.

kaksi kappaa

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.

kaksi kertaa

Two times.

kaksi maalia

(association football) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

kaksi riisiä

A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).

kaksi viikkoa

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

kaksijakoinen

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

kaksijakoisuus

A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.

kaksijalka

A two-legged stand.

kaksikerroksinen

(architecture) Having two floors.

kaksikielinen

A person who is able to use two languages.

kaksikko

(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

kaksikymmentä

Twenty (20).

kaksikymmentäluku

The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

kaksikymppinen

(colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.

kaksinaamainen

(of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.

kaksinaamaisuus

deceit or treachery

kaksinainen

Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.

kaksinaisuus

A classification into two subclasses or opposed parts.

kaksinapainen

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

kaksineuvoinen

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.

kaksinkamppailu

(by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.

kaksinkertainen

Of twice the quantity.

kaksinkertainen määrä

Twice the number, amount, size, etc.

kaksinkertaisesti

In a double degree; doubly.

kaksinkertaistaa

(transitive) To multiply by two.

kaksinkertaistua

(intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.

kaksinnaiminen

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

kaksinpeli

(sports, plurale tantum) A game between individual players.

kaksintaistella

To engage in a battle.

kaksintaistelu

Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

kaksiosainen

Consisting of two terms, or parts.

kaksipaikkainen avoauto

(automotive) An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.

kaksipäinen kuokka

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

kaksipäinen lihas

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

kaksipuolinen

Having two sides.

kaksipuolueinen

(politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

kaksisiipinen

(entomology) Relating to or denoting dipterans.

kaksisuuntainen

Relating to or having bipolar disorder.

kaksitaite

A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.

kaksitasoinen

Folded in two; composed of two layers.

kaksiteräinen kuokka

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

kaksitoista

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

kaksitoistajärjestelmä

(arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.

kaksiulotteinen

(rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.

kaksivuotias

A child aged two.

kaksivuotinen

Lasting for two years.

kaksois-

Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.

kaksoishele

(music) A trill or turn.

kaksoiskappale

A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.

kaksoislyönti

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

kaksoisolento

(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.

kaksoispiste

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

kaksoispuhe

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.

kaksoisshakki

A second check or verification, usually with additional caution or attention.

Kaksoisvirranmaa

(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.

kaksonen

Someone who has the Gemini star sign.

kaktus

(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

kakuttaa

(transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

kala

Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish

kalaasi

A boisterous or lavish celebration or party.

kalahdus

An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

kalahtaa

(transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

kalaisa

Abounding in fishes.

kalakauppias

(British) A person who sells fish.

kalakori

(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.

kalaliima

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.

kalamainen

Having some characteristics of a fish.

kalan

Of, from, or similar to fish.

kalanen

(childish) .

kalankäsittelylaitos

(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:

kalankasvattamo

A place or facility dedicated to the raising of fish or other seafood for sale.

kalanpoikanen

Young fish; fishlings.

kalanuija

A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.

kalanviljelylaitos

A place or facility dedicated to the raising of fish or other seafood for sale.

kalapaikka

(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:

kalaparvi

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

kalapato

A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

kalaruoka

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

kalasääski

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

kalastaa

(intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

kalastaa pikkukaloja

To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).

kalastaa salaa

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

kalastaa sinttejä

To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).

kalastaa soihdunvalossa

(US, fishing) To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.

kalastaa sukupuuttoon

(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).

kalastaa vaapulla

To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.

kalastaa verkoilla

(transitive) To catch by means of a net.

kalastaja

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

kalastella

(intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

kalastus

(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

kalastusalue

(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:

kalastusurheilu

(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.

kalastusvälineet

(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. [17th century].

kalastusyritys

(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

kalatalous

(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

kälättää

To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.

kälätys

(North America, archaic, _, in Britain) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

kalavedet

(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.

kaldealainen

Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.

kaldera

(vulcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

kalebassi

The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.

Kaledonia

A place named after the Latin name of Scotland.

kaleeri

A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

kalenteri

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

kalevanmiekka

(constellation) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

Kali

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.

kalibroida

(technology) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.

kalibroida uudelleen

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

kalibrointi

(technology) The act of calibrating something.

kalifaatti

Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

kalifi

The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.