Finnish–English dictionary

aldriini

An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.

ale

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

Aleksandra

A en given name.

Aleksanteri

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Aleksi

A en given name.

Aleksis

A en given name.

alemmalla kannella

(nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.

alemmuus

The quality or state of being inferior.

alempana

Less than.

alempi

Of low rank, standard or quality.

alempiarvoinen

Of low rank, standard or quality.

alempiarvoisuus

The quality or state of being inferior.

alenema

(biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

aleneminen

A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.

alennettu

(music, note) Lowered by one semitone.

alennettu nuotti

(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

alennettu verokanta

A preferential tax rate.

alennukseen oikeutettu (henkilö)

(chiefly, UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).

alennus

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

alennusmyynti

(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.

alennustila

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

alentaa

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

alentaa hintaa

(transitive) To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.

alentaa painetta

(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.

alentaa resoluutiota

(computer graphics) To replace (a high-resolution model) with another of lower but acceptable quality. (Usually algorithmically)

alentava

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

alentua

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]

alentuminen

The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.

alentunut

Rendered less effective.

alentuva

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

alentuvuus

(usually, uncountable, pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s]

Aleppo

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

Alexandria

A former town in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry.

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfalfa

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

alfanumeerinen

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

Alger

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

Algeria

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

algerialainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

algoritmi

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

algoritminen

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

alhaalla

On or to a lower storey.

alhainen

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

alhainen arvio

An estimate that is too low.

alhaisempi

Located below:

alhaissyntyinen

Not noble; plebeian; common.

Ali

A surname from Arabic.

aliarvioida

(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.

aliarviointi

An estimate that is too low.

aliarvostaa

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

aliarvostettu

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

alias

Another name; especially, an assumed name.

aliasoida

(computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.

alibi

(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

Alice

(cryptography, physics) The person or system that sends a message to another person or system conventionally known as Bob.

alien

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

alifaattinen

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

alihinta

A price that is less than the value.

Aliisa

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

alijäämä

(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.

alikäytävä

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

alikehittynyt

Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.

alikersantti

(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.

alikorotus

(chess) Promotion of a pawn to a piece other than a queen.

alikulku

A passage that crosses a road, railroad or similar obstacle in a tunnel underneath it.

alikulkutunneli

A road or rail underpass.

alilämpö

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

alilämpöinen

(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.

alinomaa

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

aliohjautua

The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.

aliohjautuvuus

The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

aliohjelma

(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

alipaino

(uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.

alipalkattu

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

alipalkkainen

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

alipremissi

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

aliravitsemus

A lack of adequate nourishment.

aliravittu

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

alirutiini

(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

Alisa

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

alistaa

(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)]

alistaminen

The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.

alisteinen

Yielded to someone else's decision or judgment.

alisteisuus

The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.

alistettu

Forced into submission; subjugated.

alistua

(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.

alistuja

(BDSM) One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.

alistuminen

An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.

alistuva

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

alistuva osapuoli

(countable, BDSM) A submissive partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.

alisuorittaa

(ambitransitive) To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.

alisuorittaja

One who underachieves, i.e. performs less well than expected. [from 1950s]

alisuoriutua

(ambitransitive) To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.

alitajuinen

(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]

alitajunta

(psychology) That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.

alitsariini

A dye made from the plant.

alitsariinipunainen

A dye made from the plant.

alituinen

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

alituiseen

(set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently.

alityöllisyys

The condition of being underemployed.

alityöntö

(geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

alityypiksi muuntaminen

(computing) To cast (a data type) from supertype to subtype.

alivuokralainen

Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.

alivuokrata

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

alkaa

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

alkaa huimata

(predicative, _, only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

alkaa kiehua

In a boil; boiling. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

alkaa kuulua

(intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.

alkaa soida

(intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.

alkaa syödä

(colloquial) To begin eating.

alkaani

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alkali

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alkalinen

Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.

alkaminen

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

alkava

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

alkava yritys

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

alkeellinen

Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

alkeet

(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.

alkeis-

(Canada, US, alone, or, postpositive, chiefly, humorous) Of a fact, subject, etc.: basic, beginner-level, elementary.

alkeisalue

(physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

alkeishiukkanen

(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.

alkeiskirja

An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.

alkeismagneetti

(physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

alkeissilmu

(botany) The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.

alkeissolu

(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

alkemisti

One who practices alchemy.

alkio

(set theory) One of the objects in a set.

alkionimi

(computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.

alkkarit

Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.

alkoholi

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkoholijuoma

Alcoholic beverages in general.

alkoholimyrkytys

A high blood level of alcohol, toxic enough to injure or kill a person.

alkoholipitoinen

Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

alkoholismi

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkoholisoitunut

Of or pertaining to alcohol.

alkoholisti

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

alkoholiton

Containing no alcohol.

alkometri

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

alkovi

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

alku

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

alku-

Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

alkuaine

(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

alkuasema

(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.

alkuasukas

(potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]

alkuerät

A preliminary stage of a competition.

alkuhärkä

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

alkukantainen

(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.

alkukantainen ihminen

A member of a primitive society.

alkukantaisuus

The quality or state of being primitive.

alkukirjain

The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).