Finnish–English dictionary

kansalliskieli

The language of a people or a national language.

kansalliskiihko

(pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.

kansalliskiihkoinen

(pejorative) Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.

kansallislaulu

A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.

kansallismielinen

Of or relating to nationalism.

kansallispiirre

The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.

kansallispuisto

An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.

kansallisuus

A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.

kansan mielipide

(by extension) An expression of the public's views on an issue, whether legally binding or not.

kansanäänestys

(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.

kansanedustaja

(UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.

kansanjohtaja

(historical) A leader of the people.

kansankerros

A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

kansankieli

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

kansankielinen

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

kansankiihottaja

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

kansankiihotus

Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

kansanmurha

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

kansannousu

Rebellion.

kansanomainen

Of or for the common people.

kansantaloudellinen

Pertaining to an economy.

kansantaloustiede

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

kansanvaltaisesti

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

kansanvaltaistaa

(narrowly) To make democratic.

kansanviisaus

A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.

kansatiede

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.

kansi

A protective cover or seal.

kansi-

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

kansimies

(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.

kansio

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.

kansittaa

(transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.

känsittyä

(intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.

kansleri

A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

kansliapäällikkö

A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

kanssa

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

kanssakäyminen

The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.

kanta

(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.

kanta-asiakas

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

kantaa

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

kantaa hedelmää

To yield fruit.

kantaa kortensa kekoon

(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

kantaa paareilla

(transitive) To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.

kantaa reppuselässä

(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.

kantaa repussa

(transitive, rare) To place or carry (an item or items) in a backpack.

kantaäiti

(genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

kantaesitys

The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.

kantaisä

(genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

kantaja

(specific, legal) A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.

kantakappale

The original of a document or of a recording.

kantakappi

The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).

kantakirja

A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]

kantakopio

The original of a document or of a recording.

kantaluku

(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.

kantama

The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

kantaminen

(obsolete) The process of conveying something.

kantapää

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

kantapaikka

A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

kantapeikko

A person with a singular career path, especially in the military.

kantarahasto

Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.

kantasana

(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.

kantautua

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.

kantava voima

Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.

kantelija

One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.

kantelupukki

(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.

kantio

The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).

kanto

The act of conveying; carrying.

kantoaalto

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

kantohihna

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

kantokuntoinen

(slang) Too drunk to stand.

kantomatka

The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).

Kanton

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.

kantoni

A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.

kantonilainen

Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.

kantoninkielinen

Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.

kantoninkiina

(uncountable) A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.

kantoraketti

(aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.

kantotuoli

(countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.

kantri

Ellipsis of country music. [from 20th c.]

kantti

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

kanttiini

(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.

kanttikone

A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)

kanttori

singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

kanunki

A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

kanuuna

A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.

kanvaasi

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

kanvasti

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

kanyloida

(transitive, medicine) To insert a cannula into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein)).

kanyyli

(medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

kaoliini

A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

kaoottinen

Filled with chaos.

kapakala

A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt.

kapakka

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

kapakoitsija

(obsolete) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house or tavern.

käpälä

A foot equipped with such.

kapalo

(regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.

käpälöivä

(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

kapasitanssi

(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).

kapasiteetti

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

kapasitiivinen

Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.

kapea

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

kapea-alainen

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

kapeakatseinen

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

kapeikko

A narrow part of a navigable waterway.

kapellimestari

A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.

käpertyä

(intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.

kapi

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

kapina

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

kapina-

Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.

kapinaan yllyttäminen

Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

kapinahenkinen

Likely to commit mutiny.

kapinallinen

Rebellious, opposing authority.

kapine

(informal) Something that one does not know the name of.

kapinen

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

kapinoida

(intransitive) To commit a mutiny.

kapinoiva

Showing rebellion.

kapiot

The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these.

kapistus

(informal) Something that one does not know the name of.

kapitalismi

(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

kapitalisti

The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.

kapitalistinen

Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

kapiteeli

(countable, architectural element) The uppermost part of a column.

kapiteelinauha

A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.

kaponieeria suojaava redutti

(fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

käppäillä

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

kappalainen

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

kappale

An object, a member of a group or class.

kappalelista

(music) A tracklisting; a list of tracks appearing on an album, EP, LP etc.

käppänä

(informal, chiefly, North America, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.

kappeli

(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

käppyräinen

(botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.

kapriisi

(music) A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.

kapriksen nuppu

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.

kapris

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.

käpristää

(transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.

käpristyä

(intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.

käpsehtiä

(intransitive, informal) To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.

kapseli

A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application.

kapteeni

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

kapteenin nauha

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

kapteenin vene

(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".

kapu

(US, slang) A cannabis pipe.

kapuaminen

An act of climbing.

kapula

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

kapulakieli

(informal, pejorative) A style of language, used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.

kapusta

An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.

kapustarinta

A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]

käpy

The fruit of a conifer.

käpyillä

(transitive, intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.

käpyrauhanen

Pertaining to the pineal gland.

kapyysi

(obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.