Finnish–English dictionary

käsin kirjoitettu asiakirja

(legal, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.

käsin kirjoitettu teksti

Text that was written by hand.

käsin kosketeltava

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

käsin poimittu

Picked by hand rather than by machinery.

käsin tehty

Made by hand; manufactured manually.

käsinkirjoitettu

Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed.

käsinkosketeltava

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

kasino

A public building or room for gambling.

käsinoja

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

käsinseisonta

A headstand.

käsintehty

(of an item, especially a foodstuff) Made by an artisan (skilled worker).

käsinukke

A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head.

käsipaino

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

käsipallo

In billiards, a circumstance in which a fault by another player, such as a scratch, permits the competitor to take the cue ball in hand and place it anywhere on the table.

kasipari

(poker slang) A pair of eights.

käsipuhelin

The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

käsiraha

(legal) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.

käsiraudat

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

käsiraudoittaa

(transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.

käsirengas

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

käsirysy

(plurale tantum, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.

käsissä

That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

käsite

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

käsite-

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

käsitellä

(idiomatic) To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.

käsitellä alunalla

(transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

käsitellä kovakouraisesti

(transitive) To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.

käsitellä loppuun

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin

(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.

käsiteltävä

Capable of being handled.

käsitesanakirja

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

käsittää

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

käsittää ongelmaksi

(transitive) To consider something as if it were a problem.

käsittää väärin

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

käsittämätön

Unintelligible or illegible.

käsittämättömästi

In an incomprehensible manner.

käsittäminen

(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.

käsitteellinen

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

käsitteellistää

To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.

käsitteenmuodostus

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

käsitteistö

The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.

käsittelemätön

Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]

käsittely

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

käsittelyhistoria

(computing) The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).

käsittelykyky

(operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.

käsittelyteho

(operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.

käsituntuma

A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

käsityö

An artifact produced by handicraft.

käsityöläinen

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

käsityöläisyys

The quality of being a craftsman.

käsityölaukku

(plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.

käsityötaito

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

käsitys

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

käsityskyky

A thorough understanding.

käsivaihteinen

(metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

käsivaihteisto

(metonymically) A vehicle with a manual transmission.

käsivarainen

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.

käsivarsi

(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

käsivarsikelluke

(swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.

käsivarsinauha

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

kaskadi

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

käskeä

(transitive) To issue a command; to tell.

käskeminen

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

käskevä

Having a commanding style.

kasku

An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.

käsky

Summons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.

käskyläinen

(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).

käskynjako

A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.

käskyvalta

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

kašmirkuvio

A motif of a swirling droplet.

kašmirkuvioinen kangas

A soft woollen fabric having this motif.

kašmirvilla

(mostly, uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.

käspä

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

Kasperi

A en given name, more popular in the form Jasper.

kašrut

(Jewish law) The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat.

kassa

(countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

kassa-

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

kassa-arkku

A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

kassaholvi

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

kassakaappi

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

kassakaappimurtaja

One who breaks into safes.

kassakirstu

The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

kassakone

A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.

kassalipas

A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

kassamyyjä

One who works at a till or receives payments.

kassaneiti

One who works at a till or receives payments.

kassanhoitaja

Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.

kässätä

(informal) To understand.

kassavirkailija

One who works at a till or receives payments.

kassi

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

kassillinen

The amount that fills a bag.

Kassiopeia

(constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

kassit

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

kassittaa

(transitive) To put into a bag.

kässy

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

kastaa

(Christianity) To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.

kastaa friteeraustaikinaan

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

kastaa kananmunaan

(cooking) To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.

kastaa uppopaistotaikinaan

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

kastaja

A person who baptizes.

kastaminen

(obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.

kastanja

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.

kastanjanruskea

Of a reddish-brown colour.

kastanjapuu

(uncountable) Wood of a chestnut tree.

kastanjetti

(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.

kaste

(Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

kasteliero

A worm that lives in the ground.

kastella

(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

kastella (läpimäräksi)

To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.

kastella läpimäräksi

(transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

kastelu

An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.

kastelukannu

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

kasteluoja

A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

kastemalja

(Christianity) A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.

kastemato

A worm that lives in the ground.

kastettu

(of a person) Who has been baptised.

kasti

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

kastike

(Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.

kastikemainen

Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

kastiton

Without caste.

kastraatio

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.

kastroida

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

kastrointi

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.

kastua

(literally, ambitransitive) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.

kasuaari

Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.

kasukka

An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]

kasvaa

(intransitive) To increase, to rise

kasvaa isommaksi

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

kasvaa maata pitkin

(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.

kasvaa nopeammin

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

kasvaa omenan muotoiseksi

(obsolete, except, UK, dialectal) Of a flower bud or vegetable (especially a root vegetable): to grow into the shape of an apple.

kasvaa pois

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

kasvaa satakertaiseksi

(intransitive) To increase a hundredfold.

kasvaa suuremmaksi kuin

(transitive) To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.

kasvaa tertussa

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).

kasvaa ulos

(transitive, often, figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.

kasvaa villinä

(intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

kasvain

(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

kasvaminen

(uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]

kasvannainen

Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

kasvattaa

To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.

kasvattaa hiukset

(transitive) To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair

kasvattaa karva

(transitive) To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair

kasvattaa kivi

(intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

kasvattaa kuriin

(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.

kasvattaja

Something that boosts.

kasvattaminen

Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.

kasvattava

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

kasvatti

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

kasvatti-

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.