Finnish–English dictionary

kaunainen

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

kauneus

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

kauneushoitola

(US, Philippines) A salon where hairdressers, beauticians, and cosmeticians work.

kauneusihanne

(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

kauneuspilkku

(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.

kauneussalonki

(US, Philippines) A salon where hairdressers, beauticians, and cosmeticians work.

kauniisti

In a beautiful manner.

kaunis

Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance. [from 1580s]

kaunispakarainen

Having beautifully shaped buttocks.

kaunistaa

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

kaunistautuminen

(now, historical, or, archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]

kaunistelematta

In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

kaunistella

(figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

kaunokainen

Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

kaunokirjallinen

Relating to literature.

kaunokirjallisuus

(archaic) Literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties.

kaunokirjoitus

(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

kaunopuheinen

Fluently persuasive and articulate.

kaunopuheisuus

The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

kaunotar

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

kaupallinen

Of or pertaining to commerce.

kaupallisesti

In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce.

kaupallistaa

(transitive) To apply business methodology to something in order to profit (such as introducing salability to a resource that comes from, or rightfully belongs to, the commons).

kaupan toteuttaminen

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

kaupanhieronta

(uncountable) bargaining; merchandise

kaupankäynti

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

kaupanteko

(archaic) Trade in merchandise.

kaupata

(transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

kaupitella

To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.

kaupittelu

(uncountable) bargaining; merchandise

kauppa

The thing stipulated or purchased.

kauppahinta

(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

kauppaketju

A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

kauppakirja

(legal) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

kauppakuja

(architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.

kauppamatkustaja

Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.

kauppasaarto

A ban on trade with another country.

kauppasopimus

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

kauppatavara

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

kauppatavarat

(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

kauppatori

The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

kauppias

A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

kaupungin siluetti

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

kaupunginisä

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

kaupunginjohtaja

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

kaupunginosa

A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.

kaupunginvaltuutettu

In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

kaupunki

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

kaupunkilainen

A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.

kaupunkitalo

A house in an urban setting.

kaupunkivaltio

A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

kaupustelija

(figurative) A person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing.

kaupustella

(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

kaura

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

kaurahiutale

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

kauransiemen

Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

kaurapussi

A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.

kaurapuuro

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

kaurapuuronharmaa

Of a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal

kauraryyni

(usually, in the plural) Husked but unground oats.

kaurasäkki

(archaic) An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.

kauriinliha

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

kauris

Someone with a Capricorn star sign.

kausaatio

The act or agency by which an effect is produced.

kausaliteetti

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

kausi

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

kausijulkaisu

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

kausijuoppous

Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.

kausikortti

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

kausilippu

A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

kausiluonteinen

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

kausittainen

Relative to a period or periods.

kaussi

(nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.

kaustinen

Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

kauterisoida

To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.

kautsu

(obsolete) Latex; natural rubber.

kautta

Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).

kauttaaltaan

(idiomatic) Pertaining to all categories or things.

kauttakulku

The act of passing over, across, or through something.

kauttaviiva

(originally, _, US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.

kavahdus

A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.

kavahtaa

(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

käväistä

(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.

kavala

deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous

kavaljeeri

(historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.

kavalkadi

(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

kavallus

(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

kavaltaa

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

kavaluus

(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

käveleminen

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käveleskellä

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

kävelijä

The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

kävellä

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

kävellä tukea vasten

(intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).

kävellä tukien

(intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).

kävely

(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).

kävelykansi

A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.

kävelykenkä

(often, in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.

kävelykeppi

A staff or walking stick.

kävelymatka

A distance walked.

kävelyretki

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

kävelytie

A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk.

kävelyttää

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

kävelytyyli

A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.

kavennus

The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.

kaventaa

(intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.

kaventua

(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).

kaventuma

The process of becoming narrow.

kaveri

A companion; a comrade.

kaverit

(especially, in the plural, often, controversial) A person (see usage notes).

kaveruus

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

kaviaari

Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

kävijä

One who, or that which, goes.

kävijämäärä

The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.

kavio

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

kavioansa

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

kavioeläin

Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros.

kaviokuume

(veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.

kavuta

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

kävynmuotoinen

In the shape of a pine cone.

käy

Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.

käydä

(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]

käydä ehtoollisella

(Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.

käydä hyvin

(intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.

käydä ilmi

(intransitive) To become known.

käydä käsiksi

(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.

käydä kaupaksi

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

käydä kaupassa

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

käydä kauppaa

(transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.

käydä kävelylenkillä

To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

käydä kiinni

(colloquial) To begin eating.

käydä kimppuun

(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

käydä läpi

To repeat or review work already done.

käydä läpi uudelleen

(transitive) To experience (something) again; to live over again. [from 18th c.]

käydä levolle

(reflexive, archaic) To rest (oneself), especially by going to sleep.

käydä oikeutta

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

käydä päälle

(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.

käydä päinsä

(intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.

käydä pitkäkseen

(intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.

käydä serkulla

To visit a cousin or other relation.

käydä sotaa

To wage war.

käydä suihkussa

To bathe using a shower.

käydä taloksi

(intransitive) To settle into a home.

käydä terapiassa

(intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

käydä töissä

(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.

käydä usein

(transitive) To visit often.

käydä vieraissa

(transitive, archaic) To commit adultery with (someone).

käymälä

(linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.

käymäläkoppi

(UK, AU) A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.

käymälävesi

Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter. [from 20th c.]