Finnish–English dictionary

keskustassa oleva

In or towards the central business district.

keskustelija

A person who participates in a conversation.

keskustella

(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]

keskustelu

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

keskustelu-

Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.

keskustelubotti

(internet, AI) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

keskustelunavaus

A remark intended to open a conversation.

keskustelupalsta

(Internet) A system in which users may send, read and reply to messages on a particular subject.

keskustelutilaisuus

A gathering for the purpose of discussion; a symposium.

keskustietokone

(computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.

keskustoimisto

The center of an organization's operations or administration.

keskustorni

(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.

keskusvalta

A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

kessu

(military, colloquial) Clipping of sergeant.

kestää

(transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]

kestää kauemmin kuin

(transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.

kestää pesua

(intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.

kestää pesun

(intransitive) To bear without damage the operation of being washed; to be suitable for washing.

kestämätön

So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.

kestävä

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.

kestävästi

In a lasting manner, in a way that persists.

kestävyys

(dated, uncountable) Power of endurance.

kestit

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

kestitä

(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]

kesto

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

kestoaika

(obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. [15th–19th c.]

kestohymy

(South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.

kestokiharat

A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.

kestokulutustavara

(economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.

kestokyky

(uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th–19th c.]

kesy

(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

kesytetty

Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)

kesytön

Untamed; not domesticated.

kesyttää

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

kesyttäjä

One who tames or subdues.

kesyttämätön

Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

kesyttäminen

The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.

kesyyntyä

(intransitive) To become tame or domesticated.

ketään

Any person; anybody.

ketale

(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.

ketamiini

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

ketin kieli

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

ketju

(chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal

ketjukuulanuija

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

ketjupyörä

(mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

ketjuttua

(computing) To be chained to another data item.

ketjutus

(uncountable) The application of these series of links.

ketka

(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

ketku

(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

ketsuppi

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

ketterä

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

ketteryys

(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

ketti

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

kettinki

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

Kettu

A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.

ketunkolo

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

ketunlenkki

(often, humorous) A roundabout route or process

ketunnahka

(uncountable) The fur of a fox.

ketunpentu

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.

keuhko

(anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.

keuhkokatarri

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

keuhkokuume

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

keuhkolohko

(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

keuhkoputkentulehdus

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

keuhkota

(slang) To yell at or berate.

keuhkotuberkuloosi

(archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

keula

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

keulaharus

(nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship

keulajuhmuri

The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.

keulakaide

(countable, nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck; also called bow pulpit. The railing at the stern is sometimes called the stern pulpit or the pushpit.

keulamärssy

(obsolete) The top of the head; the top of the forehead.

keulan suunta

(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)

keulapiikki

(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

keulapurje

(nautical) Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.

keulasuunta

(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)

keulavannas

(nautical, precisely) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

keulia

(intransitive, informal) To ride, or perform the stunt of riding, a vehicle on its rear wheel or wheels.

keulimmainen

(nautical) Closest to the bow.

keulinta

(informal) An action or stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.

kevät

(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.

kevätesikko

A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.

kevätkello

Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.

kevätpäiväntasaus

(paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.

kevättulva

A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.

kevennetty

Reduced.

kevennys

(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.

keventää

(idiomatic) To start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality.

keventyä

(intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.

kevetä

(intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.

keveys

The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.

kevityslaippa

A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.

kevyesti

Carrying little.

kevyt

Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.

kevytkenkäinen

Having a deep red colour.

kevytmielinen

Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.

kevytmielisyys

frivolous act

kevytrakenteinen

Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.

kevytsarja

(weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.

kevytsarjalainen

(weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.

khaki

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

khakihousut

Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers (pants).

khakikangas

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

khakinvärinen

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

khakiunivormu

(military) A khaki uniform of pants (trousers) or shorts, shirt, and hat or other head covering such as a turban.

khalastelu

The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Khartum

The capital city of Sudan.

khat

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

khatpensas

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

khii

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

Khimaira

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

khmerin kieli

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

khmerinkielinen

of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language

ki

(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

kibbutsi

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kide

(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.

kidnapata

(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

kidnappaaja

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

kidnappaus

(legal) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18th century.]

kidukset

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.

kidus

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.

kiduskansi

(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

kidusrako

(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

kiduttaa

(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

kiduttaja

Someone who tortures.

kiduttava

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

kidutus

(now, archaic, historical, chiefly, with definite article) Interrogation by torture.

kiehautettu

(of water) Having reached the boiling point.

kiehkura

The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.

kiehtoa

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

kiehtova

Very beautiful or attractive.

kiehtova piirre

A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

kiehua

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

kiehuminen

A state of turbulent motion.

kiehumispiste

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

kiehumistila

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

kiehunta

A state of turbulent motion.

kiehuttaa

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

kiehuttaminen

(uncountable, countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

kiehuva

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

kiekko

A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

kiekonheitto

(uncountable, athletics) The athletics event of discus throw.

kiekua

(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

kiekuminen

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

kieleke

The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.

kielellinen

Of or relating to language.

kielen korkeus

(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.

kielenkäyttö

(uncountable, euphemistic, now, _, often, _, ironic) Vulgar language.

kielenopas

(linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

kielentutkija

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.