Finnish–English dictionary

kiistämättömästi

In an undeniable manner, or to an undeniable extent.

kiistäminen

(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

kiistanalainen

(colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.

kiistaton

Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

kiistatta

(colloquial, not comparable) Absolutely, without question.

kiistattomasti

(logic) In an apodictical manner.

kiistellä

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

kiistelty

Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.

kiistely

Petty quarreling.

kiistettävä

Able to be denied or contradicted.

kiistettävissä oleva

Able to be denied or contradicted.

kiisto

(logic) The negation in logic.

kiitää

To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

kiitäjä

Any moth of the family Sphingidae.

kiitäminen

The act of scudding.

kiitellä

(transitive) To praise or acclaim.

kiito

The act of scudding.

kiitokset

(obsolete)

kiitolaukka

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

kiitollinen

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

kiitollisuudenvelka

The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.

kiitollisuus

A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

kiitorata

(idiomatic) A cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle.

kiitos

The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

kiitospäivä

(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

kiitotie

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

kiittää

(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.

kiittämätön

An ungrateful person.

kiitti

(Commonwealth, informal) thank you

kiivas

Easily excited.

kiivetä

(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

kiivetä kynsiensä avulla

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

kiivetä nelinkontin

To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.

kiivi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

kikattaa

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

kikatus

A high-pitched, silly laugh.

kikherne

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kikka

A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

kikkeli

(slang) The penis.

kiksit

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

kilahdella

(transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.

kilahdus

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

kilahtaa

(intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.

kilautella

(transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.

kilauttaa

(slang, transitive) To telephone.

kilautus

(informal) A telephone call or e-mail.

Kilimanjaro

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

kilinä

The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.

kilistä

(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

kilistää

(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

kilistellä

(transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.

kiljahdus

A shout or scream.

kiljaisu

A shout or scream.

kiljua

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

kilke

(slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.

kilkutin

Someone or something that clinks.

killinki

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

killutin

(slang) A gem or ornament that sparkles.

kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogramma

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilohertsi

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

kilometri

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kilometrikorvaus

An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

kilometripylväs

(automotive, road transport) A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.

kilometritolppa

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

kilpa

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

kilpa-auto, kilpa-ajoneuvo

A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.

kilpahevonen

A horse that competes in races.

kilpailija

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

kilpailla

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

kilpailu

A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

kilpailuasu

A piece of clothing worn for a specific activity; a uniform.

kilpailuhenkinen

(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.

kilpailulaji

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

kilpailullinen

Of or pertaining to competition.

kilpakärryt

A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.

kilparata

A course over which any type of races are run.

kilparatsastaja

One who rides racehorses competitively.

kilpasoutu

(sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.

kilpasoutuvene

A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

kilpavaraus

(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

kilpavene

A boat designed and built for racing.

kilpi

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

kilpikangas

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

kilpikonna

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

kilpikonnamuodostelma

(Ancient Rome, military, historical) A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.

kilpirauhanen

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.

kilpuri

A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.

kilsa

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kilta

(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ [15th century].

kiltteys

The state of being kind.

kiltti

Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

kilvenkannattaja

(heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

kilvoittelu

(Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.

kimakka

High-pitched and piercing.

kimalainen

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

kimalle

A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

kimallella

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

kimallus

A glistening shine from a wet surface.

kimaltaa

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

kimaltava

Brightly sparkling.

kimalteleva

Brightly sparkling.

kimara

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

kimchi

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

kimeä

High or shrill.

kimeä ääni

A shrill sound.

kimeä-ääninen

Having a shrill voice.

kimeeri

(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

kimeys

Shrewdness, quickness of mind

kimittää

(intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.

kimmellys

A glistening shine from a wet surface.

kimmeltää

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

kimmoisa

Easily bounced.

kimmoisuus

(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded

kimmoke

An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

kimmota

(colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.

kimmoton

(literal, or, figurative) Lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding.

kimmottaa

(colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kimpale

A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

kimpoaminen

A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.

kimpoilla

(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

kimppa

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

kimppakyyti

An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.

kimppu

A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

kimputtaa

(obsolete) To heap up.

kina

(countable) A skirmish; an encounter.

kinastella

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

kinastelu

Petty quarreling.

kinata

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

kineettinen energia

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

kinetiikka

(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.

kiniini

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

kinkku

(countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.

kinnas

An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

kinner

(transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

kinnerkoukku

(anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

kinnuset

(bowling) A series of four consecutive strikes.

kinos

(countable) An accumulation or spread of snow.

kinostaa

(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.

kinostua

(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.

kinttu

(childish) A foot.

kinttupolku

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.

kinua

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

kinukki

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

kinuski

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

kinuta

(informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.

kioski

A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

Kioto

A prefecture of Japan.