Finnish–English dictionary

kipa

(Judaism, headwear) The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

kipaista

(colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously.

kipaisu

A short run, flight.

kipakka

Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

kipata

(transitive) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it

kipeä

(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.

kipinä

An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

kipinäsuoja

a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash

kipinöidä

(intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.

kipittää

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

kippari

A position of control or leadership.

Kippari-Kalle

A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.

Kipperin kortit

(cartomancy) A type of fortune-telling cards.

kippi

(gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

kippis

A common toast used when drinking in company.

kipsata

(chiefly, East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

kipsi

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

kipsilevy

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

kipsityö

Architectural work executed in plaster.

kipsivalos

(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.

kipu

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

kipua lievittävä

(pharmaceutical effect) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

kipuilla

(intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.

kipukohtaus

A violent, excruciating seizure of pain.

kipulääke

(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)

kirahvi

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

kireä

(idiomatic) Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.

kiriä

(intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

kiristää

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

kiristäjä

Someone who blackmails.

kiristellä

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

kiristin

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

kiristyä

(intransitive) To become tighter.

kiristys

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

kiristysnyöri

A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).

kiristysohjelma

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

kiristysside

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

kirittäjä

One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.

kirja

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

kirjaaminen

The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.

kirjaamo

An official keeper or recorder of records.

kirjahylly

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

kirjailija

Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

kirjailla

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

kirjailu

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

kirjaimellinen

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

kirjaimellisesti

Verbatim; using exactly the given words.

kirjain

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

kirjainkoko

(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

kirjainlyhenne

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

kirjainrunko

(typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.

kirjainsana

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

kirjainvälistys

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

kirjakaappi

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

kirjakäärö

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

kirjakauppa

A business that sells books.

kirjakauppias

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

kirjake

(typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

kirjakielinen

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

kirjakoi

Any of various insects that infest books.

kirjallinen

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

kirjallisuus

Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

kirjallisuusluettelo

A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.

kirjallisuutta tunteva

Knowledgeable of literature or writing.

kirjamyyjä

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

kirjanen

A small or thin book.

kirjanpitäjä

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

kirjanpito

(uncountable, British, NZ, often, _, Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.

kirjanpitopäällikkö

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

kirjansidonta

The art, craft or process of binding books.

kirjapainotaito

(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

kirjasin

In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.

kirjasinlaji

(printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

kirjasinleikkaus

In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.

kirjasintyyppi

(typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.

kirjasto

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

kirjastokortti

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

kirjastonhoitaja

The keeper, manager of a library.

kirjastonjohtaja

The keeper, manager of a library.

kirjata

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

kirjata kuluksi

(accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.

kirjatoukka

Any of various insects that infest books.

kirjattu

(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.

kirjatyöntekijä

A person who prints or binds books.

kirjaus

The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.

kirjava

(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.

kirje

One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.

Kirje heprealaisille

(biblical) The nineteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to the Hebrews.

Kirje Timoteukselle

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

Kirje Titukselle

The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

kirjeenvaihtaja

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

kirjeenvaihto

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

kirjekortti

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

kirjekuori

(networking) The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contents.

kirjekuorilaukku

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

kirjelaatikko

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

kirjelappu

A short informal letter.

kirjelomake

Paper marked with a letterhead.

kirjo

A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.

kirjoa

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

kirjohanhi

(North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

kirjoihin uppoutuva

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

kirjoitella

(ambitransitive) To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.

kirjoitelma

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

kirjoitettu

Written down on paper, etc.

kirjoitinmuste

Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

kirjoittaa

(chiefly, US, sometimes, proscribed) To create a work as its author.

kirjoittaa [[tietosanakirja-artikkeli]]

(transitive, geography) To describe the geography of (a country or other place) in a gazetteer (etymology 2, noun sense 1).

kirjoittaa arvostelu

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

kirjoittaa isoin kirjaimin

(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.

kirjoittaa kärkevästi

To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.

kirjoittaa käsin

(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting.

kirjoittaa katteeton shekki

(transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.

kirjoittaa koneella

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

kirjoittaa läpilyöntipaperille

(dated, or, historical) To type or write (text) on a flimsy (“sheet of thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document”) (noun sense 2).

kirjoittaa lyijykynällä

(transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.

kirjoittaa muistiin

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

kirjoittaa pistekirjoituksella

To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.

kirjoittaa pöytäkirja

(transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

kirjoittaa puhtaaksi

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

kirjoittaa resepti

(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

kirjoittaa ylös

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

kirjoittaja

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

kirjoittamaton

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

kirjoittaminen

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

kirjoittautua

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

kirjoittautuminen

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

kirjoitus

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.

kirjoitusasu

(countable) A specific spelling of a word.

kirjoitusjärjestelmä

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

kirjoituskone

A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.

kirjoitusmerkki

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

kirjoitusnaskali

A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.

kirjoituspää

(computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.

kirjoituspöytä

(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.

kirjoitussarja

A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

kirjoitustapa

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

kirjoitustarvike

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

kirjoitusväline

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

kirjoitusvirhe

(countable) A misspelled word.

kirjonta

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

kirjontatyö

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

kirjuri

(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.

kirkaista

(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

kirkaisu

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

kirkas

(of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.

kirkastaa

(transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

kirkastua

(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

Kirke

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.

kirkkaanpunainen

Having a brilliant red colour.