The Finnish word for clock is
kello

Translations for clock and their definitions

kello
1. n. clock (instrument used to measure time)
2. n. o'clock (when indicating time)
Kello on kahdeksan. (lit. The clock is eight.)
It's eight o'clock.
3. n. time (when asking the time or telling exact time)
Paljonko kello on? (lit. How much is the clock?)
What's the time?
Kello on 20:32.
The time is 8:32 pm.
4. n. watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
5. n. timer (device that gives an alarm after a specified time)
munakello = egg timer
6. n. clock (metaphor for regularity)
Hän tuli joka päivä kellon tarkkuudella.
He arrived every day with clocklike regularity.
7. n. (nautical) o'clock (used to indicate direction in relation to the vessel's position so that 12 is straight ahead and 6 is straight behind)
Tunnistamaton lentokone kello kahdessa!
An unidentified aeroplane at two o'clock!
8. n. bell (object made of metal or other hard material, which resonates when struck)
Kenelle kello soi?
For whom the bell tolls?
9. n. bell (signal at a school)
10. n. bellflower (plant of the genus Campanula)
harakankello, spreading bellflower, C. patula
hirvenkello, bristly bellflower, C. cervicaria
kiirunankello, arctic bellflower, C. uniflora
kissankello, bluebell, harebell, C. rotundifolia
kurjenkello, peach-leaved bellflower, C. persicifolia
peurankello, clustered bellflower, C. glomerata
ukonkello, wide-leaved bellflower, C. latifolia
varsankello, nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium
vuohenkello, creeping bellflower, C. rapunculoides

koriste
1. n. decoration, ornament

mittari
1. n. meter, gauge, indicator (device for measuring)
2. n. (insects) geometrid moth
3. n. meter; short form of pysäköintimittari, , parking meter
4. n. (colloquial) taxi; short for mittariauto
5. n. (slang) euphemism for age
Paljonko sinulla on mittarissa?
How old are you?

kellottaa
1. v. To clock, time.

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