The Finnish word for face is
kasvot
Translations for face and their definitions
| kasvot | |
| 1. n. face (front part of the head) |
| kohdata | |
| 1. v. To meet with, encounter (a person). | |
| ~ joku ohimennen = to run into somebody. | |
| ~ joku syvällisesti = to connect up with somebody. | |
| ~ kuolema = to meet with death, die. | |
| 2. v. To undergo, experience, suffer; to face, be confronted with: | |
| ~ koettelemuksia = to undergo trials or tribulations. | |
| 3. v. To befall, happen, occur. | |
| Minua kohtasi hirveä onnettomuus. | |
| A terrible accident befell me. |
| naama | |
| 1. n. (colloquial) face (front of the human head) | |
| 2. n. (biology) face (front of the head of an animal) | |
| 3. n. (slang) face, mouth | |
| Naama umpeen! | |
| Shut up your face! |
| kuvapuoli | |
| 1. n. (card games) face (side of the playing card that shows its value) |
| etupuoli | |
| 1. n. front, face, frontside, facade (most visible side of anything) |
| otsa | |
| 1. n. forehead |
| leveys | |
| 1. n. width or breadth of an object | |
| 2. n. beam (maximum width of a ship) | |
| 3. n. in combination with pohjoinen, , nothern or (m, fi, eteläinen, , southern): latitude (angular distance north or south of the equator) | |
| Sijaintimme on 21 astetta itäistä pituutta, 60 astetta pohjoista leveyttä. | |
| Our longitude is 21 degrees east and latitude 60 degrees north. |
| ilme | |
| 1. n. facial expression, look, mien, appearance, countenance (features and expression of the face) | |
| 2. n. air (feeling or sense) | |
| Haluan antaa sille taiteellisen ilmeen. | |
| I want to give it an air of artistry. |
| tahko | |
| 1. n. grindstone | |
| 2. n. (geometry) face | |
| 3. n. (of a) wheel | |
| 4. v. indicative present connegative of tahkoa | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative present of tahkoa | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of tahkoa |
| julkisivu | |
| 1. n. facade, façade |
| uhka | |
| 1. n. threat | |
| tulivuorenpurkauksen uhka | |
| threat of a volcanic eruption |
| etuseinä | |
| 1. n. front wall (wall forming the front side of a structure) |
| turpa | |
| 1. n. muzzle | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) mouth, face | |
| Pidä turpasi kiinni! | |
| Keep your mouth shut! | |
| Turpa kiinni! | |
| Shut up your face! | |
| 3. n. European chub, Squalius (Leuciscus) cephalus |
| taho | |
| 1. n. direction | |
| 2. n. facet | |
| 3. n. (buzzword) any group of humans or human institution (what type of human institution is meant, is given in the context) | |
| lukuisat tahot | |
| numerous organisations |
| julkikuva | |
| 1. n. public image, face |
| päivänvalo | |
| 1. n. daylight (light from the Sun) | |
| 2. n. light, daylight, light of day (in certain idiomatic expressions) | |
| tuoda päivänvaloon = to bring to light | |
| tulla päivänvaloon = to come to light | |
| nähdä päivänvalo = to see the light of day |
| eturinne | |
| 1. n. front slope, face |
| pinta | |
| 1. n. surface |
| rinne | |
| 1. n. A slope, hillside | |
| 2. n. (skiing) A piste |
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