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The Finnish word for fire is
tuli





fire

Translations for fire and their definitions

tuli
     1. n. fire (also from firearms)
           leikkiä tulella
             to play with fire
     2. n. campfire
     3. v. third-person singular indicative past of tulla


laukaista
     1. v. To fire (a gun).
     2. v. To launch (a rocket).
     3. v. To trigger.


erottaa
     1. v. to separate
     2. v. to divide
     3. v. to fire, force out, expel
     4. v. to tell apart, differentiate, distinguish


antaa potkut
     1. v. To fire (to terminate the employment of).


ampua
     1. v. To shoot (+ partitive = wounding; + genitive-accusative = killing).
           Ammuin sinua.
     2. v. * I shot (and wounded) you.
           Ammuin sinut.
     3. v. * I shot (and killed) you.


valaista
     1. v.
     2. v. to light, illuminate
     3. v. to shed light on, illuminate, clear, clear up, elucidate (to make clear)
           Uudet laitteet valaisevat hieman näiden kallioiden historiaa.
             The new instruments will shed some light on the history of these rocks.
           Toivomme, että arkistojen avautuminen valaisee muutamia historian hämäriä kohtia.
             We hope that the opening of the archives will shed light on some obscure episodes in history.
     4. n. elative plural form of valas


laukoa
     1. v. to fire, shoot, repeatedly
     2. v. to fire (to forcibly direct)
           Hän vastasi toimittajien laukomiin kysymyksiin.
             He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.


polttaa
     1. v. To burn.
           Poltin paperinpalasen.
              I burned a piece of paper.
     2. v. To smoke (to deliberately inhale smoke from cigarettes, other tobacco products or some other substances such as marijuana)
           Häiritseekö, jos poltan?
     3. v. * Do you mind if I smoke?
           Poltatteko? -Kyllä, poltan sikareita
     4. v. * Do you smoke? -Yes, I smoke cigars.
     5. v. (medicine) To cauterize.
     6. v. (baseball) To put out.


palo
     1. n. fire (event of something burning, an occurrence of fire)
           Jotkut kemikaalipalot ovat hankalia sammuttaa.
             Some chemical fires are difficult to put out.
     2. n. ardor (great warmth of feeling)
           tunteen palo = fervor, passion (lit. fire of feeling)
     3. n. (baseball) out
     4. n. (cricket) dismissal


syttyä
     1. v. (of fire) to ignite, be ignited, catch fire (to commence burning)
           Kuiva metsä syttyy helposti.
             A dry forest catches fire easily.
           Jätekasa syttyi hitsauskipinästä.
             The garbage heap was ignited by a welding spark.
     2. v. (of lights) to be turned on
           Yhtäkkiä valot syttyivät.
             Suddenly the lights were turned on.
     3. v. to break out (to begin suddenly, especially of war or other unrest)
     4. v. (figuratively) to become interested, enthuse


sytyttää
     1. v. To light, kindle, ignite, set on fire, set fire to, burn, inflame, set ablaze, torch
     2. v. To ignite (to activate a spark plug in an internal combustion engine)
     3. v. To switch on, turn on (the lights)
     4. v. To turn on (to attract, give pleasure, or encourage)
     5. v. To detonate, to trigger.
     6. v. (colloquial) To grasp, comprehend, get it


hehkua
     1. v. (intransitive)
     2. v. to glow
           hehkua pimeässä — to glow in the dark
           hehkuva hymy — a glowing smile
           metalli hehkui punaisena — the metal glowed red
     3. v. to radiate light and warmth
     4. n. partitive singular form of hehku


tulitus
     1. n. firing (action of firing)
     2. n. fire (in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun)
           Vihollisen tulitus esti meitä hyökkäämästä.
             The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.


savustaa
     1. v. To smoke (to preserve by treating with smoke).


liesi
     1. n. fire (stove)


tulittaa
     1. v. to fire, shoot (using a gun or other arms)


lämmittää
     1. v.
     2. v. to warm, heat, heat up
     3. v. to reheat (to heat food after it has cooled off)


aktivoida
     1. v. To activate.



kuumentaa
     1. v. to heat (up)
     2. v. third-person singular indicative present of kuumentaa


tulipalo
     1. n. destructive fire



intohimo
     1. n. Passion, fervour/fervor.


hella
     1. n. range (for cooking)
     2. n. oven


lämmitin
     1. n. A heater.
     2. v. first-person singular indicative past of lämmittää



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