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The Finnish word for key is
avain





key



Translations for key and their definitions

kosketin
     1. n. A key of music keyboard.
     2. v. first-person singular indicative past of koskettaa


avain
     1. n. key
     2. n. code (set of rules for converting information)
     3. n. (music) clef, used especially in compound terms
           diskanttiavain = treble clef
           g-avain = G clef


näppäin
     1. n. key (button in a keyboard)
     2. n. button



syöttää
     1. v. to feed
     2. v. enter (to type into a computer)
     3. v. (tennis) to serve
     4. v. (baseball) to pitch
     5. v. (soccer) to pass




sävellaji
     1. n. (music) key


tärkeä
     1. adj. important
     2. adj. erittäin tärkeä: very important, crucial
     3. adj. (colloquial) self-important


selite
     1. n. key, guide


pieni saari
     1. islet





kiila
     1. n. wedge
     2. n. (heraldry) pile



näppäillä
     1. v. To pluck (to gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar).
     2. v. To type on a keyboard.





salakirjoitusavain
     1. n. codebook


luoto
     1. n. An islet, especially a rocky one or one that is far from any larger land mass.
     2. n. A rock as a small island with no or just a little vegetation, larger than kari.



kirjoittaa
     1. v. to write
     2. v. to spell
           kirjoittaa väärin
             to misspell
           Kuinka kirjoitetaan ”onomatopoeettinen”?
             How do you spell ‘onomatopoeic’?
     3. v. ~ + a subject at the Finnish lukio = to take an examination in
           Kirjoitin englannin/biologian/saksan/matematiikan viime keväänä.
             I took an examination in English/biology/German/mathematics last spring.
     4. v. (intransitive) ~ ylioppilaaksi = to take/pass the matriculation examination, graduate (from the Finnish lukio)
     5. v. To type; a shorter form of konekirjoittaa


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