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 | |