The Finnish word for white is
valkoinen
Translations for white and their definitions
| kaaliperhonen | |
| 1. n. large white (Pieris brassicae) |
| tyhjä | |
| 1. adj. empty | |
| 2. adj. blank (free from writing, printing, or marks) | |
| 3. adj. (typography) white; see white space (having no characters) | |
| 4. n. nothing | |
| Vähäkin on tyhjää parempi. | |
| A little is better than nothing. | |
| Paljon melua tyhjästä. | |
| Much ado about nothing. | |
| Hänen päänsä on tyhjää täynnä. (lit. His head is full of nothing, i.e. empty.) | |
| He is an idiot. |
| puhdas | |
| 1. adj. clean; neat, tidy (not dirty) | |
| 2. adj. clean, unpolluted (not polluted) | |
| 3. adj. clear, clean, innocent (free of guilt) | |
| Omatuntoni on puhdas. | |
| My conscience is clear. | |
| 4. adj. pure, undiluted, absolute, neat; sweet (unadulterated; free from extraneous elements) | |
| puhdas kulta | |
| pure gold | |
| puhdas alkoholi | |
| absolute alcohol | |
| 5. adj. net (with all deductions or allowances made) | |
| puhdas voitto | |
| net profit | |
| 6. adj. naked (without decoration, put bluntly) | |
| Tämä on puhdas totuus. | |
| This is the naked truth. | |
| 7. adj. sheer (being only what it seems to be) | |
| Tämä teksti on puhdasta hölynpölyä. | |
| This text is sheer nonsense. |
| lumi | |
| 1. n. snow |
| kalpea | |
| 1. adj. pale, especially when referring to a person | |
| 2. adj. pallid |
| harmaa | |
| 1. adj. grey, gray (colour) | |
| 2. adj. grey, gray, dreary, gloomy | |
| 3. adj. grey, gray (having an indistinct or disputed quality) | |
| 4. n. The colour grey/gray. |
| häränsilmä | |
| 1. n. A bullseye (centre of a target in darts and shooting competitions). | |
| 2. n. (plant) A golden marguerite, yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria. | |
| 3. n. A sunny-side up egg. | |
| 4. n. A raw yolk of an egg when used as ingredient in a dish. | |
| tartar-pihvi häränsilmällä = a steak tartare with a raw egg |
| maidolla | |
| 1. n. adessive singular form of maito |
| valkuainen | |
| 1. n. The egg white, albumen (white part of an egg). | |
| 2. n. As a short form of the noun valkuaisaine, protein, used when speaking of protein in general. | |
| On tärkeää, että kasvavan lapsen ravinto sisältää riittävästi valkuaista. | |
| It is important that the diet of a growing child contains enough protein. |
| rauhallinen | |
| 1. adj. Peaceful, quiet, restful, serene, tranquil. |
| rakas | |
| 1. adj. Loving, sweet. | |
| 2. adj. Dear, beloved, cherished. | |
| 3. n. A darling, sweetheart, love. | |
| rakkaani | |
| my sweetheart |
| vaalea | |
| 1. adj. light, pale (of a shade of colour) | |
| vaaleaksi maalattu talo | |
| a house painted with light shades | |
| vaaleanpunainen | |
| pink | |
| 2. adj. blond (of blond complexion), fair |
| valkoinen | |
| 1. adj. White (colour). | |
| 2. adj. Caucasian (person). | |
| 3. n. A white colour. | |
| 4. n. A Caucasian person. |
| vihreä | |
| 1. adj. green | |
| 2. n. The color green | |
| 3. n. (politics) green |
| valkea | |
| 1. adj. (often, literary) white | |
| 2. n. (literary) fire, campfire |
| valkoihoinen | |
| 1. adj. Caucasian | |
| 2. n. Caucasian |
| maito- | |
| 1. galactic |
| silmänvalkuainen | |
| 1. n. sclera (the white of an eye) |
| kermalla | |
| 1. n. adessive singular form of kerma |
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