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| 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 |
