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The Finnish word for field is
kenttä





field



Translations for field and their definitions

kenttä
     1. n. A field.
     2. n. (sports) A limited area where a game is played, a playing field. English translation depends on the game. Basketball, tennis and similar games are played on a court, golf on a course, ice-hockey in a
           jalkapallo ~ : soccer field
     3. n. (military) As modifier in compound terms indicates that the object is mobile and meant for use in the battlefield; normally translates as field into English.
           kenttäsairaala = field hospital
     4. n. (physics) field
     5. n. (colloquial) signal strength, coverage (e.g. of a mobile telephone)


laidun
     1. n. pasture


pelto
     1. n. field (in farming)


pelikenttä
     1. n. A playing field.


vainio
     1. n. A large cultivated field.



vastata
     1. v. (intransitive) to answer (someone or something), to reply to; to respond to.
           vastata kysymykseen
             to answer a question
           vastata syytteeseen
             to answer a legal complaint
     2. v. (intransitive) to react, to counter, to respond (to take action in response to).
     3. v. to correspond to, be similar to, be equivalent to.
           Ne eivät vastaa toisiaan.
             They're not equivalent.
     4. v. (intransitive) to be responsible for, be liable for.
           Afrikassa naiset vastaavat maanviljelystä.
             In Africa, women are responsible for farming.
     5. v. (intransitive) to account to (to be acor responsible to)
           Hän vastaa isälleen nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.
             She accounts to her father for watching her younger sisters.
     6. v. (intransitive) to be in charge (to have the responsibility of leading or overseeing)
           Hän jätti tyttärensä vastaamaan nuorempien sisariensa vahtimisesta.
             He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.


alue
     1. n. area
     2. n. region
     3. n. reserve; usually as head word in compound terms (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)
           metsätalousalue = forestry reserve
     4. n. field
     5. n. (physics) band (wavelength band)
           mikroaaltoalue = microwave band
     6. n. (mathematics) domain
     7. n. (music) register (range of a voice or instrument)
           bassoalue, diskanttialue


ala
     1. n. area of work or study
     2. n. (in working life) field
     3. n. branch or sector (of business, studies, etc.)
     4. v. indicative present connegative of alkaa
     5. v. second-person singular imperative present of alkaa
     6. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of alkaa


ottaa kiinni
     1. v. To catch (to seize an object, especially in the hands)


kunta
     1. n. municipality
     2. n. as headword of a compound term indicates a community or group; corps.
           henkilö, , person → (m, fi, henkilökunta, , staff)
           ihminen, , human → (m, fi, ihmiskunta, , humankind)
           kalastus, , fishing → (m, fi, kalastuskunta, , fishery board)
           kansa, , people → (m, fi, kansakunta, , nation)
           kivi, , stone → (m, fi, kivikunta, , mineral kingdom)
           veli, , brother → (m, fi, veljeskunta, , fraternity)
           äänestäjä, , voter → (m, fi, äänestäjäkunta, , electorate)
           palo, , fire → (m, fi, palokunta, , fire brigade)
           seurakunta, , parish
     3. n. as headword of a compound indicates an administrative area:
           hiippa, , mitre → (m, fi, hiippakunta, , diocese)
           kihlakunta, , hundred, as an administrative division
           maa, , land → (m, fi, maakunta, , province)
     4. n. as headword of a compound term indicates an approximate number. Normally only combined with 10, 100 and 1000.
           kymmenen, , ten → (m, fi, kymmenkunta, , about ten)
     5. n. (taxonomy) kingdom
     6. n. (mathematics) field




taistelukenttä
     1. n. (military) A battlefield.


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