The Finnish word for ground is
maanpinta
Translations for ground and their definitions
| maanpinta | |
| 1. n. ground (The surface of the Earth) |
| maa | |
| 1. n. earth | |
| 2. n. soil | |
| 3. n. land | |
| 4. n. ground | |
| 5. n. country | |
| 6. n. countryside | |
| Voi mennä maalle. One can go to the countryside. | |
| Voi mennä maahan. One can go into the country. (e.g. to Spain) | |
| Panin sen maahan. I put it on the ground. | |
| Hän on maalla. He is in the countryside. | |
| Hän on maassa. He is in the country. (within the national boundary). | |
| Hän on maassa. He is on the ground (e.g. after being hit). | |
| 7. n. (card games) suit |
| puitteet | |
| 1. n. ground (background, context, framework, surroundings) | |
| 2. n. plural of puite |
| pohja | |
| 1. n. bottom (lowest part of anything, especially of a container) | |
| 2. n. fundament (underlying basis or principle) | |
| 3. n. layout (spatial arrangement of a building or flat) | |
| 4. n. (archaic) north; also with capital initial | |
| Pohjantähti = North Star | |
| Pohjanlahti = Gulf of Bothnia | |
| pohjanlepakko = northern bat | |
| pohjan poika = a son of the north |
| jauhettu | |
| 1. minced |
| peruste | |
| 1. n. grounds, as basis or justification. | |
| Millä perusteella.. = On which grounds.. | |
| 2. n. A basis, as foundation for an argument or hypothesis. | |
| 3. n. A reason, as a thought or a consideration offered in support, explanation or as cause of an opinion, a conclusion or an action. | |
| 4. n. An argument, as a fact or statement used to support a proposition. | |
| Minun perusteeni A:n puolesta on.. = My argument in favor of A is.. | |
| 5. n. A principle, as fundamental assumption or foundation of a theory. | |
| Geometrian perusteet = Principles of geometry |
| maattaa | |
| 1. v. to earth, ground |
| 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) |
| maaperä | |
| 1. n. soil (unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth) | |
| maaperän saastuminen | |
| soil pollution | |
| 2. n. soil (country or territory) |
| kehys | |
| 1. n. frame | |
| 2. n. cadre |
| syy | |
| 1. n. fibre | |
| 2. n. filament | |
| 3. n. grain (linear texture of a material or surface); used in plural (syyt) | |
| Koivun syyt ovat yleensä suorat. | |
| The grain of birch is usually straight. | |
| 4. n. reason | |
| Syy tähän on... | |
| The reason for this is... | |
| On syytä tietää, että... | |
| It is worth knowing that... (literally: There is a reason to know that...) | |
| 5. n. fault | |
| Se on sinun syytäsi. | |
| It is your fault. |
| maadoittaa | |
| 1. v. (electricity) to earth, ground, ground out |
| runko | |
| 1. n. trunk (of a tree) | |
| 2. n. hull | |
| 3. n. body (of a car) | |
| 4. n. fuselage (of an airplane) |
| perusta | |
| 1. n. base, foundation | |
| 2. n. basis | |
| 3. v. indicative present connegative of perustaa | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative present of perustaa | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative present connegative of perustaa |
| ympäristö | |
| 1. n. environment | |
| 2. Prefix. ympäristö- | |
| 3. Prefix. environmental |
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