sacrifice – English–Suomi translations

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sacrifice noun

  /-faɪz/ , /ˈsæk.ɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɑes/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsɛk.ɹɪ.fɑe̯s/
  • human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity
uhri, uhraus, uhrilahja
  • killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity
uhraus, uhraaminen
  • (business) monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; the thing thus sold
tappio
  • (bridge) bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled
  • (chess) act of intentionally allowing one’s piece to be captured by the opponent
uhraus
  • Jesus Christ’s voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind
  • destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose
  • offering of devotion, etc., to a deity
uhri

sacrifice verb

  /-faɪz/ , /ˈsæk.ɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɑes/ , /ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsɛk.ɹɪ.fɑe̯s/
  • (Christianity) to celebrate Holy Communion or Mass
käydä ehtoollisella
  • (business) to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss
myydä tappiolla
  • to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test
surmata
  • (bridge) to make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled
  • (chess) to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game
  • (transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity
  • to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable
uhrata
  • (baseball, transitive) of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded; (intransitive) to bat the ball so that it can be fielded
uhrata, uhrautua
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