shortness – English–Suomi translations

🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

short adjective

  /ʃɔɹt/ , /ʃɔːt/ , [ʃɔɹʔ]
  • having a small distance between ends or edges
  • having little duration
  • of a person, of comparatively small height
  • being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices
  • abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant
  • golf: falling short of the green or the hole
 lyhyt
  • deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard
 epätyydyttävä, puutteellinen, vajaa, vähempi
  • constituting an abbreviation or shortened form
 lyhennys, lyhyt muoto
  • of pastries: brittle, crumbly
 muro
  • limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty
 niukka
  • undiluted; neat
 pelkkä, raaka
  • not distant in time; near at hand
 pian, pikainen
  • insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking
 puutteellinen, vajaa, vähä, vähäinen, vähän

short adverb

  /ʃɔɹt/ , /ʃɔːt/ , [ʃɔɹʔ]
  • abruptly, briefly
 keskeyttää, lyhyeen, äkkiä
  • finance: with a negative ownership position
 lyhyt
  • without achieving a goal or requirement
 olla huonompi kuin
  • unawares
 valmistautumattomana, valmistautumattomina, yllättää

shortness noun

  • The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief
 lyhyys, täpäryys

short preposition

  /ʃɔɹt/ , /ʃɔːt/ , [ʃɔɹʔ]
  • deficient in
 puuttua

shorts noun

  /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
sortsit, shortsit

short noun

  /ʃɔɹt/ , /ʃɔːt/ , [ʃɔɹʔ]
  • summary account
 lyhennelmä

short verb

  /ʃɔɹt/ , /ʃɔːt/ , [ʃɔɹʔ]
  • to cause a short circuit
 aiheuttaa oikosulku, oikosulkea
  • intransitive: to short circuit
 mennä oikosulkuun
  • business: to sell something one does not own at the moment
 myydä lyhyeksi, shortata
shortness of breath
hengenahdistus, hengitysvaikeus
Wiktionary Links