Pigeonhole

"Pigeonhole" in Finnish

häpeäpaalu

(form of stocks with openings for restraining a person’s hands or feet; one of the openings in the device)

jalkapuu

(form of stocks with openings for restraining a person’s hands or feet; one of the openings in the device)

kulkuaukko

(small opening for looking or passing things through; opening in a ship for passing equipment through)

kulkuaukko kyyhkylle

(hole or opening in a door or wall for a pigeon to pass through)

kyyhkyslakka

(one of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote)

liian leveä väli

(space between two words that is too wide)

lokero

(one of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items; one of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.)

pujotusaukko

(small opening for looking or passing things through; opening in a ship for passing equipment through)

lokeroida

(to construct pigeonholes in (a place); to subdivide (a place) into pigeonholes)

lokeroida

(to put (letters, papers, or other items) into pigeonholes or small compartments; to arrange or sort (items) by putting into pigeonholes)

lokeroida

(to arrange (items) for future reference or use)

lokeroida

(to place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive — see also categorize, classify, label)

luokitella

(to place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive — see also categorize, classify, label)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.