Scale

"Scale" in Finnish

asteikko

(sequence for measurement)

asteikko

(series of notes)

asteikko

(gradation; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order)

hilse

(flake of skin)

luokka

(size or scope)

mittakaava

(size or scope)

mittakaava

(ratio of distances)

mittakaava

(line or bar used to indicate measurement)

pajahilse

(flaky material sloughed off heated metal)

skaala

(size or scope)

skaala

(series of notes)

suomu

(keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)

suomu

(coloured chitin)

suomu

(pine nut)

suomupanssari

(scale mail)

sävelasteikko

(series of notes)

vaakakuppi

(dish of a balance)

hilseillä

(become scaly)

hilseillä

(to separate and come off in thin layers)

höylätä

(to take off in thin layers or scales)

kiivetä

(to climb)

kivuta

(to climb)

kuoria

(to take off in thin layers or scales)

mukautua

(to tolerate increases in throughput)

muuttaa kokoa

(to change size of)

muuttaa mittakaavaa

(to change size of)

pienentää

(to change size of)

poistaa hilse

(to strip or clear of scale)

punnita

(to weigh)

skaalata

(to change size of)

skaalautua

(to tolerate increases in throughput)

suomustaa

(remove the scales of)

suurentaa

(to change size of)

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