Short

"Short" in Finnish

epätyydyttävä

(deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard)

lyhennys

(constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

lyhyt

(having a small distance between ends or edges)

lyhyt

(of a person, of comparatively small height)

lyhyt

(having little duration)

lyhyt

(golf: falling short of the green or the hole)

lyhyt

(abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant)

lyhyt

(being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices)

lyhyt muoto

(constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

muro

(of pastries: brittle, crumbly)

niukka

(limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty)

pelkkä

(undiluted; neat)

pian

(not distant in time; near at hand)

pikainen

(not distant in time; near at hand)

puutteellinen

(insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking)

puutteellinen

(deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard)

raaka

(undiluted; neat)

vajaa

(insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking)

vajaa

(deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard)

vähempi

(deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard)

vähä

(insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking)

vähäinen

(insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking)

vähän

(insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking)

keskeyttää

(abruptly, briefly)

lyhyeen

(abruptly, briefly)

lyhyt

(finance: with a negative ownership position)

olla huonompi kuin

(without achieving a goal or requirement)

valmistautumattomana

(unawares — see also unawares)

valmistautumattomina

(unawares — see also unawares)

yllättää

(unawares — see also unawares)

äkkiä

(abruptly, briefly)

lyhennelmä

(summary account)

lyhyt tavu

(phonetics: short sound, syllable, or vowel)

lyhyt vokaali

(phonetics: short sound, syllable, or vowel)

lyhyt äänne

(phonetics: short sound, syllable, or vowel)

puuttua

(deficient in)

aiheuttaa oikosulku

(transitive: to cause a short circuit)

mennä oikosulkuun

(intransitive: to short circuit)

myydä lyhyeksi

(business: to sell something one does not own at the moment)

oikosulkea

(transitive: to cause a short circuit)

shortata

(business: to sell something one does not own at the moment)

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