Wash

"Wash" in Finnish

(aaltojen) kohina

(sound of breaking seas)

huuhde

(liquid for washing)

huuhde

(lotion)

huuhtouma

(ground washed away to the sea or a river)

jokiuoma

(normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream)

jättöpyörre

(turbulence left by airplane)

kouru

(architecture: structure shaped so as to receive and carry off water)

lape

(nautical: blade of an oar)

laveeraus

(painting)

matalikko

(shallow body of water)

metallointi

(thin coat of metal laid on anything)

mäski

(mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings)

peräaalto

(wake of a ship)

pesu

(process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)

pesuneste

(liquid for washing)

pyykki

(clothes washed at a time)

rankki

(distilling: fermented wort)

saippua

(lotion)

särkkä

(piece of ground washed by the action of water)

tasapeli

(situation in which losses and gains are equivalent)

vanavesi

(wake of a ship)

vesi

(lotion)

wadi

(normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream)

huuhtoa

(to move or erode by the force of water in motion)

huuhtoa

(mining: to separate valuable material)

huuhtoa

(to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten)

huuhtoutua

(to be eroded or carried away)

kastella

(to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten)

kestää pesua

(to bear washing without injury)

kestää pesun

(to bear washing without injury)

kostuttaa

(to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten)

peseytyä

(to clean oneself)

pestä

(to clean with water — see also deterge)

pyykätä

(to clean with water — see also deterge)

silata

(to overlay with a thin coat of metal)

sävyttää

(to tint lightly and thinly)

tiskata

(to clean with water — see also deterge)

vakuuttaa

(to be convincing)

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