Mathematics – Finnish Vocabulary
February 14, 2019
September 1, 2024
If you’re studying Finnish in Finland as an immigrant, there is the possibility that you will need to take a course of mathematics at some point. In that case, these words could prove to be useful!
Or maybe you just like mathematics, and want to broaden your vocabulary through a subject you care about? Whatever the case, here are some mathematical words to learn! Look at our page about numbers as well!
| Finnish | English |
|---|---|
| Verbejä | Verbs |
| arvioida | determine |
| jakaa | to divide |
| kertoa | to multiply |
| vähentää | to subtract |
| laskea yhteen | to add up |
| lisätä | to add |
| tarkistaa | to check |
| laskea | to count |
| ratkaista | to solve |
| alleviivata | to underline |
| ympyröidä | to circle |
| vertailla | to compare |
| sieventää | to simplify |
| perustella | to prove |
| Geometria | Geometry |
| suora | straight line |
| jana | segment |
| ympyrä | circle |
| halkaisija | diameter |
| säde | radius |
| kulma | angle |
| suorakulma | right angle |
| kolmio | triangle |
| neliö | square |
| paraabeli | parabola |
| lieriö | cylinder |
| kartio | cone |
| kuutio | cube |
| pyramidi | pyramid |
| soikio | oval |
| suorakulmio | rectangle |
| särmä | edge |
| pystysuora | vertical |
| vaakasuora | horizontal |
| tilavuus | volume |
| pinta-ala | surface area |
| aste | degree |
| Finnish | English |
|---|---|
| Muita sanoja | Other words |
| plus | plus |
| miinus | minus |
| summa | sum |
| tulos | result |
| yhtälö | equation |
| jakojäännös | remainder |
| kymmenylitys | ten-crossing |
| päässälasku | counting in your head |
| reaaliluku | real number |
| kokonaisluku | integral number |
| murtoluku | fraction |
| laskuoppi | arithemtic |
| laskutehtävä | arithmetical problem |
| aritmetiikka | arithmetic |
| luku | number |
| parillinen luku | even number |
| pariton luku | odd number |
| perusluku | cardinal number |
| järjestysluku | ordinal number |
| numero | figure |
| laskin | calculator |
| virhe | mistake |
| kertotaulu | multiplication table |
| kertolasku | multiplication |
| vähennyslasku | subtraction |
| jako | division |
| yhtä suuri kuin | equal to |
That’s it for mathematics!
I like learning the mathematical words in Finnish. I know in English there are squares and cubes of numbers. How would we say 4 squared? I know it’s the same problem as 4 times 4 but it’s a way of saving a little space on paper.
Kiitos.
4² = neljä potenssiin kaksi
2³ = kaksi potenssiin kolme
The way I originally offered to say these squared forms is quite formal. I understand that for 4² you could also so “neljän neliö”, 6² would be “kuuden neliö”.
For higher numbers, you can also use ordinal numbers in the mihin form: 2³ would be “kaksi kolmanteen”, while 4⁴ would be “neljä neljänteen”.
Hope this helps!
Thanks this helps a lot for my test thanks very much
what is vastaluku
Wikipedia has this to say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_inverse