English-Finnish translations for that is to say

• nimittäin
  Arvoisa puhemies, haluan päättää puheenvuoroni aiheeseen, jonka useat teistä ottivat esiin, nimittäin velkaan. Mr President, I would like to say a final word on a subject that several of you have raised, that is to say, debt.
  Melkein historiallisena voidaan pitää myös yhteisön talousarvion suuruutta, nimittäin EU:n talousarviokiintiötä. And we can also describe the level of the EU budget as well-nigh historical, that is to say the EU budget share.
  Periaatteessa tämä ongelma olisikin sen tähden ratkaistava paikallisella tasolla, nimittäin kyseisistä lentokentistä vastaavien viranomaisten toimesta. In principle, this problem should therefore be solved locally, that is to say by the competent airport authority.
• siis
  Olen lomalla enkä siis ole tavattavissa.
  Asiasta päättää puolustusvoimien ylipäällikkö, siis tasavallan presidentti.
  Kirjoitan, siis ajattelen.

Definition of that is to say

• In other words.

Examples

• One of the best things about works of music is that they are repeatable, that is to say that one can listen to the same work over and over without becoming tired of it

Related words

• that is that is to say
• he cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue
• is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
• that's how it is and you have to accept it
• the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
• the pitcher goes so often to the well, that it is broken at last
• Early to bed and early to rise, that makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise