Fahrenheit

English

Etymology

From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæɹənhaɪt/, /ˈfɛəɹənhaɪt/, (uncommon) /ˈfɑːɹənhaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Audio (US)

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Adjective

Fahrenheit (not comparable)

1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
   • 2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on February 18, 2024‎^[2]:

     Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.

   • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 142:

     For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.

Coordinate terms

• Celsius
• centigrade
• Kelvin
• kelvin

 

Derived terms

• degree Fahrenheit

 

Translations

temperature scale

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華氏／华氏 (waa⁴ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 華氏／华氏 (zh) (Huáshì)

• Esperanto: Farenhejto, farenhejta
• Finnish: fahrenheit
• French: Fahrenheit (fr)
• German: Fahrenheit (de) n
• Japanese: 華氏 (ja) (かし, Kashi)
• Korean: 화씨(華氏) (ko) (Hwassi)
• Kyrgyz: Фаренгейт (ky) (Farengeyt)
• Macedonian: Фаренхајт (Farenhajt)
• Portuguese: fahrenheit
• Russian: Фаренге́йт (ru) m (Farengéjt)
• Spanish: Fahrenheit
• Swedish: Fahrenheit (sv)
• Tagalog: Parenhayt, Parenhait
• Turkish: fahrenhayt (tr)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרנהײַט (farnhayt)

Further reading

• Fahrenheit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The surname is poorly attested and of uncertain origin, but superficially composed of fahren (“to go, travel”) + the suffix -heit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/
• Hyphenation: Fah‧ren‧heit

• Audio

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Noun

Fahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)

1. (sciences) Fahrenheit

Declension

Declension of Fahrenheit [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fahrenheit
genitive	eines	des	Fahrenheit
dative	einem	dem	Fahrenheit
accusative	ein	das	Fahrenheit

Further reading

• “Fahrenheit” in Duden online
• “Fahrenheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache