Beaufort scale

English

Etymology

Created by Irish hydrographer and British navy officer Francis Beaufort in 1806.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.fərt ˌskɛɪl/

• Audio (Southern England, /ˈbəʊ.fɔːrt/):

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Proper noun

Beaufort scale

1. (nautical) An empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions.

Synonyms

• Beaufort wind force scale

Related terms

• wind force

Translations

measure for the intensity of the wind

• Arabic: مقياس بوفورت m (miqyās bufurt)
• Armenian: Բոֆորտի սանդղակ (Boforti sandġak)
• Basque: Beaufort eskala
• Belarusian: шкала Бафорта f (škala Bafórta)
• Bulgarian: скала Бофортова f (skala Bofortova)
• Catalan: escala de Beaufort f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒲福氏風級 / 蒲福氏风级 (púfúshìfēngjí)

• Czech: Beaufortova stupnice f
• Danish: Beaufort-skalaen c
• Dutch: schaal van Beaufort f
• Esperanto: Boforta skalo
• Estonian: Beauforti skaala
• Finnish: Beaufortin asteikko, boforiasteikko
• French: échelle de Beaufort (fr) f
• Georgian: ბოფორტის სკალა (boporṭis sḳala), ბოფორტის შკალა (boporṭis šḳala)
• German: Beaufortskala (de) f
• Greek: κλίμακα Μποφόρ (el) f (klímaka Bofór)
• Hebrew: סולם בופורט m (sulam Bofort)
• Hungarian: Beaufort-skála (hu)
• Icelandic: Beaufort-kvarðinn
• Italian: scala di Beaufort f
• Japanese: ビューフォート風力階級 (ビューフォートふうりょくかいきゅう, Byūfōto fūryoku kaikyū)
• Kazakh: Бофорт шкаласы (Bofort şkalasy)
• Korean: 보퍼트 풍력 계급 (bopeoteu pungnyeok gyegeup)
• Latvian: Boforta skala f
• Lithuanian: Boforto skalė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beaufortskala m

  Nynorsk: beaufortskala m

• Polish: skala Beauforta (pl) f
• Portuguese: escala de Beaufort f
• Romanian: scala Beaufort f, scala de vânt Beaufort f
• Russian: шкала́ Бофо́рта f (škalá Bofórta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бофорова скала f

  Latin: Beaufortova skala f

• Slovak: Beaufortova stupnica f
• Slovene: Beaufortova lestvica f
• Spanish: escala de Beaufort f
• Swedish: Beauforts skala c, Beaufortskalan c
• Turkish: Beaufort rüzgâr skalası
• Ukrainian: шкала́ Бофо́рта f (škalá Bofórta)
• Vietnamese: thang sức gió Beaufort

Further reading

• Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia