Celsius
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛl.siəs/
- (Philippines, seldom US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛl.ʃəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlsiəs, -ɛlʃəs
- Hyphenation: Celsius
Adjective
[edit]Celsius (not comparable)
- (metrology) Relating to the metric temperature scale of said name.
- Synonyms: centigrade, (dated) centesimal
- Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]Celsius (plural Celsius)
- (metrology, informal) Ellipsis of degree Celsius.
- Water boils at 100 Celsius.
Proper noun
[edit]Celsius
Further reading
[edit]- “Celsius”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “Celsius”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- “Celsius”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “Celsius”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Celsius, n. & adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “Celsius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Celsius
- The letter C in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
- (very rare) a surname from Swedish
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
| genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
| partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
| illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
| accusative | nom. | Celsius | Celsiukset |
| gen. | Celsiuksen | ||
| genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
| partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
| inessive | Celsiuksessa | Celsiuksissa | |
| elative | Celsiuksesta | Celsiuksista | |
| illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
| adessive | Celsiuksella | Celsiuksilla | |
| ablative | Celsiukselta | Celsiuksilta | |
| allative | Celsiukselle | Celsiuksille | |
| essive | Celsiuksena | Celsiuksina | |
| translative | Celsiukseksi | Celsiuksiksi | |
| abessive | Celsiuksetta | Celsiuksitta | |
| instructive | — | Celsiuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Celsius n (strong, genitive Celsius, plural Celsius)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Celsius [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Celsius”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Celsius” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Celsius” in Duden online
Celsius on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈθelsjus/ [ˈθel.sjus] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈselsjus/ [ˈsel.sjus] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -elsjus
- Syllabification: Cel‧sius
Noun
[edit]Celsius m (uncountable)
- Celsius
- Synonym: centígrado
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Celsius”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English eponyms
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛlsiəs
- Rhymes:English/ɛlsiəs/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɛlʃəs
- Rhymes:English/ɛlʃəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Metrology
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English informal terms
- English ellipses
- English terms with usage examples
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English renderings of Swedish surnames
- en:Temperature
- en:SI units
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elsːius
- Rhymes:Finnish/elsːius/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish terms with rare senses
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish surnames from Swedish
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- German 2-syllable words
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/elsjus
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