Celsius
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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]- IPA(key): /ˈsɛlsiəs/, (Philippines, seldom US) /ˈsɛlʃəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]Celsius (not comparable)
- Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
- Synonyms: (dated) centigrade, centesimal
- Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur
- 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN[1]:
- Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609
Further reading
[edit]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) | |||
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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
- “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): (Spain) /ˈθelsjus/ [ˈθel.sjus]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselsjus/ [ˈsel.sjus]
- 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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