barometer

See also: Barometer and barométer

English

Wikipedia

A barometer.

Alternative forms

• barometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρος ‎(báros, “weight”) +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəɹˈɒmətə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɑməɾɚ/

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Noun

barometer ‎(plural barometers)

1. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
2. Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
   • 1916. Michigan Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 8 (Jun., 1916), pp. 661-665 [1]:

     "An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication."

Translations

an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure

• Arabic: بَارُومِتْر m ‎(barumitr)
• Armenian: ծանրաչափ (hy) ‎(canračʿapʿ), բարոմետր ‎(barometr)
• Asturian: barómetru m
• Bulgarian: барометър m ‎(barometǎr)
• Catalan: baròmetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣壓表 (zh), 气压表 (zh) ‎(qìyābiǎo), 氣壓計 (zh), 气压计 (zh) ‎(qìyājì)

• Czech: tlakoměr m, barometr (cs) m
• Esperanto: barometro, baroskopo
• Estonian: baromeeter
• Finnish: ilmanpainemittari, barometri (fi)
• French: baromètre (fr) m
• Galician: barómetro m
• German: Barometer (de) n
• Hungarian: barométer (hu), légnyomásmérő (hu)
• Ido: barometro (io), baroskopo (io)

• Italian: barometro (it) m
• Japanese: 気圧計 ‎(きあつけい, kiatsukei)
• Latvian: barometrs m
• Lithuanian: barometras (lt)
• Macedonian: барометар m ‎(barométar)
• Malay: jangka tekanan, barometer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barometer (no) n

  Nynorsk: barometer n

• Persian: فشارسنج (fa) ‎(fešâr-sanj)
• Polish: barometr (pl) m
• Portuguese: barômetro (pt) m
• Romanian: barometru (ro) m
• Russian: баро́метр (ru) m ‎(barómetr)
• Slovak: barometer m
• Slovene: barometer m
• Spanish: barómetro (es) m
• Swedish: barometer (sv) c
• Turkish: barometre (tr), basınçölçer (tr)

anything used as a gauge or indicator

• Finnish: barometri (fi)

• Hungarian: barométer (hu)

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} barometër

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Pronunciation

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Noun

barometer m ‎(plural barometers, diminutive barometertje n)

1. (meteorology) barometer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρος ‎(báros, “weight”) +‎ -meter.

Noun

barometer n ‎(definite singular barometeret or barometret, indefinite plural barometer or barometre, definite plural barometra or barometrene)

1. a barometer

References

• “barometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρος ‎(báros, “weight”) +‎ -meter.

Noun

barometer n ‎(definite singular barometeret, indefinite plural barometer, definite plural barometera)

1. a barometer

References

• “barometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

barometer c

1. (meteorology) barometer

Declension

Declension of barometer

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	barometer	barometern	barometrar	barometrarna
genitive	barometers	barometerns	barometrars	barometrarnas