barometer

See also: Barometer and barométer

English

A barometer.

Etymology

baro- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

barometer (plural barometers)

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

     "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

• Afrikaans: barometer
• Albanian: barometri
• Arabic: بَارُومِتْر‎ m (barumitr)
• Armenian: ծանրաչափ (hy) (canračʿapʿ), բարոմետր (hy) (barometr)
• Asturian: barómetru m
• Azerbaijani: barometr (az)
• Basque: barometro
• Belarusian: баро́метр m (barómjetr)
• Bulgarian: барометър m (barometǎr)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Danish: barometer (da) n
• Dutch: barometer (nl) m, drukmeter m
• Esperanto: barometro (eo), baroskopo
• Estonian: baromeeter (et)
• Finnish: ilmanpainemittari, barometri (fi)
• French: baromètre (fr) m
• Galician: barómetro m
• Georgian: ბარომეტრი (baromeṭri)
• German: Barometer (de) n
• Greek: βαρόμετρο (el) n (varómetro)
• Hebrew: ברומטר‎ (he) m (barometér)
• Hindi: बैरोमीटर m (bairomīṭar)
• Hungarian: barométer (hu), légnyomásmérő (hu)
• Icelandic: loftvog (is) m
• Ido: barometro (io), baroskopo (io)
• Indonesian: barometer (id)
• Irish: baraiméadar m
• Italian: barometro (it) m

• Japanese: 気圧計 (ja) (きあつけい, kiatsukei)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 기압계 (ko) (giapgye)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: barometrs m
• Lithuanian: barometras (lt)
• Macedonian: бароме́тар 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: meidh-àile f, glainne-shìde f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: барометар m

  Roman: barometar (sh) m

• Slovak: barometer (sk) m
• Slovene: barometer m
• Spanish: barómetro (es) m
• Swedish: barometer (sv) c
• Tagalog: barometro
• Tamil: காற்றழுத்தமானி (kāṟṟaḻuttamāṉi)
• Thai: บารอมิเตอร์ (baa-ror-mí-dtêr)
• Turkish: barometre (tr), basınçölçer (tr)
• Ukrainian: баро́метр (uk) m (barómetr)
• Vietnamese: áp kế
• Welsh: baromedr m, hinfynag f
• West Frisian: waarglês
• Zulu: izwamoya 5 or 6

anything used as a gauge or indicator

• Finnish: barometri (fi)
• Georgian: ბარომეტრი (baromeṭri)

• Hungarian: barométer (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} barometër (sq)

Anagrams

• barometre

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a barometer

References

• “barometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English barometer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaː.roːˈmeː.tər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ba‧ro‧me‧ter

Noun

barometer m (plural barometers, diminutive barometertje n)

1. (meteorology) barometer [from early 18th c.]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: barometer

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Norwegian Bokmål

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

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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	barometer	barometern	barometrar	barometrarna
Genitive	barometers	barometerns	barometrars	barometrarnas