hertz

See also: Hertz

English

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɜːts/, /hɜːs/
• IPA^(key): /hɝts/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Homophone: hurts
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts

Noun

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

Synonyms

• cycle per second

Translations

the derived unit of frequency

• Arabic: هِيرْتِز m (hirtiz), هِرْتِز m (hirtiz)
• Armenian: հերց (hy) (hercʻ)
• Belarusian: гэрц m (herc)
• Bulgarian: херц m (herc)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 赫茲／赫兹 (haak¹ zi¹), 赫兹 (haak¹ zi¹, hak¹ zi¹), 赫 (haak¹, hak¹) (short form)

  Hakka: 赫茲／赫兹, 赫兹 (hér-chṳ̀)

  Mandarin: 赫茲／赫兹 (zh) (Hèzī), 赫兹 (zh) (hèzī), 赫 (zh) (hè) (short form)

  Min Nan: 赫 (hek)

• Czech: hertz (cs) m
• Danish: hertz (da) c
• Esperanto: herco
• Finnish: hertsi (fi)
• French: hertz (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰერცი (herci)
• German: Hertz (de) n
• Greek: χερτζ n (chertz)
• Hebrew: הרץ (he)
• Hindi: हर्ट्ज़ (harṭz)
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• Indonesian: hertz (id)
• Italian: hertz (it) m
• Japanese: ヘルツ (ja) (herutsu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 헤르츠 (hereucheu)
• Latvian: hercs m
• Macedonian: херц m (herc)
• Malay: hertz
• Persian: هرتز (fa)
• Polish: herc (pl) m
• Portuguese: hertz (pt) m
• Russian: герц (ru) m (gerc)
• Serbo-Croatian: херц m, herc (sh) m
• Spanish: hercio (es) m, hertz m
• Swedish: hertz (sv)
• Thai: เฮิรตซ์ (th) (hêrt), เฮิ้ด (hêrt)
• Ukrainian: герц m (herc)
• Urdu: ہرٹز (harṭz)
• Vietnamese: hertz (vi)

See also

• Wikipedia article hertz

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]

Noun

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Derived terms

• kilohertz
• megahertz

Further reading

• hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁts/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertzien

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

Synonyms

• hercio

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Italian

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertziano

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛʁts/, /ˈhɛʁ.t͡ʃis/

Noun

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

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Spanish

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz
2. plural of hertz

Synonyms

• hercio m

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• (broad) IPA^(key): /hærts/
• (retroflex dialects) IPA^(key): [hæʈʂ~hɛʈʂ]

Noun

hertz c

1. hertz (singular and plural)