observatory

English

An observatory

Etymology

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French observatoirebor.

English observatory

Borrowed from French observatoire.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɜːvət(ə)ɹi/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɝvətɔɹi/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /əbzəˈveʈ(ɵ)ri/, /ˈɔbzə(r)ˌveʈ(ɵ)ri/

Noun

observatory (plural observatories)

1. A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
2. A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)

Synonyms

• observatorium (archaic or non-native speakers’ English)

Translations

place where celestial bodies or natural phenomena are observed

• Albanian: observatori f
• Arabic: مَرْصَد m (marṣad)
• Armenian: աստղադիտարան (hy) (astġaditaran), օբսերվատորիա (hy) (ōbservatoria)
• Azerbaijani: rəsədxana
• Basque: behatoki
• Belarusian: абсервато́рыя f (absjervatóryja), абсэрвато́рыя f (abservatóryja)
• Bengali: মানমন্দির (bn) (manomondir)
• Breton: arsellva (br) m
• Bulgarian: обсервато́рия f (observatórija)
• Burmese: နက္ခတ်မျှော်စင် (my) (nakhkathmyaucang)
• Catalan: observatori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天文臺 / 天文台 (zh) (tiānwéntái), 瞭望臺 / 瞭望台 (liàowàngtái)

• Czech: hvězdárna (cs) f, observatoř (cs) f
• Danish: observatorium n
• Dutch: sterrenwacht (nl) f, observatorium (nl) n
• Esperanto: observatorio (eo)
• Estonian: observatoorium, tähetorn
• Finnish: observatorio (fi), havaintoasema (fi); tähtitorni (celestial phenomena); sääasema (weather)
• French: observatoire (fr) m
• Galician: observatorio (gl) m
• Georgian: ობსერვატორია (observaṭoria)
• German: Observatorium (de) n, Sternwarte (de) f
• Greek: αστεροσκοπείο (el) n (asteroskopeío)
• Gujarati: વેધશાળા (vedhśāḷā)
• Hebrew: מִצְפֶּה (he) m (mitspé)
• Hindi: वेधशाला (hi) f (vedhśālā), वेधालय (hi) m (vedhālay), मानमंदिर (hi) m (mānmandir)
• Hungarian: obszervatórium (hu)
• Icelandic: stjörnustöð f
• Indonesian: observatorium (id)
• Irish: réadlann f
• Italian: osservatorio (it) m
• Japanese: 天文台 (ja) (てんもんだい, tenmondai)
• Kazakh: расытхана (kk) (rasytxana)
• Khmer: ឱលោកដ្ឋាន (ʼaolookatthaan)
• Korean: 천문대(天文臺) (ko) (cheonmundae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: resedxane (ku)

• Kyrgyz: обсерватория (observatoriya)
• Lao: ຫໍດາລາສາດ (hǭ dā lā sāt), ຫໍເບິ່ງດາວ (hǭ bœng dāo)
• Latin: observatorium n
• Latvian: observatorija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: observatorija (lt) f
• Macedonian: опсерваторија f (opservatorija)
• Malay: balai cerap (ms)
• Māori: whare mātai ātea
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: обсерватори (observatori)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: observatorium n

  Nynorsk: observatorium n

• Pashto: رصدخانه f (rasadxāna), ترصدګاه f (tarasodgā)
• Persian: رصدخانه (fa) (rasadxâne)
• Plautdietsch: Himmelfarnrua n
• Polish: obserwatorium (pl) n
• Portuguese: observatório (pt) m
• Romanian: observator (ro) n, observator astronomic (ro) n
• Russian: обсервато́рия (ru) f (observatórija)
• Scottish Gaelic: amharc-lann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: опсерва̀то̄рӣј m, звездара f, звездарница f

  Latin: opservàtōrīj (sh) m, zvezdara f, zvezdarnica f

• Sicilian: assirbatoru m, taliaturi m
• Slovak: hvezdáreň (sk) f, observatórium n
• Slovene: observatorij (sl) m
• Spanish: observatorio (es) m
• Swedish: observatorium (sv) n
• Tagalog: obserbatoryo
• Tajik: расадхона (rasadxona)
• Tatar: обсерватория (obserwatoriyä)
• Thai: หอดูดาว (hɔ̌ɔ-duu-daao)
• Turkish: gözlemevi (tr), observatuar (tr) (obsolete), rasathane (tr)
• Turkmen: obserwatoriýa
• Ukrainian: обсервато́рія f (observatórija)
• Urdu: رَسَد گاہ f (rasad-gāh)
• Uyghur: رەسەتخانا (resetxana)
• Uzbek: rasadxona (uz), observatoriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: đài thiên văn
• Welsh: arsyllfa f
• Yiddish: אָבסערוואַטאָריע f (observatorye)

lookout — see lookout

See also

• observatory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia