English [ edit ] An observatory Etymology [ edit ] Borrowed from French observatoire
Pronunciation [ edit ] observatory (plural observatories
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope ; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
A lookout ( vantage point with a view of the surrounding area ) Synonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] 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 ／ 了望台 (zh) ( liàowàngtái ) , 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: अबजरवेटरी (hi) f ( abajraveṭrī ) , वेधशाला (hi) m ( 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: обсерватория ( observatoriä )
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
Maori: 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
Roman: 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 )
See also [ edit ] 
observatory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 