observatory

English

An observatory

Etymology

Borrowed from French observatoire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈzəɹvətɔɹi/
• IPA^(key): /əbˈzəːvət(ə)ɹi/

• Audio (US):

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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)

Translations

place where celestial bodies or natural phenomena are observed

• Arabic: مَرْصَد m (marṣad)
• Armenian: աստղադիտարան (hy) (astġaditaran)
• Basque: behatoki
• Belarusian: абсервато́рыя f (absjervatóryja)
• Breton: arsellva (br) m
• Bulgarian: обсервато́рия f (observatórija)
• Catalan: observatori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天文臺／天文台 (zh) (tiānwéntái), 天文台 (zh) (tiānwéntái), 瞭望臺／了望台 (zh) (liàowàngtái), 瞭望台 (zh) (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 (mitzpé)
• Hindi: अबजरवेटरी (hi) f (abajraveṭrī), वेधशाला (hi) m (vedhśālā), वेधालय (hi) m (vedhālay), मानमंदिर (hi) m (mānmandir)
• Hungarian: obszervatórium (hu)
• Irish: réadlann f
• Italian: osservatorio (it) m
• Japanese: 天文台 (てんもんだい, tenmondai)
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• Korean: 천문대 (ko) (cheonmundae) (天文臺 (ko))
• Latin: observatorium n
• Latvian: observatorija f
• Lithuanian: observatorija (lt) f
• Malay: balai cerap
• Maori: whare mātai ātea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: observatorium n

  Nynorsk: observatorium n

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

  Cyrillic: звездара f, звездарница f, опсерваторија f

  Roman: zvezdara f, zvezdarnica f, opservatorija (sh) f

• Slovak: hvezdáreň (sk) f, observatórium n
• Slovene: observatorij (sl) m
• Spanish: observatorio (es) m
• Swedish: observatorium (sv) n
• Thai: หอดูดาว (hɔ̌ɔ-duu-daao)
• Turkish: gözlemevi (tr), observatuar (tr) (obsolete), rasathane (tr)
• Ukrainian: обсервато́рія f (observatórija)
• Vietnamese: đài thiên văn

lookout — see lookout

See also

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