sacarímetro

Galician

Noun

sacarímetro m (plural sacarímetros)

1. saccharometer (device used to measure the sugar content of a liquid)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sacarômetro (Brazil)
• sacarómetro (Portugal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor.

Latin saccharon

Latin saccharum

Portuguese sacari-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Portuguese -metro

Portuguese sacarímetro

From sacari- + -metro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.kaˈɾĩ.me.tɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.kɐˈɾi.mɨ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: -imɨtɾu
• Hyphenation: sa‧ca‧rí‧me‧tro

Noun

sacarímetro m (plural sacarímetros)

1. saccharometer (device used to measure the sugar content of a liquid)

Further reading

• “sacarímetro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sacarímetro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “sacarímetro”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sacarímetro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sacarímetro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor.

Latin saccharon

Latin saccharum

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Spanish -metro

Spanish sacarímetro

From Latin saccharum + Spanish -metro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sakaˈɾimetɾo/ [sa.kaˈɾi.me.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -imetɾo
• Syllabification: sa‧ca‧rí‧me‧tro

Noun

sacarímetro m (plural sacarímetros)

1. saccharometer (device used to measure the sugar content of a liquid)

Further reading

• “sacarímetro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025