sievert

See also: Sievert

English

Etymology

Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːvət/

Noun

sievert (plural sieverts)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose; the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thick platinum enclosure. Symbol: Sv

Translations

SI unit of radiation dose

• Czech: sievert m
• Finnish: sievert (fi)
• French: sievert (fr) m
• Georgian: ზივერტი (ziverṭi)
• German: Sievert (de) n
• Hungarian: sievert (hu)
• Icelandic: sívert n

• Indonesian: sievert
• Malay: sievert
• Polish: siwert m
• Portuguese: sievert m
• Spanish: siévert (es) m
• Swedish: sievert (sv) c

Anagrams

• Ivester, Servite, restive, tervies, veriest

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Czech

Noun

sievert m

1. sievert (unit of radiation dose)

Further reading

• sievert in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Finnish

Noun

sievert

1. sievert (unit of radiation dose)

Declension

Inflection of sievert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		sievert	sievertit
genitive		sievertin	sievertien
partitive		sievertiä	sievertejä
illative		sievertiin	sieverteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sievert	sievertit
accusative	nom.	sievert	sievertit
	gen.	sievertin
genitive		sievertin	sievertien
partitive		sievertiä	sievertejä
inessive		sievertissä	sieverteissä
elative		sievertistä	sieverteistä
illative		sievertiin	sieverteihin
adessive		sievertillä	sieverteillä
ablative		sievertiltä	sieverteiltä
allative		sievertille	sieverteille
essive		sievertinä	sieverteinä
translative		sievertiksi	sieverteiksi
instructive		—	sievertein
abessive		sievertittä	sieverteittä
comitative		—	sieverteineen

Anagrams

• eversti, veriset

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.vɛʁt/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

1. sievert

Anagrams

• estiver, étrives, rétives, revêtis, revîtes, Trévise

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Portuguese

Etymology

Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vɐɾt/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.veʁt͡ʃ/
• Hyphenation: sie‧vert

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

1. sievert.

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Spanish

Noun

sievert m (plural sieverts)

1. sievert.

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Swedish

Noun

sievert c

1. sievert.