sismómetro

See also: sismometro and sismômetro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sismômetro (Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese sismo

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Portuguese -metro

Portuguese sismómetro

From sismo + -metro.

Pronunciation

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

• Rhymes: -ɔmɨtɾu
• Hyphenation: sis‧mó‧me‧tro

Noun

sismómetro m (plural sismómetros) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (geology) seismograph, seismometer

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish sismo

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Spanish -metro

Spanish sismómetro

From sismo + -metro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sisˈmometɾo/ [sizˈmo.me.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ometɾo
• Syllabification: sis‧mó‧me‧tro

Noun

sismómetro m (plural sismómetros)

1. (geology) seismograph, seismometer

   Synonym: sismógrafo

Further reading

• “sismómetro”, 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