noun
Meaning 1
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barometer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈɹɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /bəˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: [bəˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]
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Canada, dialectal: /bəˈɹɒm.ə.tɚ/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: [bəˈɹɒm.ə.ɾɚ] of the US
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Australian: /bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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Australian: [bəˈɹɔm.ɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
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New-Zealand: [bəˈɹɔ̟m.ə.tə(ɹ)]
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New-Zealand: [bəˈɹɔ̟m.ə.ɾə(ɹ)]
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rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything used as a gauge or indicator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
Narrower terms: aneroid barometer, aneroid, barograph, mercury barometer, weatherglass
History
Etymology
From baro- + -meter. Coined in 1665 by Robert Boyle as a name for the instrument invented by Torricelli some 20 years earlier; soon thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Albanian: barometër m barometri — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Arabic: بَارُومِتْر (barumitr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Arabic: مِقْياس ضَغْط جَوِّيّ (miqyās ḍaḡṭ jawwiyy) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Arabic: مِرْوَاز (mirwāz) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Armenian: ծանրաչափ (canračʻapʻ) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Armenian: բարոմետր (barometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Asturian: barómetru — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Azerbaijani: barometr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Basque: barometro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Belarusian: баро́метр (barómjetr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Bengali: ব্যারোমিটার (bêrōmiṭar) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Bulgarian: бароме́тър (barométǎr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Burmese: ဘာရိုမီတာ (bharuimita) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Burmese: လေဖိအားတိုင်း ကိရိယာ (lehpi.a:tuing: ki.ri.ya) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Catalan: baròmetre — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 氣壓表 /气压表 (qìyābiǎo) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Chinese Mandarin: 氣壓計 /气压计 (qìyājì) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Czech: tlakoměr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Czech: barometr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Danish: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Dutch: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Dutch: drukmeter — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Esperanto: barometro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Esperanto: baroskopo — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Esperanto: aerpremomezurilo — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Estonian: baromeeter — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Finnish: ilmanpainemittari — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Finnish: barometri — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- French: baromètre — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- West-Frisian: waarglês — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Galician: barómetro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Georgian: ბარომეტრი (baromeṭri) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- German: Barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Greek: βαρόμετρο (varómetro) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hebrew: בָּרוֹמֶטֶר (barométer) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hindi: बैरोमीटर (bairomīṭar) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hindi: वायुदाबमापी (vāyudābmāpī) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hungarian: barométer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Hungarian: légnyomásmérő — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Icelandic: loftvog — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Ido: barometro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Ido: baroskopo — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Indonesian: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Ingrian: barometra — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Irish: baraiméadar — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Italian: barometro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Japanese: 気圧計 (kiatsukei) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Kannada: ವಾಯುಭಾರ ಮಾಪಕ (vāyubhāra māpaka) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Kazakh: барометр (barometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Khmer: បារ៉ូម៉ែត (baaroumaet) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Korean: 기압계 (giapgye) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Northern Kurdish: barometre — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Northern Kurdish: fişarpîvk — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Kyrgyz: барометр (barometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Latin: baroscopium — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Latvian: barometrs — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Lithuanian: barometras — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Macedonian: бароме́тар (barométar) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Malay: jangka tekanan — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Malay: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Maltese: barometru — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Mongolian: барометр (barometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Norwegian Bokmål: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Norwegian Nynorsk: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Iranian Persian: فِشارْسَنْج (fešârsanj) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Iranian Persian: بارومِتْر (bârometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Polish: barometr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Brazilian Portuguese: barômetro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- European Portuguese: barómetro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Romanian: barometru — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Russian: баро́метр (barómetr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Scottish Gaelic: meidh-àile — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Scottish Gaelic: glainne-shìde — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Serbo-Croatian: ба̏рометар — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Serbo-Croatian: bȁrometar — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Slovak: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Slovak: tlakomer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Slovene: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Spanish: barómetro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Swedish: barometer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Tagalog: barometro — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Tajik: фишорсанҷ (fišorsanj) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Tajik: барометр (barometr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Tamil: காற்றழுத்தமானி (kāṟṟaḻuttamāṉi) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Thai: บารอมิเตอร์ (baa-rɔɔ-mí-dtə̂ə) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Turkish: barometre — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Turkish: basınçölçer — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Turkmen: barometr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Ukrainian: баро́метр (barómetr) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Urdu: بار پَیما (bār paimā) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Urdu: مِقْیاسُ الْہَوا (miqyāsu l-havā) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Urdu: بَیرومِیٹَر (bairomīṭar) — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Uzbek: barometr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Vietnamese: áp kế — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Vietnamese: khí áp kế — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Vietnamese: phong vũ biểu — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Welsh: baromedr — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Welsh: hinfynag — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Zulu: izwamoya — an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- Bulgarian: мери́ло (merílo) — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Bulgarian: бароме́тър (barométǎr) — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Finnish: barometri — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Georgian: ბარომეტრი (baromeṭri) — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Hungarian: barométer — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Indonesian: barometer — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Polish: barometr — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Polish: wskaźnik — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Brazilian Portuguese: barômetro — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- European Portuguese: barómetro — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Russian: баро́метр (barómetr) — anything used as a gauge or indicator
- Swedish: barometer — anything used as a gauge or indicator