Standard Lemma guide

Celsius

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.siəs/
  • /ˈsɛl.ʃəs/ Philippines, seldom US
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛlsiəs
  • rhymes with -ɛlʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L S IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the metric temperature scale of said name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: metrology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: centigrade, centesimal

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Celsius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname in Swedish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Ellipsis of degree Celsius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Topics: metrology

Examples

  • Water boils at 100 Celsius.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Anders Celsius

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer

History

Etymology

Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِيلْزْيُوس (sīlzyus) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Arabic: سَلْسْيُوس (salsyus) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Belarusian: Цэ́льсій (Célʹsij) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Bulgarian: Це́лзий (Célzij) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Chinese Cantonese: 攝氏 /摄氏 (sip3 si6) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Chinese: 攝氏 /摄氏 (Liap-sī) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝氏 /摄氏 (Shèshì) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Dutch: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Esperanto: Celsio — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Finnish: celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • French: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Georgian: ცელსიუსი (celsiusi) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • German: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Hebrew: צלזיוס (tselzius) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Hebrew: צלסיוס (tselsius) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Indonesian: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Japanese: 摂氏 (Sesshi) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Japanese: セルシウス (Serushiusu) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Korean: 섭씨 (Seopssi) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Macedonian: Целзиус (Celzius) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Malay: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Malay: sentigred — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Māori: henekereti — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Māori: whakarautanga — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Māori: tohurau — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Marathi: सेल्सियस (selsiyas) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Marathi: सेल्सिअस (selsias) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Pali: sataṃsakayutta — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Persian: سانتیگراد (sântigrâd) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Persian: سلسیوس (selsyus) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Polish: Celsjusza — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Portuguese: célsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Portuguese: centígrado — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Russian: Це́льсий (Célʹsij) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: Целзијус — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: Celzijus — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Spanish: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Swahili: Selsiasi — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Swedish: Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Tagalog: sentigrado — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Thai: เซลเซียส (sen-sîiat) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Thai: เซนติเกรด — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Ukrainian: Це́льсій (Célʹsij) — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Vietnamese: độ Celsius — related to a metric scale of temperature
  • Vietnamese: độ bách phân — related to a metric scale of temperature