Phrase guide

dew point

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The temperature at which the air becomes saturated and water vapor condenses to form dew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: temperature, saturation point

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: punt de rosada — temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露點 /露点 (lùdiǎn) — temperature
  • Czech: rosný bod — temperature
  • Dutch: dauwpunt — temperature
  • Esperanto: rosopunkto — temperature
  • Estonian: kastepunkt — temperature
  • Finnish: kastepiste — temperature
  • French: point de rosée — temperature
  • Galician: punto de orballo — temperature
  • German: Taupunkt — temperature
  • Greek: σημείο δρόσου (simeío drósou) — temperature
  • Haitian Creole: pwen woze — temperature
  • Hebrew: נקודת טל — temperature
  • Icelandic: daggarmark — temperature
  • Irish: drúchtphointe — temperature
  • Italian: punto di rugiada — temperature
  • Japanese: 露点 (roten) — temperature
  • Kazakh: шық нүктесі (şyq nüktesı) — temperature
  • Korean: 이슬점 (iseuljeom) — temperature
  • Korean: 노점 (nojeom) — temperature
  • Macedonian: точка на роса (točka na rosa) — temperature
  • Norwegian: duggpunkt — temperature
  • Persian: نقطه شبنم (noġte-ye šabnam) — temperature
  • Polish: punkt rosy — temperature
  • Portuguese: ponto de condensação — temperature
  • Portuguese: ponto de orvalho — temperature
  • Romanian: punct de condensare — temperature
  • Romanian: punct de înrourare — temperature
  • Russian: точка росы (točka rosy) — temperature
  • Sindhi: ماڪ پد (māk pd) — temperature
  • Spanish: punto de rocío — temperature
  • Spanish: punto de condensación — temperature
  • Swedish: daggpunkt — temperature
  • Thai: จุดน้ําค้าง — temperature
  • Ukrainian: точка роси (točka rosy) — temperature
  • Welsh: gwlithbwynt — temperature