electroscope

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Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English electroscope From electro- + -scope.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: electroscopi — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Chinese Mandarin: 驗電器 /验电器 (yàndiànqì) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• French: électroscope — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Gujarati: વીજદર્શક (vījdarśak) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Hindi: विद्युतदर्शी (vidyutdarśī) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Irish: leictreascóp — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Italian: elettroscopio — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Japanese: 検電器 (kendenki) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Kazakh: электроскоп (élektroskop) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Korean: 검전기 (geomjeon'gi) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Manx: lectroscope — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Māori: ine-hikotū — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Portuguese: eletroscópio — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Russian: электроско́п (elektroskóp) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Spanish: electroscopio — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Tagalog: dagitsipat — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Tamil: மின்காட்டி (miṉkāṭṭi) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Urdu: برق نما (barq numā) — device that detects the presence of an electric charge
• Vietnamese: cái nghiệm tĩnh điện — device that detects the presence of an electric charge