equator

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈkweɪ.tə/
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• US: /ɪˈkweɪ.tɚ/
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• US: /iˈkweɪ.tɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K W EY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Latin (circulus) aequator (diei et noctis).

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَطُّ ٱلِٱسْتِوَاءِ (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔi) — Translations
• Georgian: დედამიწის ეკვატორი (dedamic̣is eḳvaṭori) — Translations
• German: Erdäquator — Translations
• Moore: sʋg-rulga — Translations
• Polish: równik kuli ziemskiej — Translations
• Telugu: భూమధ్యరేఖ (bhūmadhyarēkha) — Translations
• Afrikaans: ewenaar — circle around the earth
• Albanian: ekuator — circle around the earth
• Amharic: መሬት ሰቅ (märet säḳ) — circle around the earth
• Arabic: خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَاء (ḵaṭṭu l-istiwāʔ) — circle around the earth
• Aramaic: ܣܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܕܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܵܐ — circle around the earth
• Armenian: հասարակած (hasarakac) — circle around the earth
• Assamese: বিষুৱ ৰেখা (bixu rekha) — circle around the earth
• Asturian: ecuador — circle around the earth
• Azerbaijani: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Banyumasan: khatulistiwa — circle around the earth
• Banyumasan: katulistiwa — circle around the earth
• Basque: ekuatore — circle around the earth
• Belarusian: эква́тар (ekvátar) — circle around the earth
• Bengali: নিরক্ষরেখা (nirokkhorekha) — circle around the earth
• Breton: keheder — circle around the earth
• Bulgarian: еква́тор (ekvátor) — circle around the earth
• Burmese: အီကွေတာ (i-kweta) — circle around the earth
• Catalan: equador — circle around the earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 赤道 (chìdào) — circle around the earth
• Czech: rovník — circle around the earth
• Danish: ækvator — circle around the earth
• Dutch: evenaar — circle around the earth
• Dutch: equator — circle around the earth
• Esperanto: ekvatoro — circle around the earth
• Estonian: ekvaator — circle around the earth
• Farefare: tɩŋasʋkabeene — circle around the earth
• Farefare: tẽŋasʋkabeene — circle around the earth
• Faroese: miðkringur — circle around the earth
• Finnish: päiväntasaaja — circle around the earth
• French: équateur — circle around the earth
• West-Frisian: evener — circle around the earth
• Galician: ecuador — circle around the earth
• Georgian: ეკვატორი (eḳvaṭori) — circle around the earth
• German: Äquator — circle around the earth
• German: Linie — circle around the earth
• Greek: ισημερινός (isimerinós) — circle around the earth
• Gujarati: વિષુવવૃત્ત (viṣuvvŕtt) — circle around the earth
• Hebrew: קַו הַמַשׁוֶה (kav-hamashveh) — circle around the earth
• Hindi: भूमध्य रेखा (bhūmadhya rekhā) — circle around the earth
• Hungarian: Egyenlítő — circle around the earth
• Icelandic: miðbaugur — circle around the earth
• Indonesian: khatulistiwa — circle around the earth
• Indonesian: ekuator — circle around the earth
• Irish: méanchiorcal — circle around the earth
• Italian: equatore — circle around the earth
• Japanese: 赤道 (sekidō) — circle around the earth
• Javanese: ꦏꦠꦸꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦮ (katulistiwa) — circle around the earth
• Kannada: ವಿಷುವದ್ರೇಖೆ (viṣuvadrēkhe) — circle around the earth
• Kazakh: экватор (ékvator) — circle around the earth
• Khmer: ភូមធ្យរេខា (phuumĕəʼthyĕəʼreikhaa) — circle around the earth
• Khmer: អេក្វាទ័រ (ʼeekvaatɔə) — circle around the earth
• Korean: 적도 (jeokdo) — circle around the earth
• Kyrgyz: экватор (ekvator) — circle around the earth
• Lao: ສູນສູດ (sūn sūt) — circle around the earth
• Lao: ເສັ້ນສູນສູດ (sen sūn sūt) — circle around the earth
• Latvian: ekvators — circle around the earth
• Lithuanian: pusiaujas — circle around the earth
• Luxembourgish: Equator — circle around the earth
• Macedonian: еква́тор (ekvátor) — circle around the earth
• Malay: khatulistiwa — circle around the earth
• Malayalam: ഭൂമദ്ധ്യരേഖ (bhūmaddhyarēkha) — circle around the earth
• Māori: te ara nui o te Rā — circle around the earth
• Māori: te ara nui o Tama-te-Rā — circle around the earth
• Marathi: विषुववृत्त (viṣuvvŕtta) — circle around the earth
• Mongolian: экватор (ekvator) — circle around the earth
• Navajo: nahasdzáán ałníiʼgi hoodzooígíí — circle around the earth
• Nepali: भूमध्य रेखा (bhūmadhya rekhā) — circle around the earth
• Norman: lîngne — circle around the earth
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Persian: خط استوا (xatt-e estevâ) — circle around the earth
• Persian: استوا (estevâ) — circle around the earth
• Polish: równik — circle around the earth
• Portuguese: equador — circle around the earth
• Punjabi: ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਰੇਖਾ (bhū-maddha rekhā) — circle around the earth
• Romanian: ecuator — circle around the earth
• Russian: эква́тор (ekvátor) — circle around the earth
• Sanskrit: भूमध्यरेखा (bhūmadhyarekhā) — circle around the earth
• Scottish Gaelic: crios meadhan an t-saoghail — circle around the earth
• Serbo-Croatian: екватор — circle around the earth
• Serbo-Croatian: полутар — circle around the earth
• Serbo-Croatian: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Serbo-Croatian: polutar — circle around the earth
• Shona: muenzanisi — circle around the earth
• Slovak: rovník — circle around the earth
• Slovene: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Somali: dhulbare — circle around the earth
• Lower Sorbian: ekwator — circle around the earth
• Upper Sorbian: ekwator — circle around the earth
• Spanish: ecuador — circle around the earth
• Spanish: línea ecuatorial — circle around the earth
• Swahili: ikweta — circle around the earth
• Swedish: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Tagalog: gitguhit — circle around the earth
• Tagalog: ekwador — circle around the earth
• Tajik: хати истиво (xat-i istivo) — circle around the earth
• Tajik: экватор (ekvator) — circle around the earth
• Tamil: நிலநடுக் கோடு (nilanaṭuk kōṭu) — circle around the earth
• Tatar: экватор (ekwator) — circle around the earth
• Telugu: భూమధ్య రేఖ (bhūmadhya rēkha) — circle around the earth
• Thai: เส้นศูนย์สูตร (sên-sǔun-sùut) — circle around the earth
• Turkish: Ekvator — circle around the earth
• Turkish: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Turkmen: ekwator — circle around the earth
• Ukrainian: еква́тор (ekvátor) — circle around the earth
• Uyghur: ئېكۋاتور (ëkwator) — circle around the earth
• Uzbek: ekvator — circle around the earth
• Vietnamese: xích đạo — circle around the earth
• Volapük: kveator — circle around the earth
• Welsh: cyhydedd — circle around the earth
• Yiddish: עקוואַטאָר (ekvator) — circle around the earth
• Zazaki: ekwator — circle around the earth
• Catalan: equador — circle around any sphere
• Finnish: päiväntasaaja — circle around any sphere
• Persian: استوا (estevâ) — circle around any sphere
• Persian: معدلالنهار (mo'adel-olnahâr) — circle around any sphere
• Scottish Gaelic: crios-meadhain — circle around any sphere