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hygrometer

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

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  • /haɪˈɡɹɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
  • rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

Narrower terms: hygrodeik, hygroscope, psychrometer

History

Etymology

From French hygromètre, from hygro- + -meter.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: higrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Arabic: جَهَاز قِيَاس الرُطُوبَة (jahāz qiyās ar-ruṭūba) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Armenian: խոնաւաչափ (xonawačʻapʻ) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Asturian: higrómetru — instrument that measures humidity
  • Azerbaijani: hiqrometr — instrument that measures humidity
  • Basque: higrometro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Belarusian: гігрометр (hihrómjetr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Bengali: আর্দ্রতামাপক যন্ত্র (ardrotamapok jontro) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Bulgarian: влагомер (vlagomer) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Bulgarian: хигрометър (higrometǎr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Catalan: higròmetre — instrument that measures humidity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濕度計 /湿度计 (shīdùjì) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Czech: vlhkoměr — instrument that measures humidity
  • Danish: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Dutch: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Esperanto: higrometro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Esperanto: higroskopo — instrument that measures humidity
  • Estonian: niiskusmõõtur — instrument that measures humidity
  • Finnish: kosteusmittari — instrument that measures humidity
  • French: hygromètre — instrument that measures humidity
  • Galician: higrómetro — instrument that measures humidity
  • German: Hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Greek: υγρόμετρο (ygrómetro) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Haitian Creole: igwomèt — instrument that measures humidity
  • Hebrew: היגרומטר (higrométer) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Hindi: आर्द्रतामापी (ārdratāmāpī) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Icelandic: rakamælir — instrument that measures humidity
  • Ido: higrometro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Indonesian: higrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Irish: taismhéadar — instrument that measures humidity
  • Italian: igrometro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Japanese: 湿度計 (shitsudokei) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Kazakh: гигрометр (gigrometr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Khmer: មេឃមាត្រ — instrument that measures humidity
  • Korean: 습도계 (seupdogye) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Kyrgyz: гигрометр (gigrometr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Latvian: higrometrs — instrument that measures humidity
  • Lithuanian: drėgmėmatis — instrument that measures humidity
  • Low German: Hygromeater — instrument that measures humidity
  • Macedonian: влагомер (vlagomer) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Macedonian: хигроме́тар (higrométar) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Malay: jangka lembap — instrument that measures humidity
  • Malay: higrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Malayalam: ഹൈഗ്രോമീറ്റർ (haigrōmīṟṟaṟ) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Maltese: igrometru — instrument that measures humidity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Persian: نمسنج — instrument that measures humidity
  • Polish: higrometr — instrument that measures humidity
  • Polish: wilgotnościomierz — instrument that measures humidity
  • Portuguese: higrômetro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Romanian: higrometru — instrument that measures humidity
  • Russian: гигро́метр (gigrómetr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Russian: влагоме́р (vlagomér) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Scots: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Serbo-Croatian: влагомјер — instrument that measures humidity
  • Serbo-Croatian: влагомер — instrument that measures humidity
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlagomjer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlagomer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Slovak: vlhkomer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Slovene: higrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Spanish: higrómetro — instrument that measures humidity
  • Spanish: higroscopio — instrument that measures humidity
  • Swahili: haigromita — instrument that measures humidity
  • Swedish: hygrometer — instrument that measures humidity
  • Tagalog: damigsukod — instrument that measures humidity
  • Turkish: higrometre — instrument that measures humidity
  • Ukrainian: гігро́метр (hihrómetr) — instrument that measures humidity
  • Uzbek: gigrometr — instrument that measures humidity
  • Vietnamese: ẩm kế — instrument that measures humidity