spacetime

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From space + time, as a calque of German Raumzeit, introduced in this sense by Hermann Minkowski. First appears in print c. 1893 in the Philosophical Review.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ruimtetyd — four dimensional continuum
• Albanian: hapësirë-koha — four dimensional continuum
• Albanian: hapësirë-kohë — four dimensional continuum
• Arabic: زَمَكَان (zamakān) — four dimensional continuum
• Arabic: سپيس-تايم (spēs-taym) — four dimensional continuum
• Armenian: տարածաժամանակային կոնտինուում (taracažamanakayin kontinuum) — four dimensional continuum
• Armenian: տարածաժամանակ (taracažamanak) — four dimensional continuum
• Asturian: espaciu-tiempu — four dimensional continuum
• Azerbaijani: məkan-zaman — four dimensional continuum
• Basque: espazio-denbora — four dimensional continuum
• Belarusian: прасто́ра-час (prastóra-čas) — four dimensional continuum
• Bengali: স্থান-কাল (sthan-kal) — four dimensional continuum
• Bulgarian: простра́нство-вре́ме (prostránstvo-vréme) — four dimensional continuum
• Burmese: အာကာသအချိန် (akasa.a.hkyin) — four dimensional continuum
• Catalan: espai-temps — four dimensional continuum
• Catalan: espaitemps — four dimensional continuum
• Chinese Cantonese: 時空 /时空 — four dimensional continuum
• Chinese Mandarin: 時空 /时空 (shíkōng) — four dimensional continuum
• Chuvash: уҫлӑх-вӑхӑт (uślăh-văh̬ăt) — four dimensional continuum
• Czech: časoprostor — four dimensional continuum
• Danish: rumtid — four dimensional continuum
• Dutch: ruimtetijd — four dimensional continuum
• Dutch: ruimte-tijd — four dimensional continuum
• Dutch: tijd-ruimte — four dimensional continuum
• Dutch: tijdruimte — four dimensional continuum
• Esperanto: spactempo — four dimensional continuum
• Estonian: aegruum — four dimensional continuum
• Finnish: aika-avaruus — four dimensional continuum
• French: espace-temps — four dimensional continuum
• West-Frisian: romtetiid — four dimensional continuum
• Galician: espazo-tempo — four dimensional continuum
• Georgian: სივრცე-დრო (sivrce-dro) — four dimensional continuum
• German: Raumzeit — four dimensional continuum
• Greek: χωροχρόνος (chorochrónos) — four dimensional continuum
• Hebrew: מֶרְחָב־זְמַן (merkháv-zmán) — four dimensional continuum
• Hindi: दिक्काल (dikkāl) — four dimensional continuum
• Hindi: दिक्-काल (dik-kāl) — four dimensional continuum
• Hungarian: téridő — four dimensional continuum
• Icelandic: tímarúm — four dimensional continuum
• Ido: spacotempo — four dimensional continuum
• Indonesian: ruang waktu — four dimensional continuum
• Interlingua: spatiotempore — four dimensional continuum
• Irish: spás-am — four dimensional continuum
• Italian: spaziotempo — four dimensional continuum
• Italian: spaziotemporalità — four dimensional continuum
• Japanese: 時空 (jikū) — four dimensional continuum
• Kazakh: уақыт-кеңістік (uaqyt-keñıstık) — four dimensional continuum
• Kazakh: кеңістік-уақыт (keñıstık-uaqyt) — four dimensional continuum
• Korean: 시공간 (sigonggan) — four dimensional continuum
• Korean: 시공 (sigong) — four dimensional continuum
• Central Kurdish: کاتجێ (katcê) — four dimensional continuum
• Kyrgyz: мейкиндик-убакыт (meykindik-ubakıt) — four dimensional continuum
• Lao: ເວລາອາວະກາດ (wē lā ʼā wa kāt) — four dimensional continuum
• Latin: spatitempus — four dimensional continuum
• Latvian: laiktelpa — four dimensional continuum
• Lithuanian: erdvėlaikis — four dimensional continuum
• Macedonian: време-простор (vreme-prostor) — four dimensional continuum
• Malay: ruang-masa — four dimensional continuum
• Malayalam: സ്ഥലകാലം (sthalakālaṁ) — four dimensional continuum
• Malayalam: സ്ഥൂലകാലത (sthūlakālata) — four dimensional continuum
• Marathi: अवकाशकाल (avkāśkāl) — four dimensional continuum
• Marathi: काल-अवकाश (kāl-avkāś) — four dimensional continuum
• Norwegian Bokmål: romtid — four dimensional continuum
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidrom — four dimensional continuum
• Occitan: espacitemps — four dimensional continuum
• Pashto: تشيال وخت — four dimensional continuum
• Iranian Persian: فَضازَمان (fazâzamân) — four dimensional continuum
• Polish: czasoprzestrzeń — four dimensional continuum
• Portuguese: espaço-tempo — four dimensional continuum
• Punjabi: ਸਪੇਸਟਾਈਮ (sapesṭāīma) — four dimensional continuum
• Punjabi: سپیس ٹائیم (spes ṭā'īm) — four dimensional continuum
• Quechua: pacha — four dimensional continuum
• Romanian: spațiu-timp — four dimensional continuum
• Russian: простра́нство-вре́мя (prostránstvo-vrémja) — four dimensional continuum
• Scottish Gaelic: spàs-àm — four dimensional continuum
• Serbo-Croatian: просторвријеме — four dimensional continuum
• Serbo-Croatian: просторвреме — four dimensional continuum
• Serbo-Croatian: prostorvrijeme — four dimensional continuum
• Serbo-Croatian: prostorvreme — four dimensional continuum
• Sinhalese: අවකාශ කාලය (awakāśa kālaya) — four dimensional continuum
• Slovak: priestoročas — four dimensional continuum
• Slovak: časopriestor — four dimensional continuum
• Slovene: prôstor-čàs — four dimensional continuum
• Spanish: espacio-tiempo — four dimensional continuum
• Swedish: rumtid — four dimensional continuum
• Tagalog: espasyo-panahon — four dimensional continuum
• Tajik: фазо-замон (fazo-zamon) — four dimensional continuum
• Tamil: வெளிநேரம் (veḷinēram) — four dimensional continuum
• Tatar: фәза-вакыт (fäza-waqıt) — four dimensional continuum
• Thai: กาล-อวกาศ — four dimensional continuum
• Thai: ปริภูมิ-เวลา — four dimensional continuum
• Turkish: uzayzaman — four dimensional continuum
• Ukrainian: про́стір-час (próstir-čas) — four dimensional continuum
• Urdu: زَمان و مَکاں (zamān o makā̃) — four dimensional continuum
• Urdu: زَمان و مَکان (zamān o makān) — four dimensional continuum
• Uyghur: ۋاقىت-ماكان (waqit-makan) — four dimensional continuum
• Uzbek: fazo-vaqt — four dimensional continuum
• Venetan: spàçiotenpo — four dimensional continuum
• Vietnamese: không-thời gian — four dimensional continuum
• Welsh: gofod-amser — four dimensional continuum