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thermometer

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: TH ER0 M AA1 M AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

measuring instrument for measuring temperature

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: alcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer, candy thermometer, Centigrade thermometer, cryometer, dry-bulb thermometer, Fahrenheit thermometer, gas thermometer, air thermometer, maximum and minimum thermometer, meat thermometer, mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer, oven thermometer, pyrometer, Reaumur thermometer, resistance thermometer, platinum thermometer, reversing thermometer, self-registering thermometer, telethermometer, thermocouple, thermocouple junction, thermoelectric thermometer, thermel, electric thermometer, thermograph, thermometrograph, thermopile, wet-bulb thermometer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.

Across languages

Translations

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Albanian: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Arabic: تِرْمُومِتْر (tirmumitr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Arabic: مِقْيَاس الْحَرَارَة (miqyās al-ḥarāra) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Arabic: مِيزَان الْحَرَارَة (mīzān al-ḥarāra) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Arabic: مِحْرَار (miḥrār) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Armenian: ջերմաչափ (ǰermačʻapʻ) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Azerbaijani: istilikölçən — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Azerbaijani: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Azerbaijani: istiölçən — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Azerbaijani: qızdırmaölçən — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Basque: termometro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Belarusian: тэрмо́метр (termómjetr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Belarusian: тэрмо́мэтар (termómetar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Belarusian: гра́дуснік (hrádusnik) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Bengali: থার্মোমিটার (tharmōmiṭar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Bengali: উষ্মমাপক (uṣmomapok) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Breton: gwrezverker — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Bulgarian: термоме́тър (termométǎr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Bulgarian: топломе́р (toplomér) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Burmese: သာမိုမီတာ (samuimita) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Catalan: termòmetre — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫度計 /温度计 (wēndùjì) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫度錶 /温度表 (wēndùbiǎo) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寒暑錶 /寒暑表 (hánshǔbiǎo) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體溫錶 /体温表 (tǐwēnbiǎo) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Chukchi: омтэнмычъын (omtėnmyčʺyn) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Cornish: tempredhell — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Crimean Tatar: sıcaqölçer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Crimean Tatar: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Czech: teploměr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Danish: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Dutch: thermometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Dutch: warmtemeter — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Esperanto: termometro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Estonian: kraadiklaas — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Faroese: hitamálari — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Faroese: hitamátari — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Faroese: fepurstokkur — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Finnish: lämpömittari‚ kuumemittari (generic) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • French: thermomètre — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Georgian: თერმომეტრი (termomeṭri) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • German: Thermometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • German: Wärmemesser — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • German: Temperaturmesser — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Greek: θερμόμετρο (thermómetro) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Gujarati: ઉષ્ણતામાપક (uṣṇatāmāpak) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Gujarati: તાપમાપક (tāpmāpak) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hawaiian: ana wela — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hebrew: מַדְחֹם (madḥóm) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hindi: तापमापी (tāpmāpī) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hindi: थर्मामीटर (tharmāmīṭar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hungarian: hőmérő — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Hungarian: lázmérő — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Icelandic: hitamælir — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Indonesian: pengukur suhu — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Indonesian: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Interlingua: thermometro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Irish: teirmiméadar — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Italian: termometro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Japanese: 温度計 (ondokei) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Japanese: 体温計 (taionkei) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Javanese: ꦠꦺꦂꦩꦺꦴꦩꦺꦠꦼꦂ (térmométer) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Kannada: ಉಷ್ಣಮಾಪಕ (uṣṇamāpaka) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Kazakh: термометр (termometr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Khmer: កែវស្ទង់កំដៅ (kaew stŭəng kɑmdaw) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Korean: 온도계 (ondogye) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Korean: 체온계 (che'on'gye) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: têhnpîv — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Kyrgyz: термометр (termometr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Lao: ບາຫລອດ (bā lǭt) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Lao: ບາຫຼອດ (bā lǭt) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງແທກອຸນນະພູມ (khư̄ang thǣk ʼun na phūm) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Latin: thermometrum — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Latvian: termometrs — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Lithuanian: termometras — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Macedonian: термоме́тар (termométar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Macedonian: топломер (toplomer) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Malay: jangka suhu — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Malay: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Malayalam: താപമാപിനി (tāpamāpini) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Malayalam: ഉഷ്ണമാപിനി (uṣṇamāpini) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Manx: tempreilyssane — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Marathi: तापमापक (tāpmāpak) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Marathi: थर्मामीटर (tharmāmīṭar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Māori: ine-mahana — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: термометр (termometr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: халууны шил (xaluuny šil) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: дулааны хэмжүүр (dulaany xemžüür) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠧᠷᠮᠣᠮᠧᠲ᠋ᠷ (tērmomētr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠯ (qalaɣun-ü sil) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠡᠮᠵᠢᠭᠦᠷ (dulaɣan-ü kemǰigür) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Navajo: hadoh dóó hakʼaz neiłkidígíí — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Southern Ndebele: isimedimtjhiso — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Nepali: तापमापी (tāpmāpī) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Norman: thèrmomètre — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gradestokk — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gradestokk — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Okinawan: 寒暖計 (kandanchī) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Pali: uṇha-māṇaka — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Pashto: ترماميټر (tarmāmiṭar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Pashto: تودښمېچ (towdǝx̌meč) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Pashto: ميزان الحراره (mizān ol-harāra) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Dari: تَرْمامِیتَر (tarmāmītar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Iranian Persian: دَماسَنْج (damâsanj) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Plautdietsch: Grodglauss — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Polish: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Portuguese: termômetro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Romanian: termometru — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Russian: термо́метр (termómetr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Russian: гра́дусник (grádusnik) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Scottish Gaelic: teas-mheidh — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: то̏пломе̄р — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: то̏пломје̄р — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: те̏рмометар — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȍplomēr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȍplomjēr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅrmometar — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Sicilian: tirmòmitru — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Slovak: teplomer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Slovene: toplomér — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Southern Altai: термометр (termometr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Spanish: termómetro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Sundanese: ᮒᮦᮁᮙᮧᮙᮦᮒᮨᮁ (térmométer) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Swahili: kipimajoto — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Swazi: silinganisi kushisa — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Swedish: termometer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Swedish: temperaturmätare — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tagalog: termometro — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tagalog: initsukat — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tagalog: initsukod — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tagalog: panigi — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tajik: термометр (termometr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tajik: ҳароратсанҷ (haroratsanj) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tajik: дамосанҷ (damosanj) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tamil: வெப்பமானி (veppamāṉi) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Telugu: ఉష్ణమాపకం (uṣṇamāpakaṁ) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Thai: เครื่องวัดอุณหภูมิ (krʉ̂ʉang-wát-un-hà-puum) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Thai: เทอร์มอมิเตอร์ (təə-mɔɔ-mí-dtə̂ə) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Thai: ปรอทวัดอุณหภูมิ (bpà-rɔ̀ɔt-wát-un-hà-puum) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Thai: มาตรอุณหภูมิ (mâat-un-hà-puum) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Thai: ปรอท (bpà-rɔ̀ɔt) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tibetan: དྲོ་གྲང་ལྟ་ཆས (dro grang lta chas) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Tigrinya: ተርሞሜተር (tärmometär) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Turkish: sıcaklıkölçer — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Turkish: termometre — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Turkmen: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Ukrainian: тепломі́р (teplomír) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Ukrainian: термо́метр (termómetr) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Ukrainian: гра́дусник (hrádusnyk) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Urdu: تَھرْما مِیٹَر (tharmā mīṭar) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Urdu: حرارت پیما (harārat paimā) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Uyghur: تېرمومېتىر (tërmomëtir) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Uzbek: termometr — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Vietnamese: nhiệt kế — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Volapük: tärmomet — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Welsh: tymeriadur — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Yiddish: טערמאָמעטער (termometer) — apparatus used to measure temperature
  • Zulu: isikalakushisa — apparatus used to measure temperature
Real reading context

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