noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
meter that measures the potential difference between two points
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English volt Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English voltmeter From volt + -meter.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
voltmetër
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Arabic:
مِقْياس الْجُهْد الْكَهْرَبَائِيّ
(miqyās al-juhd al-kahrabāʔiyy)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Arabic:
مِقْياس الْفُولْت
(miqyās al-fūlt)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Armenian:
վոլտմետր
(voltmetr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Azerbaijani:
voltmetr
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Basque:
voltmetro
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Belarusian:
вальтме́тр
(valʹtmjétr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Belarusian:
вальтмэ́тр
(valʹtmétr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Belarusian:
вальтмэ́тар
(valʹtmétar)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Bengali:
ভোল্টমিটার
(bhōlṭomiṭar)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Bulgarian:
во́лтме́тър
(vóltmétǎr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Burmese:
ဗို့အားတိုင်းကိရိယာ
(bui.a:tuing:ki.ri.ya)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Chinese Mandarin:
電壓表 /电压表
(diànyābiǎo)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Czech:
voltmetr
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Danish:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Dutch:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Estonian:
voltmeeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Finnish:
volttimittari
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Finnish:
jännitemittari
— instrument for measuring electric potential
French:
voltmètre
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Georgian:
ვოლტმეტრი
(volṭmeṭri)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
German:
Spannungsmessgerät
— instrument for measuring electric potential
German:
Voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Greek:
βολτόμετρο
(voltómetro)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Hebrew:
מַד מֶתַח
(mad métakh)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Hindi:
वोल्टमीटर
(volṭamīṭar)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Hungarian:
voltmérő
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Icelandic:
voltmælir
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Indonesian:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Irish:
voltmhéadar
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Italian:
voltmetro
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Japanese:
電圧計
(den'atsukei)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Japanese:
ボルトメーター
(borutomētā)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Kazakh:
вольтметр
(voltmetr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Korean:
전압계
(jeonapgye)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Korean:
볼트미터
(bolteumiteo)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Kyrgyz:
вольтметр
(voltmetr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Latvian:
voltmetrs
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Lithuanian:
voltmetras
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Macedonian:
волтме́тар
(voltmétar)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Malay:
meter volt
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Malay:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Māori:
ine-ngaohiko
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Mongolian:
вольтметр
(volʹtmetr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Mongolian:
хүчдэл хэмжигч
(xüčdel xemžigč)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Norwegian Bokmål:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Iranian Persian:
وُلْتسَنْج
(volt-sanj)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Iranian Persian:
وُلْتمِتْر
(volt-metr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Polish:
woltomierz
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Portuguese:
voltímetro
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Romanian:
voltmetru
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Russian:
вольтме́тр
(volʹtmétr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Serbo-Croatian:
во̏лтметар
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Serbo-Croatian:
vȍltmetar
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Slovak:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Slovene:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Spanish:
voltímetro
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Swedish:
voltmeter
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Tajik:
волтсанҷ
(voltsanj)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Tajik:
волтметр
(voltmetr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Thai:
โวลต์มิเตอร์
(wóon-mí-dtə̂ə)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Turkish:
voltmetre
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Turkmen:
woltmetr
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Ukrainian:
вольтме́тр
(volʹtmétr)
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Uzbek:
voltmetr
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Vietnamese:
điện áp kế
— instrument for measuring electric potential
Vietnamese:
vôn kế
— instrument for measuring electric potential