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voltmeter

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

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  • Canada, General-American: /ˈvoʊltˌmitɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈvoʊltˌmiɾɚ]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

meter that measures the potential difference between two points

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meter

Narrower terms: electronic voltmeter, millivoltmeter

History

Etymology

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