anemometer

English

An anemometer.

Alternative forms

anemometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From anemo- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɒmətə/, /ænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɑːmətɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

anemometer (plural anemometers)

(meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.

Synonyms

windmeter
wind-gauge

Derived terms

cup anemometer

Related terms

anemometry

Translations

an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind

Asturian: anemómetru m
Bulgarian: анемоме́тър m (anemométǎr)
Catalan: anemòmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 風速計 (zh), 风速计 (zh) (fēngsùjì), 風速表 (zh), 风速表 (zh) (fēngsùbiǎo), 風力計 (zh), 风力计 (zh) (fēnglìjì)
Finnish: tuulimittari (fi)
French: anémomètre (fr) m
Galician: anemómetro m
German: Windmesser m
Greek: ανεμόμετρο (el) n (anemómetro)
Icelandic: vindmælir m
Irish: ainéimiméadar m
Italian: anemometro (it) m

Japanese: 風速計 (fūsokukei), 風力計 (ふうりょくけい, fūryokukei)
Macedonian: ве́тромер m (vétromer)
Malay: anemometer
Norwegian: anemometer n, skålanemometer n
Portuguese: anemómetro (pt) m (Portugal), anemômetro (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: анемо́метр (ru) m (anemómetr), ветроме́р (ru) m (vetromér)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вјетромјер m

Roman: vjetromjer (sh) m
Spanish: anemómetro (es) m
Tagalog: simuysukat
Vietnamese: máy đo gió

Anagrams

anemometre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, possibly from English, French or Latin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː.neː.moːˈmeː.tər/
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Hyphenation: ane‧mo‧me‧ter

Noun

anemometer m (plural anemometers, diminutive anemometertje n)

(meteorology) anemometer, windmeter [from late 18th c.]

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret or anemometret, indefinite plural anemometer or anemometre, definite plural anemometra or anemometrene)

(meteorology) an anemometer

References

“anemometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret, indefinite plural anemometer, definite plural anemometera)

(meteorology) an anemometer

References

“anemometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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