hertz

See also: Hertz

English

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɜːts/, /hɜːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɝts/
    • (file)
  • Homophone: hurts
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts

Noun

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]

Noun

hertz m

  1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Further reading

  • hertz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hertz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

  1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Derived terms

Further reading


French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁts/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

  1. hertz

Further reading


Galician

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

  1. hertz

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Italian

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

  1. hertz

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁts/, /ˈhɛʁ.t͡ʃis/

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

  1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Spanish

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

  1. hertz
  2. plural of hertz

Synonyms


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (broad) IPA(key): /hærts/
  • (retroflex dialects) IPA(key): [hæʈʂ~hɛʈʂ]

Noun

hertz c

  1. hertz (singular and plural)
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