From en.wiktionary.org:
[Barometer]
** English
[wp]
*** Etymology
[en] [en] From [en]. Coined in 1665 by [Robert Boyle] as a name for the
instrument invented by [Evangelista Torricelli] some 20 years earlier; soon
thereafter borrowed from English into various languages.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure .
2. * [en]
3. [en] Anything used as a gauge or indicator .
4. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1916 | journal=Michigan Law Review | volume=14 | number=8 | month=Jun | section=pp. 661-665 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1276449
|passage="An election is not necessarily an accurate BAROMETER of public
opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the
press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of
communication."}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=Anthony Marcus | title=Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=j7i0e_Hx44MC&pg=PA152&dq=%22canaries+in+a+coal+mine%22 | page=152 | publisher=Berghahn Books | isbn=1845450507
|passage=The weakest members of society become social BAROMETERS or canaries
in a coal mine.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [1=en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|Eurobarometer|geobarometer|geothermobarometer|hydrobarometer|telebarometer|thermobarometer
|aneroid barometer |Fitzroy barometer |Fortin barometer |mercury barometer
|Torricellian barometer |water barometer |wheel barometer }}
**** Related terms
- [en] < !--Besides being etymologically related via -meter , the word also has a species of semantic connection, as some bathometers and all barometers are instruments that measure ambient pressure (albeit in different ways and within different phases of surrounding matter).-->
**** Translations
[an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure]
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- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
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- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
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- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
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- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
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- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
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- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
[anything used as a gauge or indicator]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese:
- Swedish: [sv]
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- Albanian: [sq]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Danish
[lang=da]
*** Etymology
From [da][da].
*** Noun
[da]
1. a [en]
*** References
- [R:Den Danske Ordbog]
[da]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
From [nl], perhaps through [nl]. [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [nl] [en] [from late 17th c.]
**** Descendants
- [af]
- [pap]
[nl]
** Indonesian
[lang=id]
*** Etymology
[id], from [id].
*** Pronunciation
- [id]
- [id]
- [id]
*** Noun
[id]
1. [en]
1. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
2. [id] anything used as a gauge or indicator
**** Derived terms
{{col2|id| |barometer air raksa |barometer aneroid |barometer bahari
|barometer baku mutlak |barometer Fortin |barometer gunung |barometer Kew
|barometer perekam }}
*** Further reading
- [R:KBBI Daring]
** Norwegian Bokmål
[lang=no]
*** Etymology
From [nb][nb].
*** Noun
[nb]
1. a [en]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
[nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
[lang=nn]
*** Etymology
From [nn][nn].
*** Noun
[nn-noun-n1]
1. a [en]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
[nn]
** Slovak
*** Pronunciation
- [sk-IPA]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [en]
*** References
- [R:sk:SDK]
[sk]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] a [en]
2. [sv] a [en] (something used as a gauge or indicator)
**** Declension
[2=barometern]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|sv |aneroidbarometer |barometerfall |barometerstånd |barometertryck
|cykelbarometer |dosbarometer |formbarometer |konjunkturbarometer
|valbarometer |väljarbarometer }}
**** Related terms
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
[sv]