thermometer
Syllables: ther·mom·e·ter/θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə//θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
thermometer noun: an apparatus used to measure temperature.
Noun
thermometer (plural thermometers)
- An apparatus used to measure temperature.
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284–5
- On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]1843, John Holmes Agnew, Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
thermometer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thermometer in Hindi
- apparatus used to measure temperature
- तापमापी tāpmāpī, थर्मामीटर tharmāmīṭar
thermometer in Tamil
- apparatus used to measure temperature
- வெப்பமானி veppamāṉi
thermometer in Marathi
- apparatus used to measure temperature
- तापमापक tāpmāpak, थर्मामीटर tharmāmīṭar
thermometer in Urdu
- apparatus used to measure temperature
- تَھرْما مِیٹَر tharmā mīṭar, حرارت پیما harārat paimā
More languagesFewer languages
- thermometer in Bengali
- থার্মোমিটার tharmōmiṭar, উষ্মমাপক uṣmomapok
- thermometer in Telugu
- ఉష్ణమాపకం uṣṇamāpakaṁ
- thermometer in Malayalam
- താപമാപിനി tāpamāpini, ഉഷ്ണമാപിനി uṣṇamāpini
- thermometer in Kannada
- ಉಷ್ಣಮಾಪಕ uṣṇamāpaka
- thermometer in Punjabi
- ਥਰਮਾਮੀਟਰ, ਥਰਮੋਮੀਟਰ
- thermometer in Gujarati
- ઉષ્ણતામાપક uṣṇatāmāpak, તાપમાપક tāpmāpak
- thermometer in Odia
- ଥର୍ମୋମିଟର, ଥର୍ମୋମିଟାର, ଥର୍ମୋମୀଟର୍
- thermometer in Nepali
- तापमापी tāpmāpī
- thermometer in Pashto
- ترماميټر tarmāmiṭar, تودښمېچ towdǝx̌meč, ميزان الحراره mizān ol-harāra
- thermometer in Tagalog
- termometro, initsukat, initsukod, panigi
- thermometer in Arabic
- تِرْمُومِتْر tirmumitr, مِقْيَاسُ الْحَرَارَة miqyāsu l-ḥarāra, مِيزَانُ الْحَرَارَة mīzānu l-ḥarāra, مِحْرَار miḥrār
- thermometer in Malay
- jangka suhu, termometer
- thermometer in Indonesian
- pengukur suhu, termometer
- thermometer in Persian
- دَماسَنْج damâsanj
- thermometer in Thai
- เครื่องวัดอุณหภูมิ krʉ̂ʉang-wát-un-hà-puum, เทอร์มอมิเตอร์ təə-mɔɔ-mí-dtə̂ə, ปรอทวัดอุณหภูมิ bpà-rɔ̀ɔt-wát-un-hà-puum, มาตรอุณหภูมิ mâat-un-hà-puum
- thermometer in Vietnamese
- nhiệt kế
- thermometer in Myanmar
- သာမိုမီတာ samuimita
Examples of thermometer in a sentence
- The most accurate way to take your temperature is by sticking a thermometer up your butt.
- The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer, but wished he had a more accurate instrument.
- The thermometer says zero, but with the wind chill it's more like minus five.
Forms of thermometer
| plural | thermometers |
|---|---|
| alternative form (nonstandard) | thermometre |
Origin of thermometer
Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.
Words formed from thermometer
- absolute thermometer
- adjustable contact
- air-temperature thermometer
- air thermometer
- alcohol thermometer
- auxiliary thermometer
- bath thermometer
- Beckmann differential thermometer
- Beckmann thermometer
- bimetallic stem thermometer
- bimetallic thermometer
- bi-metal mechanical thermometer
- bulb of a thermometer
- calibrate a thermometer
- calibrated thermometer
- candy thermometer
- capillary thermometer
- Celsius's thermometer
- Celsius' thermometer
- Celsius thermometer
- centigrade thermometer
- chronothermometer
- clinical thermometer
- constant pressure air thermometer
- constant pressure thermometer
- constant-pressure thermometer
- constant volume air thermometer
- constant volume gas thermometer
- constant-volume thermometer
- constant volume thermometer
- contact thermometer
- Coulomb Blockade Thermometer
- Delisle's thermometer
- Delisle thermometer
- dial thermometer
- differential thermometer
- digital thermometer
- direct-reading thermometer
- ear thermometer
- electronic registering thermometer
- electronic thermometer
- empirical thermometer
- ethanol-filled thermometer
- Fahrenheit's thermometer
- Fahrenheit thermometer
- fever thermometer
- filament thermometer
- film thermometer
- forehead thermometer
- freezer thermometer
- fridge thermometer
- Galilean thermometer
- Galileo's thermometer
- Galileo thermometer
- galvanothermometer
- geothermometer
- glass thermometer
- Hauksbee's thermometer
- Hauksbee thermometer
- infrared thermometer
Phrases with thermometer
Words that rhyme with thermometer
Questions about thermometer
- What does thermometer mean?
- Thermometer means an apparatus used to measure temperature.
- What is thermometer in Hindi?
- Thermometer in Hindi is तापमापी (tāpmāpī), थर्मामीटर (tharmāmīṭar). See Thermometer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thermometer?
- Thermometer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thermometer?
- Thermometer is pronounced /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thermometer?
- The plural of thermometer is thermometers.
Words near thermometer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thermometer (page history and authors); thermometer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermometer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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