anemometer

English

An anemometer.

Alternative forms

• anemometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From anemo- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɒmətə/, /ænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɑmətɚ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

anemometer (plural anemometers)

1. (meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.
   • 2020 December 30, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, in Rail, page 57, photo caption:

     This anemometer was installed by the North Eastern Railway on Staithes Viaduct in 1884, to warn signallers of dangerously high winds.

Synonyms

• windmeter
• wind-gauge

Derived terms

• cup anemometer

Related terms

• anemometry
• anemograph

Translations

an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind

• Armenian: հողմաչափ (hy) (hoġmačʿapʿ)
• Asturian: anemómetru m
• Belarusian: анемометр m (anjemómjetr), анемаметр m (anjemamjetr), ветрамер m (vjetramjer)
• Bulgarian: анемоме́тър m (anemométǎr)
• Catalan: anemòmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風速計／风速计 (zh) (fēngsùjì), 風速表／风速表 (zh) (fēngsùbiǎo), 風力計／风力计 (zh) (fēnglìjì)

• Dutch: anemometer (nl) m, windmeter (nl) m, windkrachtmeter (nl) m
• Finnish: tuulimittari (fi)
• French: anémomètre (fr) m
• Galician: anemómetro m
• Georgian: ანემომეტრი (anemomeṭri), ქარსაზომი (karsazomi)
• German: Windmesser m
• Greek: ανεμόμετρο (el) n (anemómetro)
• Icelandic: vindmælir m
• Ido: anemometro (io)
• Irish: ainéimiméadar m
• Italian: anemometro (it) m
• Japanese: 風速計 (fūsokukei), 風力計 (ふうりょくけい, fūryokukei)
• Kazakh: жел күшін өлшеуіш (jel küşın ölşeuış), анемометр (anemometr)
• Macedonian: ве́тромер m (vétromer)
• Malay: anemometer (ms)
• Norwegian: anemometer n, skålanemometer n
• Polish: anemometr (pl) m, wiatromierz m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anemômetro (pt) m

  European: anemómetro (pt) m

• Russian: анемо́метр (ru) m (anemómetr), ветроме́р (ru) m (vetromér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вје̏тромје̄р m

  Roman: vjȅtromjēr (sh) m

• Spanish: anemómetro (es) m
• Tagalog: simuysukat
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: máy đo gió

Further reading

• anemometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ane‧mo‧me‧ter

Noun

anemometer m (plural anemometers, diminutive anemometertje n)

1. (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)

1. (meteorology) an anemometer

References

• “anemometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (meteorology) an anemometer

References

• “anemometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.