aneroid

English

Etymology

From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəɹɔɪd/

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Adjective

aneroid (not comparable)

1. Not using or containing fluid

   An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.

Translations

not using or containing fluid

• Esperanto: anerojda
• French: anéroïde (fr)
• Irish: anaróideach
• Italian: aneroide (it)
• Manx: aneroidagh

Noun

aneroid (plural aneroids)

1. An aneroid barometer.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.

2. An aneroid calorimeter.

Translations

aneroid barometer — see aneroid barometer

Anagrams

• arenoid

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anéroïde. By surface analysis, an- +‎ aero- +‎ -oid. First attested in 1850.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɛˈrɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: a‧ne‧ro‧id

Noun

aneroid m inan

1. (meteorology) aneroid, aneroid barometer

Declension

Declension of aneroid

	singular	plural
nominative	aneroid	aneroidy
genitive	aneroidu	aneroidów
dative	aneroidowi	aneroidom
accusative	aneroid	aneroidy
instrumental	aneroidem	aneroidami
locative	aneroidzie	aneroidach
vocative	aneroidzie	aneroidy

Derived terms

adjective

• aneroidowy

 

Further reading

• aneroid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aneroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aneroid”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36
• aneroid in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anéroïde.

Adjective

aneroid m or n (feminine singular aneroidă, masculine plural aneroizi, feminine and neuter plural aneroide)

1. aneroid

Declension

Declension of aneroid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	aneroid		aneroidă	aneroizi	aneroide
	definite	aneroidul		aneroida	aneroizii	aneroidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	aneroid		aneroide	aneroizi	aneroide
	definite	aneroidului		aneroidei	aneroizilor	aneroidelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anerǒiːd/
• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧ro‧id

Noun

aneròīd m (Cyrillic spelling анеро̀ӣд)

1. aneroid

References

• “aneroid” in Hrvatski jezični portal