hygrometer

See also: Hygrometer

English

Alternative forms

• hygrometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French hygromètre, from hygro- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈɡɹɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hygrometer (plural hygrometers)

1. (meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.

Derived terms

• absorption hygrometer
• wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer

Translations

instrument that measures humidity

• Afrikaans: higrometer (af)
• Arabic: جَهَاز قِيَاس الرُطُوبَة m (jahāz qiyās ar-ruṭūba)
• Armenian: խոնաւաչափ (xonawačʻapʻ)
• Asturian: higrómetru m
• Azerbaijani: hiqrometr
• Basque: higrometro
• Belarusian: гігрометр m (hihrómjetr)
• Bengali: আর্দ্রতামাপক যন্ত্র (ardrotamapok jontro)
• Bulgarian: влагомер m (vlagomer), хигрометър (higrometǎr)
• Catalan: higròmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濕度計／湿度计 (shīdùjì)

• Czech: vlhkoměr (cs) m
• Danish: hygrometer (da) n
• Dutch: hygrometer (nl) m
• Esperanto: higrometro, higroskopo
• Estonian: niiskusmõõtur
• Finnish: kosteusmittari
• French: hygromètre (fr) m
• Galician: higrómetro m
• German: Hygrometer (de) n
• Greek: υγρόμετρο (el) n (ygrómetro)
• Haitian Creole: igwomèt
• Hebrew: היגרומטר (he) m (higrométer)
• Hindi: आर्द्रतामापी (ārdratāmāpī)
• Icelandic: rakamælir n
• Ido: higrometro (io)
• Indonesian: higrometer (id)
• Irish: taismhéadar m
• Italian: igrometro (it) m
• Japanese: 湿度計 (ja) (しつどけい, shitsudokei)
• Kazakh: гигрометр (gigrometr)
• Khmer: មេឃមាត្រ (meek miet)
• Korean: 습도계 (ko) (seupdogye)
• Kyrgyz: гигрометр (gigrometr)
• Latvian: higrometrs m
• Lithuanian: drėgmėmatis m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Hygromeater

• Macedonian: влагомер m (vlagomer), хигроме́тар m (higrométar)
• Malay: jangka lembap, higrometer
• Malayalam: ഹൈഗ്രോമീറ്റർ (haigrōmīṟṟaṟ)
• Maltese: igrometru m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hygrometer n

  Nynorsk: hygrometer n

• Persian: نم‌سنج
• Polish: higrometr m, wilgotnościomierz m
• Portuguese: higrômetro (pt) m
• Romanian: higrometru (ro) n
• Russian: гигро́метр (ru) m (gigrómetr), влагоме́р (ru) m (vlagomér)
• Scots: hygrometer
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: влагомјер m, влагомер m

  Roman: vlagomjer m, vlagomer m

• Slovak: vlhkomer m
• Slovene: higrometer m
• Spanish: higrómetro (es) m
• Swahili: haigromita
• Swedish: hygrometer (sv) c
• Tagalog: damigsukod
• Turkish: higrometre (tr)
• Ukrainian: гігро́метр m (hihrómetr)
• Uzbek: gigrometr (uz)
• Vietnamese: cái đo ẩm, ẩm kế

See also

• hydrometer
• psychrometer

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hygrometer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• hygrometre

Danish

Noun

hygrometer n (singular definite hygrometeret or hygrometret, plural indefinite hygrometre)

1. hygrometer

Declension

Declension of hygrometer

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hygrometer	hygrometeret hygrometret	hygrometre	hygrometerene
genitive	hygrometers	hygrometerets hygrometrets	hygrometres	hygrometerenes

Further reading

• “hygrometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

hygrometer m (plural hygrometers, diminutive hygrometertje n)

1. hygrometer

Further reading

• “hygrometer” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hygrometer n (definite singular hygrometeret or hygrometret, indefinite plural hygrometer or hygrometre, definite plural hygrometra or hygrometrene)

1. hygrometer

Further reading

• “hygrometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hygrometer n (definite singular hygrometeret, indefinite plural hygrometer, definite plural hygrometera)

1. hygrometer

Further reading

• “hygrometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

hygrometer c

1. hygrometer

   Synonym: fuktighetsmätare

Declension

Declension of hygrometer
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hygrometer	hygrometern	hygrometrar	hygrometrarna
Genitive	hygrometers	hygrometerns	hygrometrars	hygrometrarnas

Further reading

• hygrometer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hygrometer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hygrometer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)