Celsius
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsɛlsiəs/, (Philippines, seldom US) /ˈsɛlʃəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]Celsius (not comparable)
- Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.
- Synonyms: (dated) centigrade, centesimal
- Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Celsius
- The letter C in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
- (very rare) a surname from Swedish
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Celsius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Celsius | Celsiukset | |
accusative | nom. | Celsius | Celsiukset |
gen. | Celsiuksen | ||
genitive | Celsiuksen | Celsiusten Celsiuksien | |
partitive | Celsiusta | Celsiuksia | |
inessive | Celsiuksessa | Celsiuksissa | |
elative | Celsiuksesta | Celsiuksista | |
illative | Celsiukseen | Celsiuksiin | |
adessive | Celsiuksella | Celsiuksilla | |
ablative | Celsiukselta | Celsiuksilta | |
allative | Celsiukselle | Celsiuksille | |
essive | Celsiuksena | Celsiuksina | |
translative | Celsiukseksi | Celsiuksiksi | |
abessive | Celsiuksetta | Celsiuksitta | |
instructive | — | Celsiuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Celsius n (strong, genitive Celsius, plural Celsius)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Celsius [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Celsius” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Celsius” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Celsius” in Duden online
- Celsius on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθelsjus/ [ˈθel.sjus]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselsjus/ [ˈsel.sjus]
- Rhymes: -elsjus
- Syllabification: Cel‧sius
Noun
[edit]Celsius m (uncountable)
- Celsius
- Synonym: centígrado
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Celsius”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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