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]
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
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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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) /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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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