Temperature in different languages

Temperature in Different Languages

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Temperature


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Afrikaans
temperatuur
Albanian
temperatura
Amharic
የሙቀት መጠን
Arabic
درجة الحرارة
Armenian
ջերմաստիճանը
Assamese
তাপমান
Aymara
timpiratura
Azerbaijani
temperatur
Bambara
goniyahakɛ
Basque
tenperatura
Belarusian
тэмпература
Bengali
তাপমাত্রা
Bhojpuri
तापमान
Bosnian
temperatura
Bulgarian
температура
Catalan
temperatura
Cebuano
temperatura
Chinese (Simplified)
温度
Chinese (Traditional)
溫度
Corsican
temperatura
Croatian
temperatura
Czech
teplota
Danish
temperatur
Dhivehi
ފިނިހޫނުމިން
Dogri
तापमान
Dutch
temperatuur-
English
temperature
Esperanto
temperaturo
Estonian
temperatuur
Ewe
dzoxɔxɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
temperatura
Finnish
lämpötila
French
température
Frisian
temperatuer
Galician
temperatura
Georgian
ტემპერატურა
German
temperatur
Greek
θερμοκρασία
Guarani
arapytureko
Gujarati
તાપમાન
Haitian Creole
tanperati
Hausa
zafin jiki
Hawaiian
mahana
Hebrew
טֶמפֶּרָטוּרָה
Hindi
तापमान
Hmong
kub
Hungarian
hőfok
Icelandic
hitastig
Igbo
okpomọkụ
Ilocano
temperatura
Indonesian
suhu
Irish
teocht
Italian
temperatura
Japanese
温度
Javanese
suhu
Kannada
ತಾಪಮಾನ
Kazakh
температура
Khmer
សីតុណ្ហាភាព
Kinyarwanda
ubushyuhe
Konkani
तापमान
Korean
온도
Krio
tɛmprɛchɔ
Kurdish
germî
Kurdish (Sorani)
پلەی گەرمی
Kyrgyz
температура
Lao
ອຸນຫະພູມ
Latin
caliditas
Latvian
temperatūra
Lingala
molunge
Lithuanian
temperatūra
Luganda
ebbugumu
Luxembourgish
temperatur
Macedonian
температура
Maithili
तापमान
Malagasy
hafanana
Malay
suhu
Malayalam
താപനില
Maltese
temperatura
Maori
pāmahana
Marathi
तापमान
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯏꯪꯑꯁꯥ
Mizo
lum leh vawt tehna
Mongolian
температур
Myanmar (Burmese)
အပူချိန်
Nepali
तापक्रम
Norwegian
temperatur
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kutentha
Odia (Oriya)
ତାପମାତ୍ରା
Oromo
ho'ina
Pashto
تودوخه
Persian
درجه حرارت
Polish
temperatura
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
temperatura
Punjabi
ਤਾਪਮਾਨ
Quechua
llapiyay
Romanian
temperatura
Russian
температура
Samoan
vevela
Sanskrit
तापमान
Scots Gaelic
teòthachd
Sepedi
themphereitšha
Serbian
температура
Sesotho
mocheso
Shona
tembiricha
Sindhi
درجه حرارت
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
උෂ්ණත්වය
Slovak
teplota
Slovenian
temperatura
Somali
heerkulka
Spanish
temperatura
Sundanese
suhu
Swahili
joto
Swedish
temperatur
Tagalog (Filipino)
temperatura
Tajik
ҳарорат
Tamil
வெப்ப நிலை
Tatar
температура
Telugu
ఉష్ణోగ్రత
Thai
อุณหภูมิ
Tigrinya
መጠን ሙቁት
Tsonga
mahiselo
Turkish
sıcaklık
Turkmen
temperatura
Twi (Akan)
ahoɔhyeɛ
Ukrainian
температури
Urdu
درجہ حرارت
Uyghur
تېمپېراتۇرا
Uzbek
harorat
Vietnamese
nhiệt độ
Welsh
tymheredd
Xhosa
ubushushu
Yiddish
טעמפּעראַטור
Yoruba
otutu
Zulu
izinga lokushisa

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "temperatuur" can also refer to the atmosphere or mood of a person or place.
Albanian"Temperaturë" is borrowed from the Latin word "temperatura" and also means "temper".
ArabicIn classical Arabic, "درجة الحرارة" had the meaning of "fever".
ArmenianThe Armenian word "ջերմաստիճանը" (temperature) is derived from the Greek words "θερμός" (warm) and "βαθμός" (degree). It can also refer to a person's temperament or disposition.
AzerbaijaniIn Azerbaijani, "temperatur" can also refer to "mood" or "disposition"
BasqueThe Basque word "tenperatura" comes from the Latin word "temperatūra", meaning "a mixing" or "a proper proportion".
BelarusianThis word has the same root as the word "tempest" and originally meant "a state of great excitement or agitation".
BengaliThe word "তাপমাত্রা" (temperature) in Bengali originates from the Sanskrit word "तापमान" (tāpamāna), which literally means "measuring heat".
BosnianThe Bosnian word "temperatura" derives from the Latin "temperare", meaning "to mix in the right proportions".
BulgarianThe word "температура" also means "temper" and "mood" in Bulgarian.
CatalanThe Catalan word "temperatura" derives from the Latin word "temperare", meaning "to mix" or "to moderate".
Chinese (Simplified)温度源于“同度”,意为“同量”,指物体的热冷程度。
Chinese (Traditional)溫度一詞源自拉丁語「temperare」,意為「調和、平衡」。」}
CorsicanCorsican 'temperatura' derives from the Italian and Late Latin 'temperatura,' which originally meant the quality of a mixture in relation to its proportions of ingredients.
CroatianThe word "temperatura" also means "temperament" in Croatian
CzechThe word "teplota" in the Czech language is also used to mean "warmth" or "heat".
Danish"Temperatur" also refers to a person with a particularly good temper.
DutchThe word "temperatuur" comes from the Latin "temperare," meaning "to mix in due proportion."
EsperantoIn Latin the root "temper" signifies moderation and proper balance
EstonianThe word "temperatuur" also refers to the mood or temperament of a person, reflecting its Latin root "temperare", meaning "to mix" or "to moderate".
Finnish"Lämpötila" literally means "heat level", from "lämpö" (heat) + "tila" (level).
FrenchThe word "Température" in French can also refer to the atmosphere or temperament of a person, rather than just temperature.
FrisianIn Frisian, temper is not only used for the temperature, but also for the disposition or mood of someone.
GalicianIn Galician, "temperatura" can also mean "temperament" or "disposition".
GermanIn German, "Temperatur" can also refer to the emotional state or disposition of a person.
GreekThe term "θερμοκρασία" is derived from the Greek words "θερμός" (thermos), meaning "hot," and "κρᾶσις" (krasis), meaning "mixture."
GujaratiThe word 'તાપ' ('heat') is found in the Gujarati word for 'temperature', which shows that the concept of temperature was originally understood in terms of heat.
Haitian CreoleThe word "tanperati" derives from the French term "température", which originated in Middle French "temperie", meaning "a proper mixture of qualities".
HausaThe word 'zafin jiki' comes from the Hausa words 'zafi', which means heat or warmth, and 'jiki', which means body.
HawaiianMahana, meaning 'sunlight' or 'warmth,' shares an etymology with the word 'mahani,' meaning 'sun' in Hawaiian.
HebrewFrom Latin, temperatus, past participle of temperāre 'to mix in due proportion, regulate'.
HindiDerived from the Sanskrit "tapa" (heat) and "mana" (measure), meaning "a measure of heat". Also refers to bodily heat or fever.
HmongThe term "kub" may also refer to the degree of intensity in sound volume
HungarianThe Hungarian word "hőfok" comes from the words "hő" (heat) and "fok" (degree) and refers to the degree of heat in a substance or system.
IcelandicThe Icelandic word "hitastig" can also refer to someone's mood or disposition.
IgboThe Igbo word
IndonesianThe word "suhu" can also refer to emotional states in Indonesian and is cognate with "suam" and "sejuk" (
IrishThe Irish word "teocht" also has the alternate meaning of "heat".
ItalianThe word “temperatura” in Italian, which originally meant “balance of the qualities” as in humoral theory, also means “temperament” or “mood”.
JapaneseThe Kanji characters used to write temperature, 温度, can be combined to create the words for 'hot bath,' 'thermometer,' or 'fever,' among others.
JavaneseThe word 'suhu' is also used to refer to the feeling of hotness or coldness, such as in the phrase 'suhu udara' (air temperature).
Kannada"ತಾಪಮಾನ" is used colloquially in Kannada as a noun to mean "fever". The literal translation "ತಾಪ" (tapa) means "heat". "ಮಾನ" (maana) means "measure" or "amount".
KazakhThe Kazakh word for "temperature", "температура", is derived from Russian and shares the same meaning in both languages.
Korean"온도" comes from a Sino-Korean word meaning "degree of warmth".
KurdishThe word "germî" in Kurdish also means "fever".
KyrgyzKyrgyz "температура" comes from Russian and ultimately from Latin "temperare" meaning to moderate, season, or mix.
LaoThe Lao word "ອຸນຫະພູມ" is derived from Pali words "uṇha" (heat) and "bhumi" (place), meaning "the place of heat" or "the heat environment."
LatinIn Latin, "caliditas" originally meant "warmth" or "heat".
LatvianThe word "temperatūra" comes from the Latin word "temperare," meaning "to mix or moderate."
Lithuanian"Temperatūra" in Lithuanian comes from the Latin word "temperare", meaning "to mix" or "to moderate".
LuxembourgishThe Luxembourgish word "Temperatur" also refers to a person's temperament in German.
MacedonianThe word "температура" is derived from the Latin word "temperatura", which means "a proper blending of elements".
MalagasyThe Madagascan word 'hafanana' also means 'the sun' or 'heat', as the sun is the main source of heat on Earth.
MalaySuhu is a Malay word that may also mean 'fever' or 'warmth', and is cognate to 'suam' (warm) in Indonesian.
Malayalamതാപനില' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'tāpana', meaning 'heat' or 'fever'.
MalteseThe Maltese word "temperatura" also refers to the weather or a person's temperament.
Maori"Pāmahana" comes from "mahana" (warmth) and "pā" (to possess), and can also mean "shelter" or "protection from the elements."
MarathiIn Marathi, "तापमान" can also mean "fever" or "heat of the body" in addition to "temperature".
MongolianThe Mongolian word "температур" can also refer to "temperament" or to the "temper" of a person.
Myanmar (Burmese)The term “temperature” in Myanmar is not just restricted to the physical sense but is also referred to when describing someone’s personality.
Nepaliतापक्रम, ताप, उष्मा या गर्मजोशी की स्थिति या माप है।
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "temperatur" derives from the Latin "temperatura", meaning both "temperature" and "a due proportion or mixture".
Nyanja (Chichewa)In Nyanja, the word “kutentha” is also used to mean “fever” or “high temperature,” extending its semantic range beyond the measurement of temperature.
Pashtoتودوخه is derived from the Persian word "تازگی" (tazegi), meaning "freshness" or "coolness". It can also refer to the season of spring.
PersianThe word "درجه حرارت" in Persian can also mean "fever" or "heat".
PolishIn medieval Latin, 'temperatura' denoted the mixing of the four bodily fluids to achieve overall well-being.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)Coming from Latin, 'temperatura' carries a sense of 'proper mixture' (of humors/conditions), thus also relating to 'temperament'.
PunjabiThe word "ਤਾਪਮਾਨ" (tāpamān) is derived from the Sanskrit words "tap" (heat) and "māna" (measurement), and its usage in Punjabi mirrors its scientific meaning denoting the degree of hotness or coldness.
RomanianIn Romanian, "temperatura" also refers to temperament or mood.
RussianIn 17th-century Russian, the word "температура" also meant "temperament".
SamoanThe word "vevela" in Samoan originates from the Proto-Polynesian word "*vevela" meaning "sun", "heat", or "fever".
Scots Gaelic"Teòthachd" in Scots Gaelic relates to the concept of "warming" or "being warm" rather than specifically referring to a numerical measurement of temperature.
SerbianIn Serbian the word “температура” doesn't mean only temperature, but a person's temperament.
SesothoThe Sesotho word "mocheso" is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-chesa" meaning "to be hot or warm".
ShonaThe word 'tembiricha' in Shona is derived from the verb 'kupima', meaning 'to measure', and the noun 'richa', meaning 'heat'.
SindhiThe Sindhi word 'درجه حرارت' ('darja hararat') is originally a compound of two Arabic words, 'درجه' ('darja'), meaning 'degree', and 'حرارت' ('hararat'), meaning 'heat'. Thus, 'darja hararat' literally translates to 'degree of heat', which is what we commonly refer to as temperature.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The word
SlovakThe word teplota comes from the Proto-Slavic term *toplota, meaning "warmth".
SlovenianIn Slovenian, the word “temperatura” has both the scientific meaning and the informal meaning of “mood” or “state of mind”.
SomaliSomali "heerkulka" derives from Arabic "ḥarāra", meaning "heat" and "fever".
SpanishThe Spanish word "temperatura" also refers to the mood, temperament or disposition of a person or group of persons and derives ultimately from the Latin "temperare" meaning to regulate, mix or modify.
Sundanese"Suhu" also means "disposition of the heart" or "inner self" in Sundanese.
SwahiliThe word "joto" in Swahili can also refer to warmth, heat, fever, or a person who is lively and sociable.
SwedishIn Swedish, the word "temperatur" can also refer to one's mood or disposition.
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "temperatura" was borrowed from Spanish and originally referred to the human temperament.
TajikIn Tajik, "ҳарорат" (temperature) is also used to describe the intensity of emotions, such as anger or love.
TeluguThe word "ఉష్ణోగ్రత" in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "ushnotta" and means "the intensity of heat or cold".
ThaiIn Thai, the word "อุณหภูมิ" (temperature) is also used figuratively to describe the intensity of feelings or emotions, such as anger or passion.
TurkishThe word "sıcaklık" also refers to "warmth" and "fever".
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "температури" can also refer to the "temper" of a person or metal.
UrduDerived from Persian "dirajat" meaning "step" or "level" and Persian "hararat" meaning "heat" or "warmth."
UzbekThe word "harorat" can also mean "enthusiasm" or "heat of the moment" in Uzbek.
Vietnamese"Nhiệt độ" derives from the Chinese "温度", meaning "degree of heat".
WelshThe word 'tymheredd' is a compound of 'tym' ('time') and 'mer' ('number'), suggesting a temporal measure.
XhosaDerived from 'ubusushu, meaning warmness, and is related to 'ukushisa', meaning to burn
YiddishThe Yiddish word "טעמפּעראַטור" also means "temper" or "disposition".
YorubaThe word "otutu" also means "cold" in Yoruba.
ZuluThe Zulu word "izinga lokushisa" literally means "a measure of heat".
EnglishThe word "temperature" comes from the Latin word "temperare", meaning "to mix in due proportion".

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