anemometer

English

An anemometer.

Alternative forms

• anemometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From anemo- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɒmətə/, /ænɪˈmɒmɪtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænɪˈmɑmətɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

anemometer (plural anemometers)

1. (meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.
   • 1952 August, “Wind Velocity Records at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 545:

     An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect the railway from the sea at that point.

   • 2020 December 30, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, in RAIL, page 57, photo caption:

     This anemometer was installed by the North Eastern Railway on Staithes Viaduct in 1884, to warn signallers of dangerously high winds.

Synonyms

• windmeter
• wind-gauge

Derived terms

• cup anemometer

Related terms

• anemometry
• anemograph

Translations

an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind

• Armenian: հողմաչափ (hy) (hoġmačʻapʻ)
• Asturian: anemómetru m
• Belarusian: анемометр m (anjemómjetr), анемаметр m (anjemamjetr), ветрамер m (vjetramjer)
• Bulgarian: анемоме́тър m (anemométǎr)
• Catalan: anemòmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風速計／风速计 (zh) (fēngsùjì), 風速表／风速表 (zh) (fēngsùbiǎo), 風力計／风力计 (zh) (fēnglìjì)

• Dutch: anemometer (nl) m, windmeter (nl) m, windkrachtmeter (nl) m
• Finnish: tuulimittari (fi)
• French: anémomètre (fr) m
• Galician: anemómetro m
• Georgian: ანემომეტრი (anemomeṭri), ქარსაზომი (karsazomi)
• German: Windmesser m
• Greek: ανεμόμετρο (el) n (anemómetro)
• Icelandic: vindmælir m
• Ido: anemometro (io)
• Irish: ainéimiméadar m
• Italian: anemometro (it) m
• Japanese: 風速計 (fūsokukei), 風力計 (ふうりょくけい, fūryokukei)
• Kazakh: жел күшін өлшеуіш (jel küşın ölşeuış), анемометр (anemometr)
• Macedonian: ве́тромер m (vétromer)
• Malay: anemometer (ms)
• Norwegian: anemometer n, skålanemometer n
• Polish: anemometr (pl) m, wiatromierz m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anemômetro (pt) m

  European: anemómetro (pt) m

• Russian: анемо́метр (ru) m (anemómetr), ветроме́р (ru) m (vetromér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вје̏тромје̄р m

  Roman: vjȅtromjēr (sh) m

• Spanish: anemómetro (es) m
• Tagalog: simuysukat
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: máy đo gió

Further reading

• anemometer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• anemometre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, possibly from English, French or Latin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː.neː.moːˈmeː.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ane‧mo‧me‧ter

Noun

anemometer m (plural anemometers, diminutive anemometertje n)

1. (meteorology) anemometer, windmeter [from late 18th c.]

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret or anemometret, indefinite plural anemometer or anemometre, definite plural anemometra or anemometrene)

1. (meteorology) an anemometer

References

• “anemometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret, indefinite plural anemometer, definite plural anemometera)

1. (meteorology) an anemometer

References

• “anemometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.