aneroid

English

Etymology

From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, wet, damp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænəɹɔɪd/

Adjective

aneroid (not comparable)

  1. Not using or containing fluid
    An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.

Translations

Noun

aneroid (plural aneroids)

  1. An aneroid barometer.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World:
      I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anéroïde. By surface analysis, an- + aero- + -oid. First attested in 1850.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nɛˈrɔ.it/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔit
  • Syllabification: a‧ne‧ro‧id

Noun

aneroid m inan

  1. (meteorology) aneroid, aneroid barometer

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. Kurjer Warszawski, issue R.30, nr 187, 1850, page 990

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

From French anéroïde.

Adjective

aneroid m or n (feminine singular aneroidă, masculine plural aneroizi, feminine and neuter plural aneroide)

  1. aneroid

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anerǒiːd/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ne‧ro‧id

Noun

aneròīd m (Cyrillic spelling анеро̀ӣд)

  1. aneroid

References

  • aneroid” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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