Fahrenheit

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English

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Etymology

From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæɹənhaɪt/, /ˈfɛəɹənhaɪt/, (uncommon) /ˈfɑːɹənhaɪt/
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Adjective

Fahrenheit (not comparable)

  1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
    • 2017 December 21, Foster Klug, Kim Tong-hyung, Yong Jun Chang, “The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on February 18, 2024‎:
      Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea.
    • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 142:
      For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.

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German

Etymology

Named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The surname is poorly attested and of uncertain origin, but superficially composed of fahren (“to go, travel”) + the suffix -heit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/
  • Hyphenation: Fah‧ren‧heit
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Noun

Fahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)

  1. (sciences) Fahrenheit

Declension

Declension of Fahrenheit
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Fahrenheit
genitive eines des Fahrenheit
dative einem dem Fahrenheit
accusative ein das Fahrenheit

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