aneroid
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English
Etymology
From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aneroid (not comparable)
- Not using or containing fluid
- An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
Translations
not using or containing fluid
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Noun
aneroid (plural aneroids)
- An aneroid barometer.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World , London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- 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.
- An aneroid calorimeter.
Translations
aneroid barometer — see aneroid barometer
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French anéroïde. By surface analysis, an- + aero- + -oid. First attested in 1850.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
aneroid m inan
Declension
Declension of aneroid
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aneroid | aneroidy |
| genitive | aneroidu | aneroidów |
| dative | aneroidowi | aneroidom |
| accusative | aneroid | aneroidy |
| instrumental | aneroidem | aneroidami |
| locative | aneroidzie | aneroidach |
| vocative | aneroidzie | aneroidy |
Derived terms
adjective
References
- ^ Kurjer Warszawski (in Polish), number R.30, nr 187, 1850, page 990
Further reading
- aneroid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aneroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aneroid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36
- aneroid in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French anéroïde.
Adjective
aneroid m or n (feminine singular aneroidă, masculine plural aneroizi, feminine and neuter plural aneroide)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | aneroid | aneroidă | aneroizi | aneroide | |||
| definite | aneroidul | aneroida | aneroizii | aneroidele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | aneroid | aneroide | aneroizi | aneroide | |||
| definite | aneroidului | aneroidei | aneroizilor | aneroidelor | ||||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
aneròīd m (Cyrillic spelling анеро̀ӣд)
References
- “aneroid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025