Temperature

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Units 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Related Words 1.3 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Noun

English

Noun

temperature

1. a measure of cold or hot. A thermometer can usully be used to determine its value.

   Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

2. having a higher than normal or elevated body temperature.

   You have a temperature; I think you should stay home today. You're sick..

3. (when not used in relation with something) the temperature(1) of the immediate environment.

   The temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.

Units

• Customary: degrees Fahrenheit (°F), degrees Rankine (°R, measures absolute)
• Metric: degrees Celsius/centigrade (°C), kelvin (K, measures absolute)

Translations

• Catalan: temperatura f (1), febre f (2)
• Dutch: temperatuur m (1), verhoging f (2)
• Esperanto: temperaturo
• Finnish: lämpötila (1), kuume (2)
• French: température (1)
• German: Temperatur f (1), erhöhte Temperatur f (2)
• Guarani: akãnundu (2)
• Indonesian: temperatur, suhu
• Interlingua: temperatura (1); febre (2)
• Italian: temperatura f (1); febbre f (2)
• Japanese: 気温 (きおん, kion) (of weather), 温度 (おんど, ondo) (otherwise)
• Polish: temperatura f (1), gorączka f (2)
• Portuguese: temperatura f (1); febre f (2)
• Romanian: temperatură f (1,2), febră f (2)
• Spanish: temperatura f (1), fiebre f (2)

  temperatur (1,3), feber (2)

• Tupinambá: akuba (t-)

Related Words

• hot
• warm
• lukewarm
• cool
• cold
• fresh
• fever

See also

• Wikipedia: temperature

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Italian

Noun

temperature f plural

1. plural of temperatura