Celsius

Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlsiəs/, (Philippines, seldom US) /ˈsɛlʃəs/

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Celsius (not comparable)

1. Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

   Synonyms: (dated) centigrade, centesimal

   Coordinate terms: Fahrenheit, kelvin, Réaumur

• degree Celsius

• "Celsius, Anders". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 609

•   Celsius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• sluices

From Swedish Celsius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈselsːius/, [ˈs̠e̞ls̠ːius̠]
• Rhymes: -elsːius

Celsius

1. The letter C in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
2. (very rare) a surname from Swedish

• celsius
• celsiusaste
• celsiusasteikko

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛlzi̯ʊs/

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Celsius n (strong, genitive Celsius, plural Celsius)

1. Celsius

• “Celsius” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Celsius” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Celsius” in Duden online
•   Celsius on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• celsius

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθelsjus/ [ˈθel.sjus]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselsjus/ [ˈsel.sjus]
• Rhymes: -elsjus
• Syllabification: Cel‧sius

Celsius m (uncountable)

1. Celsius

   Synonym: centígrado

• “Celsius”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10