Temperature

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1 Noun 1.1 Units 1.2 Translations 2 Related Words

Noun

1. a measure of cold or hot, usually by means of a thermometer

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

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

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

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

• 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)
• Tupinambá: akuba (t-)