екватор

See also: экватор

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛˈkvatɔr]
  • (file)

Noun

екватор • (ekvator) m (relational adjective екваторски)

  1. equator

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ěkʋaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: ек‧ва‧тор

Noun

ѐква̄тор m (Latin spelling èkvātor)

  1. equator

Declension

Ukrainian

екватор

Etymology

Borrowed from German Äquator, from Medieval Latin aequātor.[1] Compare Russian эква́тор (ekvátor), Belarusian эква́тар (ekvátar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ekˈʋatɔr]
  • (file)

Noun

еква́тор • (ekvátor) m inan (genitive еква́тора, uncountable, relational adjective еква́торний)

  1. (geography) equator (imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles)
  2. (by extension) equator (the midline of any generally spherical object)

Declension

Derived terms

  • магні́тний еква́тор m (mahnítnyj ekvátor, magnetic equator)
  • небе́сний еква́тор m (nebésnyj ekvátor, celestial equator)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “екватор”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 157

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