hertz
See also: Hertz
English
Etymology
Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).
Pronunciation
Noun
hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz
Translations
the derived unit of frequency
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See also
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]
Further reading
- hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁts/
Audio (Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʁts
Related terms
Further reading
- “hertz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛrt͡s/*
- Rhymes: -ɛrts
- Hyphenation: hèrtz
Related terms
Further reading
- hertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- Hertz in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- hertz in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- hèrtz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- hertz in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- hertz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz.
Noun
hertz m (definite singular hertzen, indefinite plural hertz, definite plural hertzane)
- hertz (unit of frequency)
References
- “hertz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛʁts/ [ˈhɛhts], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛh.t͡ʃis]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛɾts/ [ˈhɛɾts], /ˈʁɛɾ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛɾ.t͡ʃis]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈχɛχt͡ʃ], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [ˈχɛχ.t͡ʃiʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛɻts/ [ˈhɛɻts], /ˈʁɛɻ.tes/ [ˈhɛɻ.tes]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾt͡ʃ/
Romanian
Spanish
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “hertz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
Pronunciation
- (broad) IPA(key): /hærts/
- (retroflex dialects) IPA(key): [hæʈʂ], [hɛʈʂ]
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