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celsius

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See also: Celsius and célsius

English

Adjective

celsius (not comparable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Celsius.
    • 2009 January 13, “Enviro-friendly fridges”, in Herald-Sun, sourced from AAP, archived from the original on 9 September 2009:
      Fridges switch themselves on and off regularly as they keep their temperature between 2 and 4 degrees celsius.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

See Celsius; named after Anders Celsius (27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744), a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈselsːius/, [ˈs̠e̞ls̠ːius̠]
  • Rhymes: -elsːius
  • Syllabification(key): cel‧si‧us
  • Hyphenation(key): cel‧si‧us

Noun

celsius

  1. (as modifier in compound terms) Celsius
    Lämpötila on 10 celsiusastetta.
    The temperature is 10 degrees Celsius.
  2. (nonstandard) Celsius (relating to the Celsius scale of temperature)
    Lämpötila on 10 astetta celsiusta.
    The temperature is 10 degrees Celsius.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

compounds
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Latin

Adjective

celsius

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of celsior

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

celsius m (uncountable)

  1. alternative form of Celsius

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “Celsius”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
  • celsius”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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