Fahrenheit

English

Etymology

From the German scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit. The surname literally means "experience."

Adjective

Fahrenheit (not comparable)

Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.

Translations

temperature scale

Chinese:
Cantonese: 華氏, 华氏 (waa⁴ si⁶)

Mandarin: 華氏 (zh), 华氏 (zh) (Huáshì)
Esperanto: Farenhejto
Finnish: Fahrenheit
French: Fahrenheit (fr)
Japanese: 華氏 (ja) (かし, Kashi)

Korean: 화씨 (華氏) (Hwassi)
Kyrgyz: Фаренгейт (ky) (Farengeyt)
Macedonian: Фаренхајт (Fárenhajt)
Portuguese: fahrenheit
Russian: Фаренге́йт (ru) m (Farengéjt)
Spanish: Fahrenheit
Tagalog: Parenhayt, Parenhait

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