hertz

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɜːts/, /hɜːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɝts/

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• Homophone: hurts
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts

Noun

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s]

Noun

hertz m

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Further reading

• hertz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hertz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁts/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

Further reading

• “hertz” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. hertz

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛʁts/, /ˈhɛʁ.t͡ʃis/

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz
2. plural of hertz

Pronunciation

• (broad) IPA^(key): /hærts/
• (retroflex dialects) IPA^(key): [hæʈʂ~hɛʈʂ]

Noun

hertz c

1. hertz (singular and plural)