measurement

English

Etymology

measure +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/
(General American), IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt/

Noun

measurement (plural measurements)

The act of measuring.
Magnitude (or extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
  Risk is everywhere. […] For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles” […] aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

Translations

act of measuring

Armenian: չափում (hy) (čʿapʿum)
Bulgarian: мерене (bg) n (merene), измѐрване (bg) n (izmѐrvane), премѐрване (bg) n (premѐrvane), измерѐние (bg) n (izmerѐnie)
Crimean Tatar: ölçev, ölçeme
Czech: měření (cs) n
Dutch: meting (nl) f
Esperanto: mezurado
Finnish: mittaus (fi)
French: mesure (fr) f
Georgian: გაზომვა (gazomva)
German: Messung (de) f
Greek: καταμέτρηση (el) f (katamétrisi), μέτρηση (el) f (métrisi)
Ancient: μέτρησις f (métrēsis)
Hebrew: מדידה‎ (he) (medida)
Hungarian: mérés (hu), megmérés
Italian: misurazione (it), misura (it)
Japanese: 測定 (ja) (sokutei)
Macedonian: мерење n (merenje)

Malay: sukatan
Maori: inenga
Norwegian: måling (no)
Polish: pomiar (pl) m
Portuguese: medida (pt) f, medição (pt) f, mensuração (pt) f, medição (pt)
Romanian: măsurare (ro) f, măsurătoare (ro)
Russian: измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije), обме́р (ru) m (obmér)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මැනීම (mænīma)
Spanish: medida (es), medición (es) m, medidas (es) f pl, mediciones (es) m pl, medición (es)
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mätning (sv) c
Tagalog: sukat
Turkish: ölçüm (tr)
Ukrainian: вимірювання (uk) c (vymirjuvannja)

magnitude determined by measuring

Armenian: չափ (hy) (čʿapʿ), չափում (hy) (čʿapʿum)
Bulgarian: размѐр (bg) m (razmѐr), мя̀рка (bg) f (mjàrka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尺寸 (zh) (chǐcùn)
Dutch: meting (nl) f
Esperanto: mezuro
Finnish: mittaustulos
French: mesure (fr) f
Georgian: ზომა (zoma)
German: Maß (de) n
Greek: διαστάσεις (el) f pl (diastáseis)
Ancient: μέτρον n (métron)
Hebrew: מדידה‎ (he) (medida)
Hungarian: méret (hu)

Japanese: 測定値 (sokutei-chi)
Khmer: រង្វាស់ (km) (rʊəŋvoah)
Maori: inenga
Navajo: íʼneelʼąąh
Polish: wielkość (pl) f
Portuguese: medida (pt)
Romanian: măsură (ro) f, mărime (ro) f
Russian: разме́р (ru) m (razmér), ме́ра (ru) f (méra), ме́рка (ru) f (mérka), измере́ние (ru) n (izmerénije)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Sinhalese: මිම්ම (si) (mimma)
Spanish: medida (es), medidas (es) f pl
Swahili: kipimo (sw)
Swedish: mått (sv) n
Tagalog: sukat

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} мерене (bg) (merene), ^{(please verify)} измерване (bg) (izmervane), ^{(please verify)} мярка (bg) (mjarka)

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} mensura, ^{(please verify)} mesura, ^{(please verify)} mensuration, ^{(please verify)} mesuration