pluviometer

English

Alternative forms

pluviameter

Etymology

Latin pluvius (“rain”) +‎ -meter

Noun

pluviometer (plural pluviometers)

(meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.

Synonyms

Related terms

pluviograph

Translations

instrument

Asturian: pluviómetru m
Catalan: pluviòmetre m, udòmetre m
French: pluviomètre (fr) m
Galician: pluviómetro m, udómetro m
Georgian: წვიმასაზომი (c̣vimasazomi), წვიმსაზომი (c̣vimsazomi), პლუვიომეტრი (ṗluviomeṭri)
German: Regenmesser (de) m, Pluviometer (de) n

Italian: pluviometro (it) m, udometro m
Malay: pluviometer
Portuguese: pluviómetro m (Portugal), pluviômetro m (Brazil), pluvímetro m, udómetro m (Portugal), udômetro m (Brazil)
Russian: дождеме́р (ru) m (doždemér), плювио́метр (ru) m (pljuviómetr)
Spanish: pluviómetro (es) m, pluvímetro m, udómetro m

Further reading

Rain gauge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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