medidor

Portuguese

Etymology

From medir (“to measure”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈdoʁ/ [me.d͡ʒiˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈdoʁ/ [me.d͡ʒiˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈdoʁ/ [me.d͡ʒiˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.diˈdoɾ/ [mɨ.ðiˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.diˈdoɾ/ [mɨ.ðiˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.diˈdo.ɾi/ [mɨ.ðiˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oɾ, -oʁ
• Hyphenation: me‧di‧dor

Adjective

medidor (feminine medidora, masculine plural medidores, feminine plural medidoras)

1. measuring, metering

Noun

medidor m (plural medidores, feminine medidora, feminine plural medidoras)

1. measurer (one who, or that which, measures)

Noun

medidor m (plural medidores)

1. meter (measuring instrument)

Spanish

Etymology

From medir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mediˈdoɾ/ [me.ð̞iˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: me‧di‧dor

Adjective

medidor (feminine medidora, masculine plural medidores, feminine plural medidoras)

1. measuring

Noun

medidor m (plural medidores)

1. measurer
2. jigger (small double-ended vessel)

   Synonym: dedo

3. (Latin America) meter (device that measures things)

   Synonyms: contador, remarcador

Derived terms

• medidor de flujo espiratorio

 

Further reading

• “medidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28