decilitre

decilitre

See also: décilitre

English

Alternative forms

• deciliter (US)

Etymology

From French décilitre, deci- +‎ litre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪliːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decilitre (plural decilitres)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 66:

     When the boy was admitted, Carter said, the haemoglobin count was 8.3 grams per decilitre.

Synonyms

• dl

Translations

unit of volume

Chinese: Mandarin: 分升 (zh) (fēnshēng) Czech: decilitr (cs) m Dutch: deciliter (nl) m Estonian: detsiliiter Finnish: desilitra (fi) French: décilitre (fr) m German: Deziliter (de) m or n Hungarian: deciliter (hu) Icelandic: desilítri m Italian: decilitro (it) m Japanese: デシリットル (ja) (desirittoru) Malay: desiliter Polish: decylitr Portuguese: decilitro (pt) m Russian: децили́тр (ru) m (decilítr) Swedish: deciliter (sv) c Tagalog: desilitro Telugu: డెసీలీటరు (ḍesīlīṭaru) Thai: เดซิลิตร

Anagrams

• deciliter