hertz

hertz

See also: Hertz

English

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• 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

Synonyms

• cycle per second

Translations

the derived unit of frequency

Arabic: هِيرْتِز‎ m (hirtiz), هِرْتِز‎ m (hirtiz) Hijazi Arabic: هِيرْتْز‎ m (hērtz), هِرْتْز‎ m (hirtz) Armenian: հերց (hy) (hercʿ) Belarusian: гэрц m (herc) Bulgarian: херц m (herc) Burmese: ဟတ်ဇ် (hatj) Chinese: Cantonese: 赫茲, 赫兹 (haak1 zi1, hak1 zi1), 赫 (haak1, hak1) (short form) Hakka: 赫茲, 赫兹 (hér-chṳ̀) Mandarin: 赫茲／赫兹 (zh) (hèzī), 赫 (zh) (hè) (short form) Min Nan: 赫 (hek) Czech: hertz (cs) m Danish: hertz (da) c Esperanto: herco Finnish: hertsi (fi) French: hertz (fr) m Georgian: ჰერცი (herci) German: Hertz (de) n Greek: χερτζ (el) n (chertz) Hebrew: הרץ‎ (he) Hindi: हर्ट्ज़ (harṭz) Indonesian: hertz (id) Italian: hertz (it) m Japanese: ヘルツ (ja) (herutsu) Khmer: ហឺត (km) (həɨt) Korean: 헤르츠 (hereucheu) Latvian: hercs m Macedonian: херц m (herc) Malay: hertz Persian: هرتز‎ (fa) Polish: herc (pl) m Portuguese: hertz (pt) m Russian: герц (ru) m (gerc) Serbo-Croatian: херц m, herc (sh) m Spanish: hercio (es) m, hertz m Swedish: hertz (sv) Thai: เฮิรตซ์ (th) (hêrt), เฮิ้ด (hêrt) Ukrainian: герц m (herc) Urdu: ہرٹز‎ (harṭz) Vietnamese: hertz (vi), héc (vi)

See also

• Wikipedia article hertz

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Czech

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

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Danish

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Derived terms

• kilohertz
• megahertz

Further reading

• hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁts/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertzien

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

Synonyms

• hercio

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Italian

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertziano

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz.

Noun

hertz m (definite singular hertzen, indefinite plural hertz, definite plural hertzane)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

References

• “hertz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁts/ [ˈhɛhts], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛh.t͡ʃis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁts/ [ˈhɛhts], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛh.t͡ʃis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛɾts/ [ˈhɛɾts], /ˈʁɛɾ.t͡ʃis/ [ˈhɛɾ.t͡ʃis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈχɛχt͡ʃ], /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [ˈχɛχ.t͡ʃiʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛɻts/ [ˈhɛɻts], /ˈʁɛɻ.tes/ [ˈhɛɻ.tes]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾt͡ʃ/

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

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Romanian

Etymology

From German Hertz or French hertz.

Noun

hertz m (plural hertzi)

1. hertz

Declension

Declension of hertz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hertz	hertzul	(niște) hertzi	hertzii
genitive/dative	(unui) hertz	hertzului	(unor) hertzi	hertzilor
vocative	hertzule		hertzilor

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Spanish

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

   Synonym: hercio

Further reading

• “hertz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hertz c

1. hertz (singular and plural)