observatory

observatory

English

An observatory

Etymology

Borrowed from French observatoire.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈzəɹvətɔɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əbˈzəːvət(ə)ɹi/

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Noun

observatory (plural observatories)

1. A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
2. A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)

Translations

place where celestial bodies or natural phenomena are observed

Albanian: observatori f Arabic: مَرْصَد‎ m (marṣad) Armenian: աստղադիտարան (hy) (astładitaran), օբսերվատորիա (hy) (ōbservatoria) Azerbaijani: rəsədxana Basque: behatoki Belarusian: абсервато́рыя f (absjervatóryja), абсэрвато́рыя f (abservatóryja) Bengali: মানমন্দির (manômôndir) Breton: arsellva (br) m Bulgarian: обсервато́рия f (observatórija) Burmese: နက္ခတ်မျှော်စင် (my) (nakhkathmyaucang) Catalan: observatori m Chinese: Mandarin: 天文臺／天文台 (zh) (tiānwéntái), 瞭望臺／了望台 (zh), 瞭望台／了望台 (zh) (liàowàngtái) Czech: hvězdárna (cs) f, observatoř (cs) f Danish: observatorium n Dutch: sterrenwacht (nl) f, observatorium (nl) n Esperanto: observatorio (eo) Estonian: observatoorium, tähetorn Finnish: observatorio (fi), havaintoasema (fi); tähtitorni (celestial phenomena); sääasema (weather) French: observatoire (fr) m Galician: observatorio (gl) m Georgian: ობსერვატორია (observaṭoria) German: Observatorium (de) n, Sternwarte (de) f Greek: αστεροσκοπείο (el) n (asteroskopeío) Gujarati: વેધશાળા (vedhśāḷā) Hebrew: מִצְפֶּה‎ (he) m (mitspé) Hindi: अबजरवेटरी (hi) f (abajraveṭrī), वेधशाला (hi) m (vedhśālā), वेधालय (hi) m (vedhālay), मानमंदिर (hi) m (mānmandir) Hungarian: obszervatórium (hu) Icelandic: stjörnustöð f Indonesian: observatorium (id) Irish: réadlann f Italian: osservatorio (it) m Japanese: 天文台 (てんもんだい, tenmondai) Kazakh: обсерватория (observatoriä) Khmer: ឱលោកដ្ឋាន (ʼaolookatthaan) Korean: 천문대(天文臺) (ko) (cheonmundae) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: resedxane (ku) Kyrgyz: обсерватория (observatoriya) Lao: ຫໍດາລາສາດ (hǭ dā lā sāt), ຫໍເບິ່ງດາວ (hǭ bœng dāo) Latin: observatorium n Latvian: observatorija f Lithuanian: observatorija (lt) f Macedonian: опсерваторија f (opservatorija) Malay: balai cerap Maori: whare mātai ātea Mongolian: Cyrillic: обсерватори (observatori) Norwegian: Bokmål: observatorium n Nynorsk: observatorium n Pashto: رصدخانه‎ f (rasadxāna), ترصدګاه‎ f (tarasodgā) Persian: رصدخانه‎ (fa) (rasadxâne) Plautdietsch: Himmelfarnrua n Polish: obserwatorium (pl) n Portuguese: observatório (pt) m Romanian: observator (ro) n, observator astronomic (ro) n Russian: обсервато́рия (ru) f (observatórija) Scottish Gaelic: amharc-lann f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: опсерва̀то̄рӣј m, звездара f, звездарница f Roman: opservàtōrīj (sh) m, zvezdara f, zvezdarnica f Slovak: hvezdáreň (sk) f, observatórium n Slovene: observatorij (sl) m Spanish: observatorio (es) m Swedish: observatorium (sv) n Tagalog: obserbatoryo Tajik: расадхона (rasadxona) Tatar: обсерватория (obserwatoriya) Thai: หอดูดาว (hɔ̌ɔ-duu-daao) Turkish: gözlemevi (tr), observatuar (tr) (obsolete), rasathane (tr) Turkmen: obserwatoriýa Ukrainian: обсервато́рія f (observatórija) Urdu: رَسَد گاہ‎ f (rasad-gāh) Uyghur: رەسەتخانا‎ (resetxana) Uzbek: rasadxona (uz), observatoriya (uz) Vietnamese: đài thiên văn Yiddish: אָבסערוואַטאָריע‎ f (observatorye)

lookout — see lookout

See also

• observatory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia