scales

See also: Scales

English

Unbalanced brass scales with cupped trays

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skeɪlz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪlz

Noun

scales

plural of scale

Noun

scales pl (plural only)

A device for measuring weight.
Synonym: scale
The butcher put the sausages on the scales.

Derived terms

bathroom scales
tip the scales

Translations

device for weighing goods for sale

Albanian: peshore (sq) f, luspë (sq) f
Amharic: ሚዛን (mizan)
Arabic: مِيزَان‎ (mīzān)
Armenian: կշեռք (hy) (kšeṙkʿ)
Assamese: তুলা (tula)
Avar: цӏадираби (cʼadirabi)
Azerbaijani: tərəzi (az), qapan
Baluchi: شاہیم‎ (šáhím)
Bashkir: үлсәү (ülsäw)
Belarusian: ша́лі f pl (šáli), ва́гі f pl (váhi), вага́ f (vahá)
Bengali: দাঁড়িপাল্লা (dãṛipalla), তুলা (tula), তরাজূ (bn) (tôrazū), মীজান (bn) (mīzan)
Bulgarian: тегли́лка (bg) f (teglílka), везна́ (bg) f (vezná), везни́ (bg) pl (vezní)
Burmese: ကပ်ပယ် (my) (kappai), ကလမောင်း (my) (ka.la.maung:)
Catalan: balança (ca) f, bàscula (ca) f
Chechen: терза (terza)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 磅 (bong^6-2), 天平 (tin¹ ping⁴)
Dungan: тянпин (ti͡anpin), чын (čɨn)
Mandarin: 天平 (zh) (tiānpíng), 磅秤 (zh) (bàngchèng), 秤 (zh) (chèng), 磅 (zh) (bàng)
Chuvash: тараса (taras̬a), виҫе (viś̬e)
Crimean Tatar: qantar, teraze
Czech: váhy f pl
Danish: vægt c
Dutch: weegschaal (nl) f
Egyptian:

(jwsw),

(mjḫꜣt)
Erzya: онкст (onkst)
Esperanto: pesilo (eo)
Estonian: kaal, vaag
Evenki: ургэмкэвун (urgəmkəwun)
Finnish: vaaka (fi), varsivaaka
French: balance (fr) f
Georgian: სასწორი (sasc̣ori)
German: Waage (de) f
Greek: ζυγαριά (el) f (zygariá)
Ancient: τρυτάνη f (trutánē)
Gujarati: તુલા f (tulā)
Hebrew: מֹאזְנַיִם / מאזניים‎ (he) m du (moznáim)
Hindi: तराज़ू m (tarāzū), तुला (hi) f (tulā), मीज़ान f (mīzān)
Hungarian: mérleg (hu)
Icelandic: vog (is) f
Ido: balanco (io)
Ingush: тараз (taraz)
Irish: scálaí m pl
Italian: bilancia (it) f
Japanese: 秤 (ja) (はかり, hakari), 天秤 (ja) (てんびん, tenbin)
Kalmyk: чиңнүр (chingnür)
Kannada: ತಕ್ಕಡಿ (kn) (takkaḍi)
Kazakh: таразы (kk) (tarazy), кір (kır)
Khmer: តុល (km) (dol), តុលា (km) (tolaa), ជញ្ជីង (km) (cŭəñciing), ត្រាជូ (km) (traacuu)
Komi-Zyrian: вески (veski)
Korean: 저울 (ko) (jeoul)
Kumyk: терезе (tereze), мизан (mizan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: terazî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тараза (ky) (taraza)
Ladin: stadiera f
Lao: ຊິງ (sing), ດຸນ (dun), ຕາເຕັງ (tā teng), ຕຸລາ (lo) (tu lā), ເຄື່ອງຊັ່ງ (khư̄ang sang)
Latin: lībra (la) f, trutina f, statēra f
Latvian: svari m pl
Lithuanian: svarstyklės f pl
Luxembourgish: Wo (lb) f
Macedonian: вага f (vaga), терезија f (terezija)
Malay: mizan, neraca (ms), teraju, dacing
Malayalam: തുലാസ് (ml) (tulāsŭ)
Maori: inetaumaha
Moksha: ункст (unkst), вест (vest)
Mongolian: жин (mn) (žin), жин хэмжүүр (žin xemžüür), жинлүүр (mn) (žinlüür); (handheld) дэнс (mn) (dens)
Nanai: дэнгсэ
Nepali: तराजु (tarāju)
Norman: balanche f
Norwegian: vekt (no) f
Oriya: ତରାଜୁ (or) (tôraju)
Ossetian: тӕраз (tæraz)
Ottoman Turkish: ترازو‎ (terazi), میزان‎ (mizan)
Pashto: مېزان‎ m (mezãn), میزان‎ m (mizā́n), ترازو‎ (ps) (?)
Persian: ترازو‎ (fa) (tarâzu), میزان‎ (fa) (mizân)
Plautdietsch: Wichtschol f
Polish: waga (pl) f
Portuguese: balança (pt) f
Romanian: cântar (ro) n, balanță (ro) f, cumpănă (ro) f
Russian: весы́ (ru) m pl (vesý)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ва́га f, тера́зије f, ^{(please verify)} кантар m
Roman: vága (sh) f, terázije (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} kantar (sh) m
Sicilian: valanza (scn) f
Slovak: váhy f pl
Slovene: tehtnica (sl) f
Somali: miisaan
Spanish: báscula (es) f, balanza (es) f, peso (es) m
Swahili: mizani (sw)
Swedish: balansvåg (sv) c, våg (sv) c, vågskål c
Tagalog: talaro
Tajik: тарозу (tarozu), мезон (mezon)
Tamil: தராசு (ta) (tarācu)
Tatar: үлчәү (ülçäü)
Tausug: timbangan
Telugu: త్రాసు (te) (trāsu), కాటా (te) (kāṭā)
Thai: ตาชั่ง (th) (dtaa-châng), ตราชู (th) (dtraa-chuu)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: terazi (tr), kantar (tr), mizan (tr)
Turkmen: terezi, gapan
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎇𐎐𐎎 (mznm)
Ukrainian: ва́ги (uk) f pl (váhy), вага́ (uk) f (vahá)
Urdu: ترازو‎ m (tarāzū), تلا‎ f (tulā), میزان‎ f (mīzān)
Uyghur: تارازا‎ (taraza)
Uzbek: tarozi (uz), mezon (uz)
Vietnamese: cân (vi)
Welsh: clorian f, tafol f
White Hmong: teev
Yakut: ыйааһын (ıyaahın)
Yiddish: וואָג‎ (vog)
Zhuang: dienbingz

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} peshore (sq)
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مِيزَان‎ m (mīzān)
Assamese: ^{(please verify)} তুলাচনী (tulasoni), ^{(please verify)} দগা-পাল্লা (doga-palla)
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} তরাজূ (bn) (tôrazū), ^{(please verify)} মীজান (bn) (mīzan)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} теглилка (bg) (teglilka), ^{(please verify)} везна (bg) (vezna)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} balança (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天秤 (zh) (tiānpíng)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} váha (cs) f, ^{(please verify)} váhy f pl
Danish: ^{(please verify)} vægtskål c, ^{(please verify)} vægt c
Galician: ^{(please verify)} balanza (gl) f
Greek: ^{(please verify)} ζυγαριά (el) (zygariá)
Ancient: ^{(please verify)} τρυτάνη f (trutánē), ^{(please verify)} τάλαντα n pl (tálanta) (Epic), ^{(please verify)} σταθμός m (stathmós)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} מאזניים‎ (he) m pl (moznaim)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} तराज़ू m (tarāzū), ^{(please verify)} तुला (hi) f (tulā)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} تەرازوو‎ (terazû)
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} terazî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} баланс (ky) (balans), ^{(please verify)} теңдеш (ky) (teŋdeş), ^{(please verify)} теңдештик (ky) (teŋdeştik), ^{(please verify)} тең салмак (ky) (teŋ salmak), ^{(please verify)} тең салмактык (ky) (teŋ salmaktık), ^{(please verify)} таразалоо (ky) (tarazaloo), ^{(please verify)} сальдо (ky) (salʹdo), ^{(please verify)} калдык (ky) (kaldık), ^{(please verify)} кайырма (ky) (kayırma), ^{(please verify)} баланстоо (ky) (balanstoo), ^{(please verify)} тараза (ky) (taraza), ^{(please verify)} тең салмактоо (ky) (teŋ salmaktoo), ^{(please verify)} балансташкан (ky) (balanstaşkan)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} trutina f, ^{(please verify)} statēra f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} вага f (vaga), ^{(please verify)} терезија f (terezija), ^{(please verify)} кантар m (kantar)
Malay: ^{(please verify)} neraca (ms), ^{(please verify)} dacing, ^{(please verify)} mizan, ^{(please verify)} teraju
Middle English: ^{(please verify)} balaunce
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} vekt (no) f
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} vektskål m or f, ^{(please verify)} vekt (no) m or f
Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} balança (pt)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} balanță (cântar) (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} ва́га f, ^{(please verify)} теразије f, ^{(please verify)} кантар m
Roman: ^{(please verify)} vága (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} terazije (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} kantar (sh) m
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} váha f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} balanza (es) f
Tausug: ^{(please verify)} timbangan
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} త్రాసు (te) (trāsu), ^{(please verify)} కాటా (te) (kāṭā)

Verb

scales

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scale

Anagrams

Cassel, Salces