medidor

Portuguese

Etymology

From medir (“to measure”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(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]
- (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)

measuring, metering

Noun

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

measurer (one who, or that which, measures)

Noun

medidor m (plural medidores)

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)

measuring

Noun

medidor m (plural medidores)

measurer
(Latin America) meter (device that measures things)
Synonyms: contador, remarcador
jigger (small double-ended vessel)
Synonym: dedo

Derived terms

medidor de flujo espiratorio

Further reading

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

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