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See also: décibel
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪbɛl/, /ˈdɛsɪbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]decibel (plural decibels)
- A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = ⅒log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a common measure of sound intensity
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Czech
[edit]Noun
[edit]decibel m inan
- decibel (unit of sound intensity ratio)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “decibel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “decibel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English decibel. Equivalent to deci- + bel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]decibel m (plural decibels, diminutive decibeltje n)
Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: desibèl
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either deci- + bel or internationalism.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]decibel (plural decibelek)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | decibel | decibelek |
accusative | decibelt | decibeleket |
dative | decibelnek | decibeleknek |
instrumental | decibellel | decibelekkel |
causal-final | decibelért | decibelekért |
translative | decibellé | decibelekké |
terminative | decibelig | decibelekig |
essive-formal | decibelként | decibelekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | decibelben | decibelekben |
superessive | decibelen | decibeleken |
adessive | decibelnél | decibeleknél |
illative | decibelbe | decibelekbe |
sublative | decibelre | decibelekre |
allative | decibelhez | decibelekhez |
elative | decibelből | decibelekből |
delative | decibelről | decibelekről |
ablative | decibeltől | decibelektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
decibelé | decibeleké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
decibeléi | decibelekéi |
Possessive forms of decibel | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | decibelem | decibeljeim |
2nd person sing. | decibeled | decibeljeid |
3rd person sing. | decibelje | decibeljei |
1st person plural | decibelünk | decibeljeink |
2nd person plural | decibeletek | decibeljeitek |
3rd person plural | decibeljük | decibeljeik |
Further reading
[edit]- decibel in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English decibel.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.t͡ʃi.bel/, (traditional) /de.t͡ʃiˈbɛl/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛtʃibel, (traditional) -ɛl
- Hyphenation: dè‧ci‧bel, (traditional) de‧ci‧bèl
Noun
[edit]decibel m (invariable)
References
[edit]- ^ decibel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: de‧ci‧bel
Noun
[edit]decibel m (plural decibéis)
- decibel (a common measure of sound intensity)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]decibel m (plural decibeli)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | decibel | decibelul | decibeli | decibelii | |
genitive-dative | decibel | decibelului | decibeli | decibelilor | |
vocative | decibelule | decibelilor |
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]decibel m (plural decibeles)
- Alternative form of decibelio
Further reading
[edit]- “decibel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- English terms prefixed with deci-
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- en:Units of measure
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- cs:Units of measure
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛl
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛl/3 syllables
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- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtʃibel
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtʃibel/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛl
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛl/3 syllables
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