hertz

== English == === Etymology === Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɜːts/, /hɜːs/ (US) IPA(key): /hɝts/ Homophone: hurts Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts === Noun === hertz (plural hertz or hertzes) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Alternative form: Hz (symbol) Synonyms: cycles per second, cps (deprecated), CPS (deprecated) Coordinate terms: counts per second, cps, CPS ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hertz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡s] === Noun === hertz m inan hertz (unit of frequency) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hertz”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “hertz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛrts/, [hæɐ̯d̥s] === Noun === hertz c (plural indefinite hertz) hertz. Symbol: Hz ==== Derived terms ==== kilohertz megahertz ==== Further reading ==== hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁts/ Rhymes: -ɛʁts === Noun === hertz m (invariable) hertz ==== Related terms ==== hertzien === Further reading === “hertz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Noun === hertz m (uncountable) hertz Synonym: hercio == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛrt͡s/ Rhymes: -ɛrts Hyphenation: hèrtz === Noun === hertz m (invariable) (metrology, physics) hertz ==== Related terms ==== hertziano === Further reading === hertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) Hertz in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli) hertz in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa hèrtz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication hertz in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore hertz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz. === Noun === hertz m (definite singular hertzen, indefinite plural hertz, definite plural hertzane) hertz (unit of frequency) === References === “hertz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hertz. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hertz m (invariable) hertz (unit of frequency) === Further reading === “hertz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “hertz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hertz or French hertz. === Noun === hertz m (plural hertzi) hertz ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hertz. === Noun === hertz m (plural hertz) hertz Synonym: hercio ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “hertz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz. === Pronunciation === (broad) IPA(key): /hærts/ (retroflex dialects) IPA(key): [hæʈʂ], [hɛʈʂ] === Noun === hertz c hertz (singular and plural)