scales

See also: Scales

English

Unbalanced brass scales with cupped trays

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skeɪlz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪlz

Noun

scales

1. plural of scale

Noun

scales pl (plural only)

1. A device for measuring weight.

   Synonym: scale

   The butcher put the sausages on the scales.

Derived terms

• bathroom scales
• beam and scales
• thumb on the scales
• tip the scales
• tip the scales at
• weighing scales

 

Translations

device for weighing goods for sale

• Albanian: peshore (sq) f, luspë (sq) f
• Amharic: ሚዛን (mizan)
• Arabic: مِيزَان (mīzān)
• Armenian: կշեռք (hy) (kšeṙkʻ)
• Assamese: তুলা (tula)
• Avar: цӏадираби (cʼadirabi)
• Azerbaijani: tərəzi (az), qapan
• Baluchi: شاہیم (šáhím)
• Bashkir: үлсәү (ülsəw)
• Belarusian: ша́лі f pl (šáli), ва́гі f pl (váhi), вага́ f (vahá)
• Bengali: দাঁড়িপাল্লা (bn) (dãṛipalla), তুলা (tula), তরাজূ (bn) (toraju), মীজান (bn) (mijan)
• 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), (mḫꜣt)
• 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)
• Indonesian: timbangan (id)
• 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 (çiñnür)
• Kannada: ತಕ್ಕಡಿ (kn) (takkaḍi)
• Kazakh: таразы (tarazy), кір (kır)
• Khmer: តុល (km) (dol), តុលា (km) (tolaa), ជញ្ជីង (km) (cŭəñciing), ត្រាជូ (km) (traacuu)
• Komi-Zyrian: вески (veski)
• Korean: 저울 (ko) (jeoul), 천칭(天秤) (ko) (cheonching)
• 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:

  Cyrillic: жин (mn) (žin), жин хэмжүүр (žin xemžüür), жинлүүр (mn) (žinlüür); (handheld) дэнс (mn) (dens)

• Nanai: дэнгсэ (deŋse)
• Nepali: तराजु (tarāju)
• Norman: balanche f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vekt (no) m or f

• Occitan: balança (oc) f
• Odia: 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 (ülçäw)
• 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, tafolau f pl
• White Hmong: teev
• Yakut: ыйааһын (ıyaahın)
• Yiddish: וואָג f (vog)
• Yoruba: òṣùwọ̀n
• 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) (saldo), ^{(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)

See also

• balance
• spring balance
• weighing machine

Verb

scales

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scale

Anagrams

• Cassel, Salces