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thermos en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɜː.mɒs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈθɝ.məs/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Thermos, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”). Possibly related to English warm.

Meanings

1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents

Forms

Deriveds

thermosful · thermos bomb

Descendants

ތަރުމޯޒު

Relateds

dewar

Synonyms

thermos flask · thermal flask · vacuum flask

Translations (82)

lo ກະຕິກນ້ຳຮ້ອນ (vacuum flask) · lv termoss (vacuum flask) · mk термос (vacuum flask) · ko 보온병 (vacuum flask) · ur تَھرْماس (vacuum flask) · ru те́рмос (vacuum flask) · ca termos (vacuum flask) · cs termoláhev (vacuum flask) · eo termobotelo (vacuum flask) · pt garrafa térmica (vacuum flask) · sh тѐрмос (vacuum flask) · tk termos (vacuum flask) · mr थरमॉस (vacuum flask) · ky термос (vacuum flask) · he תֶּרְמוֹס (vacuum flask) · sl termos (vacuum flask) · ka თერმოსი (vacuum flask) · lo ກະຕິກນ້ຳ (vacuum flask) · lv termospudele (vacuum flask) · ar تِرْمُس (vacuum flask) · bn থার্মোফ্লাস্ক (vacuum flask) · ar كَظِيمَة (vacuum flask) · mn халуун сав (vacuum flask) · cy fflasg thermos (vacuum flask) · cy Thermos (vacuum flask) · hi थरमस (vacuum flask) · de Thermoskanne (vacuum flask) · fr thermos (vacuum flask) · sk termoska (vacuum flask) · eo izolkruĉo (vacuum flask) · th กระติก (vacuum flask) · vi phích (vacuum flask) · ug چايدان (vacuum flask) · cmn 暖瓶 (vacuum flask) · acw ترمس (vacuum flask) · tg термос (vacuum flask) · sv termos (vacuum flask) · lo ກະຕິກນ້ຳກ້ອນ (vacuum flask) · it termos (vacuum flask) · eo termoso (vacuum flask) · bg те́рмос (vacuum flask) · km បំពង់ទឹកក្ដៅ (vacuum flask) · pt termo (vacuum flask) · fa-ira فِلاسْک (vacuum flask) · tr termos (vacuum flask) · tl termos (vacuum flask) · id termos (vacuum flask) · ms termos (vacuum flask) · eo varmobotelo (vacuum flask) · uk те́рмос (vacuum flask) · ja 魔法瓶 (vacuum flask) · hy թերմոս (vacuum flask) · lt termosas (vacuum flask) · kk термос (vacuum flask) · et termos (vacuum flask) · fi termospullo (vacuum flask) · os термос (vacuum flask) · uz termos (vacuum flask) · ug تېرموس (vacuum flask) · ro termos (vacuum flask) · cy fflasg wactod (vacuum flask) · my ရေနွေးဘူး (vacuum flask) · my ဓာတ်ဘူး (vacuum flask) · be тэ́рмас (vacuum flask) · sw chupa ombwe (vacuum flask) · ur تَھرْموس (vacuum flask) · hi निर्वात फ़्लास्क (vacuum flask) · hu termosz (vacuum flask) · th กระติกน้ำร้อน (vacuum flask) · el θερμός (vacuum flask) · vi bình thuỷ (vacuum flask) · yue 暖壺 /暖壶 (vacuum flask) · pl termos (vacuum flask) · sq termos (vacuum flask) · vi phích nước (vacuum flask) · es termo (vacuum flask) · az termos (vacuum flask) · cmn 暖壺 /暖壶 (vacuum flask) · sh tèrmos (vacuum flask) · cmn 熱水瓶 /热水瓶 (vacuum flask) · cs termoska (vacuum flask) · fi termos (vacuum flask)

thermos en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θέρμος (thérmos).

Meanings

1. (historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
   • A third of a seah is a third of an ephah, and two-thirds of a bath, and the weight of a mina is fifty of shekels, and a quarter of a shekel is the weight of four thermoi.ᵍ Let the shekel be about sixteen thermoi and of one weight.[…]g. “thermoi”—A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear. 2013, James R. Davila, “Aramaic Levi”, in Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, Alex Panayotov, editors, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, volume one, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 138:
   • The mnaeion contains 4 gold pieces, 16 quarters, 64 thermoi, 128 carats. The gold piece contains 4 staters [sic for quarters], 16 thermoi, 32 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats. The quarter contains 4 thermoi, 8 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats.[…]The mnaeion has sixteen (16) quarters and the quarter has 6 thermoi, twelve (12) carats. The thermos has 2 carats, so that the mnaeion consists of 96 thermoi, 192 carats. The mnaeion weighs 8 drachmas, the quarter three obols, the thermos one-half obol, the carat 2 chalci.[…]Thermoi of 2 and of 1½ siliquae are attested in metrological writings (MSR II 180, s.v. θέρμοϲ); ½ ob. per thermus^([sic]) in 18 implies the lighter weight, as 1 ob. = 3 sil.[…]The mnaeion has 16 quarters and the quarter has (4 or 6) thermoi… 1982, “Metrology (3455–3460)”, in A[dam] Bülow-Jacobsen, J[ohn] E[dwin] G[eorge] Whitehorne, editors, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman Memoirs; No. 69), volume XLIX, […] for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society, […], →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 101, 104, and 105:
   • 1 saton (seʾah) = 1/3 ephah (see above for correction) = 2/3 bath / mina by weight = 50 shekels / ¼ shekel = 4 thermoi / shekel = 16 thermoi and one weight (?) 2005, Lawrence H[arvey] Schiffman, “Sacrificial Halakhah in the Fragments of the Aramaic Levi Document from Qumran, the Cairo Genizah, and Mt. Athos Monastery”, in Esther G[lickler] Chazon, Devorah Dimant, Ruth A[nne] Clements, editors, Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran: […], Leiden; Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 199:

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