decilitre

See also: décilitre

English

Alternative forms

• deciliter (US)

Etymology

From French décilitre, deci- +‎ litre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪliːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decilitre (plural decilitres)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of fluid equal to 10⁻¹ liters. Symbol: dl.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 66:

     When the boy was admitted, Carter said, the haemoglobin count was 8.3 grams per decilitre.

Synonyms

• dl

Translations

unit of volume

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分升 (zh) (fēnshēng)

• Czech: decilitr (cs) m
• Dutch: deciliter (nl) m
• Estonian: detsiliiter
• Finnish: desilitra (fi)
• French: décilitre (fr) m
• German: Deziliter (de) m or n
• Hungarian: deciliter (hu)
• Icelandic: desilítri m
• Italian: decilitro (it) m
• Japanese: デシリットル (ja) (desirittoru)
• Malay: desiliter
• Polish: decylitr
• Portuguese: decilitro (pt) m
• Russian: децили́тр (ru) m (decilítr)
• Swedish: deciliter (sv) c
• Tagalog: desilitro
• Telugu: డెసీలీటరు (ḍesīlīṭaru)
• Thai: เดซิลิตร

Anagrams

• deciliter