aneroid
/ˈænəɹɔɪd/adjective, noun
aneroid is an adjective meaning “Not using or containing fluid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-E-R-O-I-D, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does aneroid mean?
adjective
- 1
Not using or containing fluid
An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
noun
- 1
An aneroid barometer.
- 2
An aneroid calorimeter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aneroid?
- /ˈænəɹɔɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-aneroid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aneroid
- aneroids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aneroid?
Aneroid appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aneroid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not using or containing fluid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anéroïde |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aneroid come from?
From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).