colorimeter
noun
colorimeter is spelled C-O-L-O-R-I-M-E-T-E-R: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, colorimeter means “Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of colorimeter is colorimeters.
How many letters and syllables are in colorimeter?
| Letters | 11: C-O-L-O-R-I-M-E-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is colorimeter?
Colorimeter appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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).
How do you pronounce colorimeter?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-colorimeter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of colorimeter
- colorimeters plural
- colourimeter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does colorimeter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.
- 2
An analytic instrument that estimates the concentration of a substance in a sample by measuring its color against the solution's complementary color.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Colorimeter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instrument designed to determine color:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | colorimètre |
| German | Kolorimeter |
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 colorimeter come from?
From color + -meter. Compare Latin color, colōris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).