kelvin
Spanish, noun/ˈkelbin/
kelvin is spelled K-E-L-V-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kelvin is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kelvin (SI temperature unit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad de temperatura creada por Lord Kelvin sobre la base de la escala centígrada, estableciendo el punto…”.
What does kelvin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekelvin (SI temperature unit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad de temperatura creada por Lord Kelvin sobre la base de la escala centígrada, estableciendo el punto cero en el cero absoluto (-273,15ºC) y conservando la misma dimensión para los grados.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kelvin
- kelvins plural
- kélvins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kelvin?
- /ˈkelbin/
- [ˈkel.β̞ĩn]
- [ˈkelβ̞ĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kelvin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kelvin in Spanish?
kelvin appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).