Beaufort scale

English Etymology Created by Irish hydrographer and British navy officer Francis Beaufort in 1806. Pronunciation en /ˈbəʊ.fərt ˌskɛɪl/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beaufort scale.wav Southern England /ˈbəʊ.fɔːrt/ Proper noun en nautical An empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions. Synonyms en Beaufort wind force scale Related terms en wind force Translations measure for the intensity of the wind Arabic: ar مقياس بوفورت m miqyās bufurt Armenian: hy Բոֆորտի սանդղակ Basque: eu Beaufort eskala Belarusian: be шкала Бафорта f Bulgarian: bg скала Бофортова f Catalan: ca escala de Beaufort f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蒲福氏風級 púfúshìfēngjí Czech: cs Beaufortova stupnice f Danish: da Beaufort-skalaen c Dutch: nl schaal van Beaufort f Esperanto: eo Boforta skalo Estonian: et Beauforti skaala Finnish: fi Beaufortin asteikko, fi boforiasteikko French: fr échelle de Beaufort f Georgian: ka ბოფორტის სკალა, ka ბოფორტის შკალა German: de Beaufortskala f Greek: el κλίμακα Μποφόρ f Hebrew: he סולם בופורט m sulam Bofort Hungarian: hu Beaufort-skála Icelandic: is Beaufort-kvarðinn Italian: it scala di Beaufort f Japanese: ja ビューフォート風力階級 ビューフォートふうりょくかいきゅう, Byūfōto fūryoku kaikyū Kazakh: kk Бофорт шкаласы Korean: ko 보퍼트 풍력 계급 Latvian: lv Boforta skala f Lithuanian: lt Boforto skalė f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb beaufortskala m Nynorsk: nn beaufortskala m Polish: pl skala Beauforta f Portuguese: pt escala de Beaufort f Romanian: ro scala Beaufort f, ro scala de vânt Beaufort f Russian: ru шкала́ Бофо́рта f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бофорова скала f Latin: sh Beaufortova skala f Slovak: sk Beaufortova stupnica f Slovene: sl Beaufortova lestvica f Spanish: es escala de Beaufort f Swedish: sv Beauforts skala c, sv Beaufortskalan c Turkish: tr Beaufort rüzgar skalası Beaufort rüzgâr skalası Ukrainian: uk шкала́ Бофо́рта f Vietnamese: vi thang sức gió Beaufort Further reading en eponyms en Weather Wind