English
Etymology
Borrowed from French observatoire.
Pronunciation
Noun
observatory (plural observatories)
- A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.
- A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Synonyms
Translations
place where celestial bodies or natural phenomena are observed
- Albanian: observatori f
- Arabic: مَرْصَد m (marṣad)
- Armenian: աստղադիտարան (hy) (astġaditaran), օբսերվատորիա (hy) (ōbservatoria)
- Azerbaijani: rəsədxana
- Basque: behatoki
- Belarusian: абсервато́рыя f (absjervatóryja), абсэрвато́рыя f (abservatóryja)
- Bengali: মানমন্দির (bn) (manomondir)
- Breton: arsellva (br) m
- Bulgarian: обсервато́рия f (observatórija)
- Burmese: နက္ခတ်မျှော်စင် (my) (nakhkathmyaucang)
- Catalan: observatori m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天文臺 / 天文台 (zh) (tiānwéntái), 瞭望臺 / 瞭望台 (zh) (liàowàngtái)
- Czech: hvězdárna (cs) f, observatoř (cs) f
- Danish: observatorium n
- Dutch: sterrenwacht (nl) f, observatorium (nl) n
- Esperanto: observatorio (eo)
- Estonian: observatoorium, tähetorn
- Finnish: observatorio (fi), havaintoasema (fi); tähtitorni (celestial phenomena); sääasema (weather)
- French: observatoire (fr) m
- Galician: observatorio (gl) m
- Georgian: ობსერვატორია (observaṭoria)
- German: Observatorium (de) n, Sternwarte (de) f
- Greek: αστεροσκοπείο (el) n (asteroskopeío)
- Gujarati: વેધશાળા (vedhśāḷā)
- Hebrew: מִצְפֶּה (he) m (mitspé)
- Hindi: नक्षत्रशाला (hi) f (nakṣatraśālā), वेधशाला (hi) f (vedhśālā), वेधालय (hi) m (vedhālay), मानमंदिर (hi) m (mānmandir)
- Hungarian: obszervatórium (hu)
- Icelandic: stjörnustöð f
- Indonesian: observatorium (id)
- Irish: réadlann f
- Italian: osservatorio (it) m
- Japanese: 天文台 (ja) (てんもんだい, tenmondai)
- Kazakh: обсерватория (observatoriä)
- Khmer: ឱលោកដ្ឋាន (ʼaolookatthaan)
- Korean: 천문대(天文臺) (ko) (cheonmundae)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: resedxane (ku)
- Kyrgyz: обсерватория (observatoriya)
- Lao: ຫໍດາລາສາດ (hǭ dā lā sāt), ຫໍເບິ່ງດາວ (hǭ bœng dāo)
- Latin: observatorium n
- Latvian: observatorija (lv) f
- Lithuanian: observatorija (lt) f
- Macedonian: опсерваторија f (opservatorija)
- Malay: balai cerap
- Maori: whare mātai ātea
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: обсерватори (observatori)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: observatorium n
- Nynorsk: observatorium n
- Pashto: رصدخانه f (rasadxāna), ترصدګاه f (tarasodgā)
- Persian: رصدخانه (fa) (rasadxâne)
- Plautdietsch: Himmelfarnrua n
- Polish: obserwatorium (pl) n
- Portuguese: observatório (pt) m
- Romanian: observator (ro) n, observator astronomic (ro) n
- Russian: обсервато́рия (ru) f (observatórija)
- Scottish Gaelic: amharc-lann f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: опсерва̀то̄рӣј m, звездара f, звездарница f
- Roman: opservàtōrīj (sh) m, zvezdara f, zvezdarnica f
- Sicilian: assirbatoru m, taliaturi m
- Slovak: hvezdáreň (sk) f, observatórium n
- Slovene: observatorij (sl) m
- Spanish: observatorio (es) m
- Swedish: observatorium (sv) n
- Tagalog: obserbatoryo
- Tajik: расадхона (rasadxona)
- Tatar: обсерватория (obserwatoriyä)
- Thai: หอดูดาว (hɔ̌ɔ-duu-daao)
- Turkish: gözlemevi (tr), observatuar (tr) (obsolete), rasathane (tr)
- Turkmen: obserwatoriýa
- Ukrainian: обсервато́рія f (observatórija)
- Urdu: رَسَد گاہ f (rasad-gāh)
- Uyghur: رەسەتخانا (resetxana)
- Uzbek: rasadxona (uz), observatoriya (uz)
- Vietnamese: đài thiên văn
- Welsh: arsyllfa f
- Yiddish: אָבסערוואַטאָריע f (observatorye)
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