Meanings
plural spirit levels
- toolA tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.
Synonyms: bubble level
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.
More synonyms by meaning
nounindicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans waterpas
- waterpasspirit level
Arabic مِيزَانُ مَاء
- مِيزَانُ مَاء (mīzānu māʔ)spirit level
Catalan nivell de bombolla
- nivell de bombollaspirit level
Chinese Mandarin 水平器, 水平管
- 水平器 (shuǐpíngqì)spirit level
- 水平管 (shuǐpíngguǎn)spirit level
Czech vodováha
- vodováhaspirit level
Danish vaterpas
- vaterpasspirit level
Dutch waterpas
- waterpasspirit level
Esperanto nivelilo
- nivelilospirit level
Finnish vatupassi, vesivaaka
- vatupassispirit level
- vesivaakaspirit level
French niveau à bulle
- niveau à bullespirit level
German Wasserwaage
- Wasserwaagespirit level
Greek αλφάδι
- αλφάδι (alfádi)spirit level
Hungarian vízmérték
- vízmértékspirit level
Indonesian waterpas, penyipat datar
- waterpasspirit level
- penyipat datarspirit level
Irish leibhéal biotáille
- leibhéal biotáillespirit level
Italian livella
- livellaspirit level
Japanese 水準器
- 水準器 (suijunki)spirit level
Korean 수준기
- 수준기 (sujun'gi)spirit level
Malay timbang air
- timbang airspirit level
Polish libella, poziomica
- libellaspirit level
- poziomicaspirit level
Portuguese nível de bolha
- nível de bolhaspirit level
Romanian nivelă cu bulă de aer, nivelă
- nivelă cu bulă de aerspirit level
- nivelăspirit level
- nivelspirit level
- cumpănăspirit level
- polobocspirit level
Russian у́ровень, пузырько́вый у́ровень
- у́ровень (úrovenʹ)spirit level
- пузырько́вый у́ровень (puzyrʹkóvyj úrovenʹ)spirit level
- спиртово́й у́ровень (spirtovój úrovenʹ)spirit level
Spanish nivel de burbuja
- nivel de burbujaspirit level
Swedish vattenpass
- vattenpassspirit level
Vietnamese máy thuỷ bình
- máy thuỷ bìnhspirit level
Welsh lefel ysbryd
- lefel ysbrydspirit level
Cite this entry
spirit level. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20level
“spirit level.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20level. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spirit level,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20level.
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