# scales
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skeɪlz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪlz

### Noun

scales
* plural of scale

### Noun

scales pl (plural only)
* A device for measuring weight.
    Synonym: scale
    The butcher put the sausages on the scales.

#### Derived terms

* bathroom scales
* beam and scales
* scales of justice
* thumb on the scales
* tip the scales
* tip the scales at
* weighing scales

#### Translations

Albanian: peshore (sq) f, luspë (sq) f
Amharic: ሚዛን (mizan)
Arabic: مِيزَان (mīzān)
Armenian: կշեռք (hy) (kšeṙkʻ)
Assamese: তুলা (tula)
Avar: цӏадираби (cʼadirabi)
Azerbaijani: tərəzi (az), qapan
Baluchi: شاہیم (šáhím)
Bashkir: үлсәү (ülsəw)
Belarusian: ша́лі f pl (šáli), ва́гі f pl (váhi), вага́ f (vahá)
Bengali: দাঁড়িপাল্লা (bn) (dãṛipalla), তুলা (bn) (tula), তরাজূ (bn) (toraju), মীজান (bn) (mijan)
Bulgarian: тегли́лка (bg) f (teglílka), везна́ (bg) f (vezná), везни́ (bg) pl (vezní)
Burmese: ကပ်ပယ် (my) (kappai), ကလမောင်း (my) (ka.la.maung:)
Catalan: balança (ca) f, bàscula (ca) f
Chechen: терза (terza)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 磅 (bong$^{6-2}$), 天平 (tin$^1$ ping$^4$)
Dungan: тянпин (ti͡anpin), чын (čɨn)
Mandarin: 天平 (zh) (tiānpíng), 磅秤 (zh) (bàngchèng), 秤 (zh) (chèng), 磅 (zh) (bàng)
Chuvash: тараса (taras̬a), виҫе (viś̬e)
Crimean Tatar: qantar, teraze
Czech: váhy f pl
Danish: vægt c
Dutch: weegschaal (nl) f
Egyptian: (jwsw), (mḫꜣt)
Erzya: онкст (onkst)
Esperanto: pesilo (eo)
Estonian: kaal, vaag
Evenki: ургэмкэвун (urgəmkəwun)
Finnish: vaaka (fi), varsivaaka
French: balance (fr) f
Georgian: სასწორი (ka) (sasc̣ori)
German: Waage (de) f
Greek: ζυγαριά (el) f (zygariá)
Ancient: τρυτάνη f (trutánē)
Gujarati: તુલા f (tulā)
Hebrew: מֹאזְנַיִם / מאזניים (he) m du (moznáim)
Hindi: तराज़ू m (tarāzū), तुला (hi) f (tulā), मीज़ान f (mīzān)
Hungarian: mérleg (hu)
Icelandic: vog (is) f
Ido: balanco (io)
Indonesian: timbangan (id)
Ingush: тараз (taraz)
Irish: scálaí m pl
Italian: bilancia (it) f
Japanese: 秤 (ja) (はかり, hakari), 天秤 (ja) (てんびん, tenbin)
Kalmyk: чиңнүр (çiñnür)
Kannada: ತಕ್ಕಡಿ (kn) (takkaḍi)
Kazakh: таразы (tarazy), кір (kır)
Khmer: តុល (km) (dol), តុលា (km) (tolaa), ជញ្ជីង (km) (cŭəñciing), ត្រាជូ (km) (traacuu)
Komi-Zyrian: вески (veski)
Korean: 저울 (ko) (jeoul), 천칭(天秤) (ko) (cheonching)
Kumyk: терезе (tereze), мизан (mizan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: terazî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тараза (ky) (taraza)
Ladin: stadiera f
Lao: ຊິງ (sing), ດຸນ (dun), ຕາເຕັງ (tā teng), ຕຸລາ (lo) (tu lā), ເຄື່ອງຊັ່ງ (khư̄ang sang)
Latin: lībra (la) f, trutina f, statēra f
Latvian: svari m pl
Lithuanian: svarstyklės f pl
Luxembourgish: Wo (lb) f
Macedonian: вага (mk) f (vaga), терезија f (terezija)
Malay: mizan, neraca (ms), teraju (ms), dacing
Malayalam: തുലാസ് (ml) (tulāsŭ)
Maori: inetaumaha
Moksha: ункст (unkst), вест (vest)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: жин (mn) (žin), жин хэмжүүр (žin xemžüür), жинлүүр (mn) (žinlüür); (handheld) дэнс (mn) (dens)
Nanai: дэнгсэ (deŋse)
Nepali: तराजु (tarāju)
Norman: balanche f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vekt (no) m or f
Occitan: balança (oc) f
Odia: ତରାଜୁ (or) (tarāju)
Ossetian: тӕраз (tæraz)
Ottoman Turkish: ترازو (terazi), میزان (mizan)
Pashto: مېزان m (mezãn), میزان m (mizā́n), ترازو (ps)
Persian: ترازو (fa) (tarâzu), میزان (fa) (mizân)
Plautdietsch: Wichtschol f
Polish: waga (pl) f
Portuguese: balança (pt) f
Romanian: cântar (ro) n, balanță (ro) f, cumpănă (ro) f
Russian: весы́ (ru) m pl (vesý)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ва́га f, тера́зије f, кантар m
Roman: vága (sh) f, terázije (sh) f, kantar (sh) m
Sicilian: valanza (scn) f
Slovak: váhy f pl
Slovene: tehtnica (sl) f
Somali: miisaan (so)
Spanish: báscula (es) f, balanza (es) f, peso (es) m, romana (es) f
Swahili: mizani (sw)
Swedish: balansvåg (sv) c, våg (sv) c, vågskål (sv) c
Tagalog: talaro
Tajik: тарозу (tarozu), мезон (mezon)
Tamil: தராசு (ta) (tarācu)
Tatar: үлчәү (ülçäw)
Tausug: timbangan
Telugu: త్రాసు (te) (trāsu), కాటా (te) (kāṭā)
Thai: ตาชั่ง (th) (dtaa-châng), ตราชู (th) (dtraa-chuu)
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Turkish: terazi (tr), kantar (tr), mizan (tr)
Turkmen: terezi, gapan
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎇𐎐𐎎 (mznm)
Ukrainian: ва́ги (uk) f pl (váhy), вага́ (uk) f (vahá)
Urdu: ترازو m (tarāzū), تلا f (tulā), میزان f (mīzān)
Uyghur: تارازا (taraza)
Uzbek: tarozi (uz), mezon (uz)
Vietnamese: cân (vi)
Welsh:
North Wales: clorian f
South Wales: tafol f, tafolau pl
White Hmong: teev
Yakut: ыйааһын (ıyaahın)
Yiddish: וואָג f (vog)
Yoruba: òṣùwọ̀n
Zhuang: dienbingz :
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#### See also

* balance
* spring balance
* weighing machine

### Verb

scales
* third-person singular simple present indicative of scale

### Anagrams

* Cassel, Salces