how to say “thermometer” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]מַדחֹם

Fever, in Hebrew, is חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], the same word as heat.

To measure is למדוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], of the root מ.ד.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]. 

Thus, a device that measures fever – a thermometer – is a מדחום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]יש לכם מדחום בבית?

Do you guys have a thermometer at your house?