watt

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English

Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt. For the surname, see Watt.

Pronunciation

Noun

watt (plural watts)

  2. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From English watt.

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

Synonyms

Czech

Noun

watt m inan

  1. watt (unit of power)

Declension

Declension of watt (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative watt watty
genitive wattu wattů
dative wattu wattům
accusative watt watty
vocative watte watty
locative wattu wattech
instrumental wattem watty

Further reading

  • “watt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “watt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

  1. watt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English watt.

Pronunciation

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt

Further reading

Galician

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt
    Synonym: vatio

Hungarian

 watt on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

Pronunciation

Noun

watt (plural wattok)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative watt wattok
accusative wattot wattokat
dative wattnak wattoknak
instrumental wattal wattokkal
causal-final wattért wattokért
translative wattá wattokká
terminative wattig wattokig
essive-formal wattként wattokként
essive-modal — —
inessive wattban wattokban
superessive watton wattokon
adessive wattnál wattoknál
illative wattba wattokba
sublative wattra wattokra
allative watthoz wattokhoz
elative wattból wattokból
delative wattról wattokról
ablative wattól wattoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		watté wattoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		wattéi wattokéi
Possessive forms of watt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. wattom wattjaim
2nd person sing. wattod wattjaid
3rd person sing. wattja wattjai
1st person plural wattunk wattjaink
2nd person plural wattotok wattjaitok
3rd person plural wattjuk wattjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • watt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

Noun

watt m (invariable)

  1. watt

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ watt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattene)

  1. a watt (SI unit of power, symbol W)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattane)

  1. a watt (as above)

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French watt.

Noun

watt m (plural wați)

  1. watt

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative watt wattul wați wații
genitive-dative watt wattului wați waților
vocative wattule waților

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: watt

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt; for the surname see Watt.

Pronunciation

Noun

watt c

  1. watt
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