newton

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English

Etymology 1

Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton.

Noun

newton (plural newtons)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1990s, from Fig Newtons, a brand name (later renamed just "Newtons" in 2012) which was named for Newton, Massachusetts.

Noun

newton (plural newtons)

1. A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheathe of pastry dough.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:newton.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Newton.

Anagrams

• onwent, went on

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲuːtn̩]

Noun

newton m inan

1. newton (unit of force)

Declension

Further reading

• “newton”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “newton”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

From English newton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːt(ː)on/, [ˈnjuːt̪(ː)o̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈnjyːt(ː)on/, [ˈnjyːt̪(ː)o̞n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈnyːtːon/, [ˈnyːt̪ːo̞n]
• Rhymes: -uːton

Noun

newton

1. newton

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “newton”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nju.tɔn/

Noun

newton m (plural newtons)

1. newton

Further reading

• “newton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

newton m (plural newtons)

1. newton (unit of force)

Italian

Noun

newton m

1. newton

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈniw.tõ/, [ˈniw.tõʊ̯̃]

Noun

newton m (plural newtons)

1. newton (derived unit of force)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French newton or German Newton.

Noun

newton m (plural newtoni)

1. newton (unit of measure)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from English newton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲuːtɔn/

Noun

newton m inan (genitive singular newtona, nominative plural newtony, genitive plural newtonov, declension pattern of dub)

1. newton (unit of force)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

newton m (plural newton)

1. newton

Further reading

• “newton”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10