watt

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒt/
• (US) enPR: wät, IPA^(key): /wɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophones: wat, wot; what (Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger)

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

• watt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ATWT, at. wt., twat

Asturian

Etymology

From English watt.

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

Synonyms

• vatiu

Czech

Noun

watt m inan

1. watt (unit of power)

Declension

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

• IPA^(key): [ʋɒt], [ʋɑt]
• Homophones: wad, wat

Noun

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

1. watt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wat/
• Homophone: ouate

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

   Synonym: vatio

Hungarian

Etymology

From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒtː]
• Hyphenation: watt
• Rhymes: -ɒtː

Noun

watt (plural wattok)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

watt m (invariable)

1. watt

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• kilowatt
• megawatt
• wattsekund

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• wattsekund

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vatio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwat/ [ˈwat̪]
• 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

• “watt”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vat/

Noun

watt c

1. watt