watt
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)
- 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
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Asturian
Etymology
Noun
watt m (plural watts)
- watt (derived unit of power)
Synonyms
Czech
Noun
watt m inan
- 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
Noun
watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
watt m (plural watts)
Further reading
- “watt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Noun
watt m (plural watts)
Hungarian
Etymology
From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.
Pronunciation
Noun
watt (plural wattok)
- watt (derived unit of power)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
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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.
Noun
watt m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.
Noun
watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattene)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.
Noun
watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattane)
- a watt (as above)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English watt.
Pronunciation
Noun
watt m (plural watts)
- watt (derived unit of power)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
watt m (plural wați)
Declension
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English watt.
Pronunciation
Noun
watt m (plural watts)
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Named after Scottish engineer James Watt; for the surname see Watt.
Pronunciation
Noun
watt c
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