watt

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

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

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

• watt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ATWT, at. wt., twat

From English watt.

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

• vatiu

watt m inan

1. watt (unit of power)

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

• IPA^(key): [ʋɒt], [ʋɑt]

• Audio:

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• Homophones: wad, wat

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

1. watt

Borrowed from English watt.

• IPA^(key): /wat/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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• Homophone: ouate

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

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

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

   Synonym: vatio

From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒtː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: watt
• Rhymes: -ɒtː

watt (plural wattok)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

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

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvat/^[1]
• Rhymes: -at

watt m (invariable)

1. watt

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

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

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

• kilowatt
• megawatt
• wattsekund

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

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

1. a watt (as above)

• wattsekund

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

• “watt”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “watt”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “watt”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “watt”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French watt.

watt m (plural wați)

1. watt

• vatio

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwat/ [ˈwat̪]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: watt

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

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.

• “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], 10 December 2024

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

• IPA^(key): /vat/

watt c

1. watt