kilowatt

See also: Kilowatt and kilo-watt

English

Alternative forms

• kilo-watt

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt (plural kilowatts)

1. One thousand (10³) watts.

Synonyms

• kW, KW, ㎾

Derived terms

• California kilowatt
• kilowatt alley
• kilowatt-hour

Translations

one thousand watts

• Catalan: quilowatt m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千瓦 (zh) (qiānwǎ)

• Czech: kilowatt m
• Esperanto: kilovato
• Finnish: kilowatti (fi)
• French: kilowatt (fr) m
• German: Kilowatt (de) n
• Hindi: किलोवाट (kilovāṭ)
• Icelandic: kílóvatt n
• Italian: chilowatt (it) m
• Japanese: キロワット (ja) (kirowatto)
• Khmer: គីឡូវ៉ាត់ (km) (kiilouvat)
• Macedonian: киловат m (kilovat)
• Portuguese: quilovate (pt) m, quilovátio (pt) m, quilowatt (pt) m
• Russian: килова́тт (ru) m (kilovátt)
• Slovak: kilowatt (sk)
• Spanish: kilovatio (es) m, kilowatt m
• Swedish: kilowatt (sv) c
• Thai: กิโลวัตต์
• Ukrainian: кілова́т (uk) m (kilovát)
• Urdu: کلو واٹ (kilovāṭ), کلواٹ (kilovāṭ)
• Zazaki: kilowat m

French

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.lɔ.wat/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. kilowatt

Derived terms

• kilowattheure

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt m (invariable)

1. kilowatt

   Synonym: chilowatt

Portuguese

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.loˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ki.loˈwat͡ʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.loˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ki.loˈwat͡ʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.loˈwat͡ʃ/, /ki.loˈwa.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.luˈwat/

• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧watt

Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. Alternative spelling of quilowatt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kilowatt. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowați)

1. kilowatt

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	kilowatt	kilowattul		kilowați	kilowații
genitive-dative	kilowatt	kilowattului		kilowați	kilowaților
vocative	kilowattule			kilowaților

Spanish

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. kilowatt