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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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watt (plural watts)

  1. 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

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From English watt.

Noun

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watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

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Czech

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Noun

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watt m inan

  1. watt (unit of power)

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Further reading

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

Dutch

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watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

  1. watt

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English watt.

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Noun

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watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt

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Galician

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Noun

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watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt
    Synonym: vatio

Hungarian

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 watt on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

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Noun

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watt (plural wattok)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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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Further reading

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  • 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

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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watt m (invariable)

  1. watt

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References

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  1. ^ watt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

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

  1. a watt (as above)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/

Noun

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watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt (derived unit of power)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French watt.

Noun

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watt m (plural wați)

  1. watt

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative watt wattul wați wații
genitive-dative watt wattului wați waților
vocative wattule waților

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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watt m (plural watts)

  1. watt

Usage notes

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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.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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watt c

  1. watt