joule

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Pronunciation

• enPR: joul, IPA: /dʒuːl/, SAMPA: /dZul/
• IPA: /dʒaʊl/, SAMPA: /dZaUl/
• Rhymes: -uːl
• Homophone: jewel

Noun

joule (plural joules)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Also equal to the energy of one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J

Translations

derived unit of energy, work and heat

Arabic: جول (ar) (juul) m. Basque: joule Belarusian: джоуль (be) (džóul') m. Bulgarian: джаул (bg) (džául) m. Catalan: joule Chinese: Mandarin: 焦耳 (cmn) (jiāo'ěr) Czech: joule (cs) Danish: joule (da) Dutch: joule (nl) m. Esperanto: ĵulo Finnish: joule (fi) French: joule (fr) m. Galician: joule German: Joule (de) n. Hebrew: ג׳ול (he) (jul) Hindi: जौल (hi) (jaul) Hungarian: joule (hu) Indonesian: joule (id)

Italian: joule (it) m. Japanese: ジュール (ja) (jūru) Korean: 줄 (ko) (jul) Latvian: džouls Luxembourgish: joule Malay: joule (ms) Norwegian: joule (no) Polish: dżul (pl) m. Portuguese: joule (pt) Romanian: joule (ro) Russian: джоуль (ru) (džóul') m. Serbo-Croatian: џул (sh) m., džul (sh) m. Slovak: joule (sk) Slovene: joule (sl) Spanish: julio (es) m. Swedish: joule (sv) Thai: จูล (th) (jun) Turkish: joule (tr) Ukrainian: джоуль (uk) (džóul') m.

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Czech

Noun

joule m.

1. joule (the derived unit of energy, work and heat)

Derived terms

• kilojoule

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Dutch

Noun

joule

1. joule

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Finnish

Noun

joule

1. joule

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

joule m. (plural joules)

1. joule (unit of measure)

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Italian

Noun

joule m. inv.

1. joule