Watt

See also: watt

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Watt

1. Watt, a king of Sussex.
2. An Anglo-Saxon given name.
3. A diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat.
4. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A ghost town in California, United States.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Watts

Derived terms

• watt

Anagrams

• ATWT, at. wt., twat

East Central German

Etymology

Late 17th century, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate, of unknown origin.

Noun

Watt f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) cotton wool

Derived terms

• Wattgack

References

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 53

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vat/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -at
• Homophone: wat

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German wat, from Proto-Germanic *wadą.

Noun

Watt n (mixed, genitive Watts, plural Watten)

1. intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast mudflats at the North Sea coast

Declension

Declension of Watt [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Watt	die	Watten
genitive	eines	des	Watts	der	Watten
dative	einem	dem	Watt	den	Watten
accusative	ein	das	Watt	die	Watten

Derived terms

• Wattenmeer
• Wattwanderung

Related terms

• waten

Descendants

• → Finnish: vatti

Etymology 2

Noun

Watt n (strong, genitive Watts, plural Watt)

1. watt (unit of power named after James Watt)

Declension

Declension of Watt [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Watt	die	Watt
genitive	eines	des	Watts	der	Watt
dative	einem	dem	Watt	den	Watt
accusative	ein	das	Watt	die	Watt

Derived terms

• Gigawatt
• Kilowatt
• Megawatt
• Terawatt

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: Watt

Noun

Watt f (plural Watte)

1. cotton wool

   Synonym: Algodong

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Watt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑt/

  Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From English watt.

Noun

Watt m (plural Watt)

1. watt (unit of power)

Derived terms

• Kilowatt

Etymology 2

From German Watte (“cotton wool”).

Noun

Watt f (plural Watten)

1. cotton wool

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Wort, Dutch woord, English word.

Noun

Watt n (plural Wadde)

1. word