joule

See also: Joule

English

Etymology

Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞ol, joul; IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːl/, /d͡ʒaʊl/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -uːl, -aʊl
• Homophones: jewel, jowl

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: جُول‎ (ar) m (jūl)
• Armenian: ջոուլ (hy) (ǰoul)
• Asturian: xuliu (ast) m
• Basque: joule
• Belarusian: джо́уль m (džóulʹ)
• Bulgarian: джа́ул m (džául)
• Catalan: joule (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焦耳 (zh) (jiāo'ěr)

• Czech: joule (cs)
• Danish: joule
• Dutch: joule (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĵulo
• Estonian: džaul
• Finnish: joule (fi)
• French: joule (fr) m
• Galician: joule (gl) m, xulio (gl) m
• Georgian: ჯოული (ǯouli)
• German: Joule (de) n
• Greek: τζάουλ (el) n (tzáoul)
• Hebrew: ג׳ול‎ (jul)
• Hindi: जौल (jaul)
• Hungarian: joule (hu)
• Icelandic: júl (is) n
• Indonesian: joule (id)

• Italian: joule (it) m
• Japanese: ジュール (ja) (jūru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 줄 (ko) (jul)
• Latvian: džouls
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: joule
• Malay: joule
• Maori: wae pūngoi
• Norwegian: joule (no)
• Polish: dżul (pl) m
• Portuguese: joule (pt)
• Romanian: joule (ro)
• Russian: джо́уль (ru) m (džóulʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: џул m, džul (sh) m
• Slovak: joule
• Slovene: joule (sl)
• Spanish: julio (es) m, joule m
• Swedish: joule (sv)
• Telugu: జౌలు (jaulu)
• Thai: จูล (jun)
• Turkish: jul (tr)
• Ukrainian: джо́уль m (džóulʹ)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• joule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒau̯l]
• Hyphenation: joule

Noun

joule m inan

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

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	joule	jouly
genitive	joulu	joulů
dative	joulu	joulům
accusative	joule	jouly
vocative	joule	jouly
locative	joulu	joulech
instrumental	joulem	jouly

Derived terms

• kilojoule
• megajoule
• gigajoule
• terajoule
• petajoule
• exajoule

Further reading

• joule in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• joule in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

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Finnish

Noun

joule

1. joule (unit of measure)

Declension

Inflection of joule (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		joule	joulet
genitive		joulen	joulejen
partitive		joulea	jouleja
illative		jouleen	jouleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		joule	joulet
accusative	nom.	joule	joulet
	gen.	joulen
genitive		joulen	joulejen jouleinrare
partitive		joulea	jouleja
inessive		joulessa	jouleissa
elative		joulesta	jouleista
illative		jouleen	jouleihin
adessive		joulella	jouleilla
ablative		joulelta	jouleilta
allative		joulelle	jouleille
essive		joulena	jouleina
translative		jouleksi	jouleiksi
instructive		—	joulein
abessive		jouletta	jouleitta
comitative		—	jouleineen

Possessive forms of joule (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jouleni	joulemme
2nd person	joulesi	joulenne
3rd person	joulensa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒul/

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule (unit of measure)

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From English joule, and this named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

Synonyms

• xulio

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Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒul/, /ˈd͡ʒawl/, /ˈʒul/

Noun

joule m (invariable)

1. joule

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Portuguese

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French joule.

Noun

joule m (plural jouli)

1. joule

Declension

Declension of joule

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) joule	jouleul	(niște) jouli	joulii
genitive/dative	(unui) joule	jouleului	(unor) jouli	joulilor
vocative	jouleule		joulilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joule, and this named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝul/, [ˈɟ͡ʝul]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝul/, [ˈɟ͡ʝul]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃul/, [ˈʃul]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒul/, [ˈʒul]

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

   Synonym: julio

Usage notes

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.

Further reading

• “joule”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014