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 (kirowatto)
• 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
• Urdu: کلو واٹ‎ (kilovāṭ), کلواٹ‎ (kilovāṭ)

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French

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.lɔ.wat/

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Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. kilowatt

Derived terms

• kilowattheure

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Italian

Etymology

kilo- +‎ watt

Noun

kilowatt m (invariable)

1. kilowatt

Synonyms

• chilowatt

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Portuguese

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. Alternative spelling of quilowatt

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Spanish

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ watt.

Noun

kilowatt m (plural kilowatts)

1. kilowatt