megawatt

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See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mega- +‎ watt

Noun[edit]

megawatt (plural megawatts)

  1. One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

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Translations[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun[edit]

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • megawatt in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • megawatt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mega- +‎ watt

Noun[edit]

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English megawatt. By surface analysis, mega- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

megawatt m (invariable)

  1. megawatt

References[edit]

  1. ^ megawatt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading[edit]

  • megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun[edit]

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun[edit]

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • megawatt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /meːɡavat/, /mɛɡavat/

Noun[edit]

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading[edit]