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 (Southern England); /d͡ʒuːl/: (file) Audio (US): (file) - (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʉl/
- Homophones: jewel (/-uː-/, one pronunciation), jowl (/-aʊ-/), Juul (/-uː-/)
- Rhymes: -uːl, -aʊl
Noun
joule (plural joules)
- 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. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J
Derived terms
Translations
derived unit of energy, work and heat
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Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʒau̯l]
- Hyphenation: joule
Noun
joule m inan
- joule (the derived unit of energy, work and heat)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “joule”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “joule”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
joule m (plural joules)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯le/, [ˈjo̞u̯le̞]
- Rhymes: -oule
- Syllabification(key): jou‧le
- Hyphenation(key): jou‧le
Noun
joule
- joule (unit of measure)
Declension
| Inflection of joule (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| 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 joulein rare | |
| 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 | |
| abessive | jouletta | jouleitta | |
| instructive | — | joulein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “joule”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒul/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
joule m (plural joules)
Further reading
- “joule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From English joule, from English physicist James Prescott Joule.
Noun
joule m (plural joules)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
joule m (invariable)
References
- ^ joule in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ joule in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French joule.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒaw.li/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.li]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒaw.le/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.le]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒu.lɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -awli, (Portugal) -ulɨ
- Hyphenation: jou‧le
Noun
joule m (plural joules)
- joule (derived unit of energy, work and heat)
Further reading
- “joule”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “joule”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒul/
Noun
joule m (plural jouli)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | joule | joulul | jouli | joulii | |
| genitive-dative | joule | joulului | jouli | joulilor | |
| vocative | joulule | joulilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joule, from English physicist James Prescott Joule.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ul
Noun
joule m (plural joules)
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024