# coulomb
## English
### Etymology

From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkuː.lɒm/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈku.lɑm/, /ˈku.loʊm/

### Noun

coulomb (plural coulombs)
* In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
    He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.

#### Derived terms

* abcoulomb
* Coulomb attraction
* Coulomb barrier
* Coulomb blockade
* Coulomb collision
* Coulomb explosion
* Coulomb force
* Coulomb gauge
* coulombic
* coulombmeter
* Coulomb repulsion
* Coulomb's constant
* Coulomb's law
* coulometer
* coulometric
* coulometry
* femtocoulomb
* megacoulomb
* microcoulomb
* nanocoulomb
* picocoulomb

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* columbo

## Asturian
### Etymology

From French coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)
* coulomb (unit of electrical charge)
    Synonym: culombiu

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kulom/ [ku.lõm], /kulomb/ [ku.lõmb]
* Rhymes: -ulom, -ulomb

### Noun

coulomb inan
* coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “coulomb”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkulomp]
* Hyphenation: cou‧lomb

### Noun

coulomb m inan
* coulomb (unit of electric charge)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From French coulomb, from Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈlɔm(p)/, [kuˈlɔ̃m(p)], [kuˈlɔm(p)]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: cou‧lomb
* Rhymes: -ɔm, -ɔmp

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)
* coulomb (unit of electric charge)

#### Related terms

* Coulombinteractie

## French
### Etymology

From the French physicist Charles-Augustin Coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku.lɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)
* coulomb

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb (plural coulomb-coulomb)
* (physics) coulomb: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C

### Further reading

* “coulomb” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb m (invariable)
* coulomb

### Anagrams

* Columbo

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

coulomb m (definite singular coulomben, indefinite plural coulomb, definite plural coulombene)
* coulomb

### References

* “coulomb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “coulomb” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulomben)
* coulomb

### References

* “coulomb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French coulomb.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈlõ/, /kuˈlõ.bi/, /ˈku.lõ.bi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈlõ/, /kuˈlõ.bi/, /ˈku.lõ.bi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kuˈlõ/, /kuˈlõ.be/, /ˈku.lõ.be/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈlõ/, /kuˈlõ.bɨ/

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombs)
* coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulombi)
* coulomb

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coulomb.

### Noun

coulomb m (plural coulomb)
* coulomb
    Synonym: culombio

### Further reading

* “coulomb”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10