# ampere
## English
### Alternative forms

* ampère, amp, A

### Etymology

Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈæmˌpɪəɹ/, /ˌæmˈpɪəɹ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈæmˌpɛər/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: am‧pere

### Noun

ampere (plural amperes)
* A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
    Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10$^{−19}$ when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of Δν$_{Cs}$. (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures)
** 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.

#### Derived terms

* abampere
* ammeter
* ampacity
* amperage
* ampere balance
* ampere-foot
* ampere-hour
* ampere-turn
* amperometer
* attoampere
* centiampere
* decaampere
* deciampere
* exaampere
* femtoampere
* gigaampere
* hectoampere
* kiloampere
* megaampere
* megampere
* microamp
* microampere
* milliamp
* milliampere
* nanoamp
* nano-amp
* nanoampere
* picoamp
* picoampere
* teraampere
* voltampere
* volt-ampere
* yoctoampere
* zeptoampere
* zettaampere

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əmˈpɛ.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [amˈpeɾ]

### Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)
* ampere

#### Derived terms

* ampere hora

### Further reading

* “ampere” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Eastern Arrernte
### Noun

ampere
* (anatomy) knee

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
* 2020. Eastern and Central Arrernte Learners' List, compiled by Veronica Perrule Dobson and John Henderson. Alice Springs, NT.

## Galician
### Etymology

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)
* ampere
    Synonym: amperio

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch ampère, from French ampère, named after André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [amˈpɛrə]
* Hyphenation: am‧pè‧rê

### Noun

ampèrê (uncountable)
* ampere

### Further reading

* “ampere” 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

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amˈpɛr/
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

ampere m (invariable)
* ampere

#### Related terms

* amperaggio
* amperometro

### References

* ↑ ampere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* permea

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Noun

ampere m (definite singular amperen, indefinite plural ampere, definite plural amperane)
* ampere

### References

* “ampere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ampère

### Etymology

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈpɛ.ɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈpɛ.ɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈpɛ.ɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ˈpɛ.ɾɨ/

### Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)
* ampere (unit of electrical current)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amˈpeɾe/ [ãmˈpe.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -eɾe
* Syllabification: am‧pe‧re

### Noun

ampere m (plural amperes)
* Alternative form of amperio

### Further reading

* “ampere”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amˈpæːr/
* Rhymes: -æːr

### Noun

ampere c
* ampere

#### Related terms

* amperemeter
* amperestyrka
* amperetimme

### References

* ampere in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)