# watt
## English
### Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt. For the surname, see Watt.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /wɒt/
* (US) enPR: wät, IPA: /wɑt/
* Rhymes: -ɒt
* Homophones: wat, wot; what (Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger)

### Noun

watt (plural watts)
* In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

#### Derived terms

* gigawatt
* kilowatt
* megawatt
* microwatt
* milliwatt
* nanowatt
* picowatt
* terawatt
* watt-hour
* watt-second

#### See also

* watt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ATWT, at. wt., twat

## Asturian
### Etymology

From English watt.

### Noun

watt m (plural watts)
* watt (derived unit of power)

#### Synonyms

* vatiu

## Czech
### Noun

watt m inan
* watt (unit of power)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “watt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “watt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋɒt], [ʋɑt]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: wad, wat

### Noun

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)
* watt

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English watt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wat/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophone: ouate
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

watt m (plural watts)
* watt

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Noun

watt m (plural watts)
* watt
    Synonym: vatio

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɒtː]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: watt
* Rhymes: -ɒtː

### Noun

watt (plural wattok)
* watt (derived unit of power)

#### Derived terms

* wattnyi
* wattos
* wattfogyasztás
* wattmérő
* wattóra

#### Related terms

* kilowatt
* megawatt

### Further reading

* watt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvat/
* Rhymes: -at

### Noun

watt m (invariable)
* watt

#### Derived terms

* gigawatt
* kilowatt
* megawatt
* terawatt
* wattora

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

### Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattene)
* a watt (SI unit of power, symbol W)

#### Derived terms

* kilowatt
* megawatt
* wattsekund

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

### Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattane)
* a watt (as above)

#### Derived terms

* wattsekund

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈwat͡ʃ/, /ˈwa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/

### Noun

watt m (plural watts)
* watt (derived unit of power)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French watt.

### Noun

watt m (plural wați)
* watt

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* vatio

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English watt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwat/ [ˈwat̪]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: watt

### Noun

watt m (plural watts)
* watt

#### 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

* “watt”, 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

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt; for the surname see Watt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vat/

### Noun

watt c
* watt