joule

joule

See also: Joule and jõule

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 (UK)

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• Rhymes: -uːl, -aʊl
• Homophones: jewel, jowl

Noun

joule (plural joules)

1. 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

Translations

derived unit of energy, work and heat

Arabic: جُول‎ (ar) m (jūl) Armenian: ջոուլ (hy) (ǰoul) Asturian: xuliu (ast) m Basque: joule Belarusian: джо́уль m (džóulʹ) Bulgarian: джа́ул m (džául) Burmese: ဂျိုး (gyui:) Catalan: joule (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 焦耳 (zh) (jiāo'ěr) Czech: joule (cs) Danish: joule Dutch: joule (nl) m Esperanto: ĵulo Estonian: džaul Finnish: joule (fi) French: joule (fr) m Galician: joule (gl) m, xulio (gl) m Georgian: ჯოული (ǯouli) German: Joule (de) n Greek: τζάουλ (el) n (tzáoul) Hebrew: ג׳ול‎ (jul) Hindi: जौल (jaul) Hungarian: joule (hu) Icelandic: júl (is) n Indonesian: joule (id) Italian: joule (it) m Japanese: ジュール (ja) (jūru) Khmer: ជូល (cuul), ស៊ូល (suul) Korean: 줄 (ko) (jul) Latvian: džouls Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: joule Malay: joule Maori: wae pūngoi Mongolian: жоуль (žoulʹ) Norwegian: joule (no) Polish: dżul (pl) m Portuguese: joule (pt) Romanian: joule (ro) Russian: джо́уль (ru) m (džóulʹ) Serbo-Croatian: џул m, džul (sh) m Slovak: joule Slovene: joule (sl) Spanish: julio (es) m, joule m Swedish: joule (sv) Telugu: జౌలు (jaulu) Thai: จูล (jun) Turkish: jul (tr) Ukrainian: джо́уль m (džóulʹ) Vietnamese: jun (vi)

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Czech

Etymology

From French joule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒau̯l]
• Hyphenation: joule

Noun

joule m inan

1. joule (the derived unit of energy, work and heat)

Declension

Declension of joule

	singular	plural
nominative	joule	jouly
genitive	joulu	joulů
dative	joulu	joulům
accusative	joule	jouly
vocative	joule	jouly
locative	joulu	joulech
instrumental	joulem	jouly

Derived terms

• kilojoule
• megajoule
• gigajoule
• terajoule
• petajoule
• exajoule

Further reading

• joule in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• joule in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

From French joule

Pronunciation

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

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Finnish

Etymology

From English joule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjou̯le/, [ˈjo̞u̯le̞]
• Rhymes: -oule
• Syllabification^(key): jou‧le

Noun

joule

1. joule (unit of measure)

Declension

Inflection of joule (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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 jouleinrare
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
instructive		—	joulein
abessive		jouletta	jouleitta
comitative		—	jouleineen

Possessive forms of joule (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jouleni	joulemme
2nd person	joulesi	joulenne
3rd person	joulensa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒul/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From English joule, from English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

Synonyms

• xulio

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Italian

Etymology

From French joule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒul/, /ˈd͡ʒawl/, (not recommended) /ˈʒul/[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ul, -awl
• Hyphenation: joule

Noun

joule m (invariable)

1. joule

References

1. joule in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
2. joule in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French joule.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.li/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.li]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.li/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.li]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.le/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.le]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.lɨ/, /ˈʒul/ [ˈʒuɫ]

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule (derived unit of energy, work and heat)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French joule.

Noun

joule m (plural jouli)

1. joule

Declension

Declension of joule

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) joule	jouleul	(niște) jouli	joulii
genitive/dative	(unui) joule	jouleului	(unor) jouli	joulilor
vocative	jouleule		joulilor

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joule, from English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝul/ [ˈɟ͡ʝul]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝul/ [ˈɟ͡ʝul]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃul/ [ˈʃul]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒul/ [ˈʒul]

• Rhymes: -ul

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

   Synonym: julio

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014