joule
English
Etymology
Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel.
Pronunciation
Noun
joule (plural joules)
Derived terms
Translations
derived unit of energy, work and heat
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʒau̯l]
- Hyphenation: joule
Declension
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjou̯le/, [ˈjo̞u̯le̞]
- Rhymes: -oule
- Syllabification(key): jou‧le
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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒul/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file)
Further reading
- “joule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
References
- joule in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- joule in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒul/
Declension
Declension of joule
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) joule | joulul | (niște) jouli | joulii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) joule | joulului | (unor) jouli | joulilor |
| vocative | joulule | joulilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English joule, from English physicist James Prescott Joule.
Pronunciation
- 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
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
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