name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkuː.lɒm/
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General-American:/ˈku.lɑm/
General-American:/ˈku.loʊm/
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname from French, notably held by Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
4
noun
Meaning 4
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: C, ampere-second
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charge unit, quantity unit
History
Etymology
From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كُولُون
(kulūn)
— unit of electrical charge
Asturian:
culombiu
— unit of electrical charge
Asturian:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Burmese:
ကူးလောင်း
(ku:laung:)
— unit of electrical charge
Catalan:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Chinese Mandarin:
庫侖 /库仑
(kùlún)
— unit of electrical charge
Czech:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Dutch:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Finnish:
coulombi
— unit of electrical charge
French:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Galician:
culombio
— unit of electrical charge
Galician:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Georgian:
კულონი
(ḳuloni)
— unit of electrical charge
German:
Coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Greek:
κουλόμπ
(koulómp)
— unit of electrical charge
Hindi:
कूलाम्ब
(kūlāmb)
— unit of electrical charge
Hungarian:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Icelandic:
kúlomb
— unit of electrical charge
Indonesian:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Italian:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Japanese:
クーロン
(kūron)
— unit of electrical charge
Khmer:
គូឡុំ
(kuulom)
— unit of electrical charge
Korean:
쿨롱
(kullong)
— unit of electrical charge
Lithuanian:
kulonas
— unit of electrical charge
Malay:
kulum
— unit of electrical charge
Malay:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Polish:
kulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Polish:
amperosekunda
— unit of electrical charge
Portuguese:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Romanian:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Russian:
куло́н
(kulón)
— unit of electrical charge
Serbo-Croatian:
ку̀ло̄н
— unit of electrical charge
Serbo-Croatian:
kùlōn
— unit of electrical charge
Slovene:
kulón
— unit of electrical charge
Slovene:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Spanish:
culombio
— unit of electrical charge
Spanish:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Swedish:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Swedish:
amperesekund
— unit of electrical charge
Thai:
คูลอมบ์
(kuu-lɔɔm)
— unit of electrical charge
Turkish:
coulomb
— unit of electrical charge
Ukrainian:
куло́н
(kulón)
— unit of electrical charge
