name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
joule
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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jo͞ol
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joul
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/d͡ʒuːl/
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/d͡ʒaʊl/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /d͡ʒʉl/
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homophone: jewel (/-uː-/, one pronunciation)
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homophone: jowl (/-aʊ-/)
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homophone: Juul (/-uː-/)
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rhymes with -uːl
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rhymes with -aʊl
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CMU ARPABET: JH UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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-second (one watt of power acting for a duration of one second).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: James Prescott Joule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
noun
Meaning 4
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: J, watt second
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work unit, heat unit, energy unit
History
Etymology
A variant of Jewell.
Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جُول (jūl) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Armenian: ջոուլ (ǰoul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Asturian: xuliu — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Basque: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Belarusian: джо́уль (džóulʹ) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Bulgarian: джа́ул (džául) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Burmese: ဂျိုး (gyui:) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Catalan: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Chinese Mandarin: 焦耳 (jiāo'ěr) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Czech: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Danish: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Dutch: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Esperanto: ĵulo — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Estonian: džaul — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Finnish: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- French: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Galician: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Galician: xulio — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Georgian: ჯოული (ǯouli) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- German: Joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Greek: τζάουλ (tzáoul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Hebrew: ג׳ול (jul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Hindi: जौल (jaul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Hungarian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Icelandic: júl — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Indonesian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Irish: giúl — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Italian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Japanese: ジュール (jūru) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Khmer: ជូល (cuul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Khmer: ស៊ូល (suul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Korean: 줄 (jul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Latvian: džouls — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Luxembourgish: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Malay: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Māori: wae pūngoi — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Mongolian: жоуль (žoulʹ) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Norwegian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Polish: dżul — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Portuguese: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Romanian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Russian: джо́уль (džóulʹ) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Serbo-Croatian: џул — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Serbo-Croatian: džul — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Slovak: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Slovene: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Lower Sorbian: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Spanish: julio — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Spanish: joule (yul) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Swedish: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Telugu: జౌలు (jaulu) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Thai: จูล (jun) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Turkish: jul — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Ukrainian: джо́уль (džóulʹ) — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Vietnamese: jun — derived unit of energy, work and heat
- Welsh: joule — derived unit of energy, work and heat
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