megawatt

See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

  1. One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.

Usage notes
  • Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m inan

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • megawatt in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • megawatt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation
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Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Italian

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). By surface analysis, mega- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa.vat/, /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈvat/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡavat, -at

Noun

megawatt m (invariable)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. megawatt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading
  • megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian

Etymology

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m inan

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Declension
Declension of megawatt
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megawatty
genitive megawattu megawattov
dative megawattu megawattom
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megawatty
locative megawatte megawattoch
instrumental megawattom megawattmi

Further reading
  • “megawatt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːɡavat/, /mɛɡavat/

Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading
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