Watt

See also: watt

English

Proper noun

Watt

  1. Watt, a king of Sussex.
  2. An Anglo-Saxon given name.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat.
  4. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
  5. A ghost town in California, United States.

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German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vat/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Homophone: wat

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German wat, from Proto-Germanic *wadą.

Noun

Watt n (mixed, genitive Watts, plural Watten)

  1. intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast mudflats at the North Sea coast
Declension
Declension of Watt [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Watt die Watten
genitive eines des Watts der Watten
dative einem dem Watt den Watten
accusative ein das Watt die Watten
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Finnish: vatti

Noun

Watt n (strong, genitive Watts, plural Watt)

  1. watt (unit of power named after James Watt)
Declension
Declension of Watt [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Watt die Watt
genitive eines des Watts der Watt
dative einem dem Watt den Watt
accusative ein das Watt die Watt

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vat/

Noun

Watt f (plural Watte)

  1. cotton wool
    Synonym: Algodong

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑt/
    Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From English watt.

Noun

Watt m (plural Watt)

  1. watt (unit of power)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From German Watte (“cotton wool”).

Noun

Watt f (plural Watten)

  1. cotton wool

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Wort, Dutch woord, English word.

Noun

Watt n (plural Wadde)

  1. word
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