joule

Other forms of joule

plural

joules·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about joule

What does joule mean?

joule means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in joule?

joule has 1 syllable: joule. In IPA it is /ˈdʒul/.

What is another word for joule?

Close synonyms include J, watt second, James Prescott Joule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is joule a common word?

joule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.