See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

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Etymology edit

mega- +‎ watt

Noun edit

megawatt (plural megawatts)

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

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

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Czech edit

Etymology edit

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun edit

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Danish edit

Etymology edit

mega- +‎ watt

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megawatt

  1. megawatt

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English megawatt. By surface analysis, mega- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

megawatt m (invariable)

  1. megawatt

References edit

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

Further reading edit

  • megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun edit

megawatt

  1. megawatt

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Slovak edit

Etymology edit

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun edit

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension edit


Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /meːɡavat/, /mɛɡavat/

Noun edit

megawatt

  1. megawatt

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