becquerel

See also: Becquerel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]

Noun

becquerel (plural becquerels)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq

Translations

unit of radioactive activity

• Catalan: becquerel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝克勒爾／贝克勒尔 (bèikèlè'ěr)

• Czech: becquerel (cs) m
• Esperanto: bekerelo
• Finnish: becquerel (fi)
• French: becquerel (fr) m
• Georgian: ბეკერელი (beḳereli)
• German: Becquerel (de) n
• Greek: μπεκερέλ (el) (bekerél)
• Indonesian: becquerel
• Malay: becquerel
• Polish: bekerel (pl) m
• Romanian: becquerel
• Russian: беккере́ль (ru) m (bekkerélʹ)
• Spanish: becquerelio m
• Swedish: becquerel (sv) c

Catalan

Noun

becquerel m (plural becquerels)

1. becquerel (derived unit of radioactive activity)

Czech

Noun

becquerel m

1. becquerel (derived unit of radioactive activity)

Further reading

• becquerel in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

From French becquerel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbek(ː)erel/, [ˈbe̞k(ː)e̞re̞l]

Noun

becquerel

1. becquerel

Declension

Inflection of becquerel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		becquerel	becquerelit
genitive		becquerelin	becquerelien
partitive		becquereliä	becquerelejä
illative		becquereliin	becquereleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		becquerel	becquerelit
accusative	nom.	becquerel	becquerelit
	gen.	becquerelin
genitive		becquerelin	becquerelien
partitive		becquereliä	becquerelejä
inessive		becquerelissä	becquereleissä
elative		becquerelistä	becquereleistä
illative		becquereliin	becquereleihin
adessive		becquerelillä	becquereleillä
ablative		becquereliltä	becquereleiltä
allative		becquerelille	becquereleille
essive		becquerelinä	becquereleinä
translative		becquereliksi	becquereleiksi
instructive		—	becquerelein
abessive		becquerelittä	becquereleittä
comitative		—	becquereleineen

Possessive forms of becquerel (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	becquerelini	becquerelimme
2nd person	becquerelisi	becquerelinne
3rd person	becquerelinsä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.kʁɛl/, /be.kʁɛl/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

becquerel m (plural becquerels)

1. becquerel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after French physicist A. H. Becquerel (1857–1927).

Noun

becquerel m (definite singular becquerelen, indefinite plural becquerel, definite plural becquerelane)

1. becquerel (the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second). Symbol: Bq

References

• “becquerel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.