farad
/ˈfæɹæd/noun
farad is a noun meaning “In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-A-D, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of farad is farads.
What does farad mean?
noun
- 1
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farad?
- /ˈfæɹæd/
- /ˈfæɹəd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-farad.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of farad
- farads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farad?
Farad appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Farad in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of capacitance:
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Where does farad come from?
Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).