ampère
French, noun/ɑ̃.pɛʁ/
ampère is spelled A-M-P-È-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ampère is a French masculine noun meaning “ampere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de l’intensité du courant électrique du Système international (SI, unité de base), dont le…”.
What does ampère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineampere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de l’intensité du courant électrique du Système international (SI, unité de base), dont le symbole est A. Équivaut à un coulomb par seconde, soit environ 6,28×10¹⁸ charges élémentaires par seconde. 2. Unité de mesure de la force magnétomotrice dans le Système international (SI, unité dérivée), dont le symbole est A.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ampère
- ampères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ampère?
- /ɑ̃.pɛʁ/
- \ɑ̃.pɛʁ\
- [ɑ̃.pɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ampère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ampère in French?
ampère appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).