hectowatt
French, noun/ɛk.tɔ.wat/
hectowatt is spelled H-E-C-T-O-W-A-T-T (9 letters). Hectowatt is a French masculine noun meaning “a unit of power equal to 100 watts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de puissance du Système international (SI), valant 10² watts, et dont le symbole est hW”.
What does hectowatt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea unit of power equal to 100 watts
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 puissance du Système international (SI), valant 10² watts, et dont le symbole est hW.
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 hectowatt
- hectowatts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hectowatt?
- /ɛk.tɔ.wat/
- \ɛk.to.wat\
- [ɛk.to.wat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.