kilowattheure
French, noun/ki.lɔ.wa.tœʁ/
kilowattheure is spelled K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T-H-E-U-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilowattheure is a French masculine noun meaning “kilowatt-hour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure d’énergie, équivalant à une puissance d’un kilowatt agissant pendant une heure, soit 3,6…”.
What does kilowattheure mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekilowatt-hour
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 d’énergie, équivalant à une puissance d’un kilowatt agissant pendant une heure, soit 3,6 mégajoules. Le symbole est kWh.
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 kilowattheure
- kilowattheures plural
- kilowatt-heure
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kilowattheure?
- /ki.lɔ.wa.tœʁ/
- \ki.lo.wa.tœʁ\
- [ki.lo.wa.tœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kilowattheure in French?
kilowattheure appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).