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siemens

French, noun/si.mɛns/

siemens is a French masculine noun meaning “siemens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de conductance électrique du Système international, qui est l’inverse d’un ohm. Le symbole …”.

What does siemens mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesiemens

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 conductance électrique du Système international, qui est l’inverse d’un ohm. Le symbole : S.

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.

How do you pronounce siemens?

  • /si.mɛns/
  • \si.mɛns\
  • \sje.mɛ̃s\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to siemens

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is siemens in French?

siemens appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).