Word.ws English Dictionary

joules

/d͡ʒuːlz/

joules is the plural of joule.

Meaning of joule

Noun

joule (plural joules)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt-second (one watt of power acting for a duration of one second).

See all 2 meanings of joule

Words that rhyme with joules

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about joules

What is joules the plural of?
Joules is the plural of joule.
How do you pronounce joules?
Joules is pronounced /d͡ʒuːlz/.

Words near joules in the dictionary

  1. Joule-Thomson expansions
  2. Joulean heat
  3. jouled
  4. joulemeter
  5. joulemeters
  6. joules
  7. jouling
  8. jouls
  9. Joulwan
  10. Joulwans
  11. Joumana

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: joules (page history and authors); joule (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-joules.wav.

Cite this entry: “joules.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/joules. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.