coulomb

From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.lɒm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈku.lɑm/, /ˈku.loʊm/

coulomb (plural coulombs)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C

   He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.

• columbo

From French coulomb.

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

   Synonym: culombiu

Borrowed from French coulomb.

• IPA^(key): /kulom/ [ku.lõm], /kulomb/ [ku.lõmb]
• Rhymes: -ulom, -om, -ulomb, -omb

coulomb inan

1. coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

• “coulomb”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Borrowed from French coulomb.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulomp]
• Hyphenation: cou‧lomb

coulomb m inan

1. coulomb (unit of electric charge)

From French coulomb, from Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlɔm(p)/, [kuˈlɔ̃m(p)], [kuˈlɔm(p)]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cou‧lomb
• Rhymes: -ɔm, -ɔmp

coulomb m (plural coulombs, no diminutive)

1. coulomb (unit of electric charge)

• Coulombinteractie

From the French physicist Charles-Augustin Coulomb.

• IPA^(key): /ku.lɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb

• “coulomb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Unadapted borrowing from French coulomb.

coulomb (plural coulomb-coulomb)

1. (physics) coulomb: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C

• “coulomb”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Unadapted borrowing from English coulomb.

coulomb m (invariable)

1. coulomb

• Columbo

Borrowed from French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

• Audio:

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coulomb m (definite singular coulomben, indefinite plural coulomb, definite plural coulombene)

1. coulomb

• “coulomb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “coulomb” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

3=coulomb
4=coulombane

coulomb m (plural coulomben)

1. coulomb

• “coulomb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from French coulomb.

coulomb m (plural coulombs)

1. coulomb (unit of electrical charge)

• “coulomb”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “coulomb”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French coulomb.

coulomb m (plural coulombi)

1. coulomb

Borrowed from French coulomb.

coulomb m (plural coulomb)

1. coulomb

   Synonym: culombio

• “coulomb”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025