different between ohm vs ohu

English

Etymology

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. A German surname, first recorded in the 12th century, from German Ohm (“uncle”), from a Proto-Germanic word. Compare Dutch oom (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o?m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

ohm (plural ohms)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: ?

Translations

Anagrams

• HMO, MOH, mho, moh

Czech

Noun

ohm m

1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)

Further reading

• ohm in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• ohm in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms, diminutive ohmpje n)

1. ohm

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /om/
• Homophone: heaume (but aspirated h)

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

1. ohm

Further reading

• “ohm” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Noun

ohm m (plural [please provide])

1. ohm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?m/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophones: om, óm

Noun

ohm m (definite singular ohmen, indefinite plural ohm, definite plural ohmane)

1. ohm

References

• “ohm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• hom

Polish

Alternative forms

• om

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m/

Noun

ohm m inan

1. (uncommon) ohm

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm. See German Ohm.

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

1. ohm (the derived unit of electrical resistance)

Romanian

Etymology

From French ohm.

Noun

ohm m (plural ohmi)

1. ohm

Declension

Spanish

Noun

ohm m (plural ohms)

1. Alternative form of ohmio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori [Term?].

Noun

ohu (plural ohus or ohu)

1. (New Zealand, historical) A kind of rural commune established in New Zealand under a government scheme of the mid-1970s.

Anagrams

• HOU, Hou, Huo

Calamian Tagbanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu/

Alternative forms

• ??? (ohu)

Noun

ohu

1. dog (animal)

Estonian

Noun

ohu

1. genitive singular of oht