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n., pl., j's, or J's, also js or Js.
  1. The tenth letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter j.
  3. The tenth in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter J.
  5. J The hypothetical traditional source of those portions of the Pentateuch in which God is referred to with the Tetragrammaton rather than as Elohim.

[Sense 5, from J(EHOVAH).]


J, 10th letter of the alphabet, a Western European medieval development of I, with which it was formerly quite interchangeable in writing. It is pronounced as a consonant in English and often as a y in other languages, as in the Hebrew hallelujah.


Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - j, bogstavet j, det tiende bogstav i alfabetet

2.
symb. - energi

3.
abbr. - j, joule, kalorie

abbr. - joule, dommer

Nederlands (Dutch)
J (Joule), rechter, boer (kaarten)

Français (French)
n. - J, j (dixième lettre de l'alphabet)
symb. - (Math) vecteur (le long de l'axe des y)

1.
abbr. - (abrév = Justice) Justice, (abrév = Judge) Juge, (abrév = Journal) journal, (abrév = Jack) valet (aux cartes)

2.
symb. - (Phys) Joule, (Élec) densité du courant

Deutsch (German)
n. - J (10. Buchstabe des Alphabets)
symb. - (Math) imaginäre Einheit

1.
abbr. - (Karten) Bube, Juni, Juli, Recht, Richter

2.
symb. - (Phys) Joule

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το δέκατο γράμμα του αγγλικού αλφαβήτου
abbr. - δικαστής
symb. - μονάδα έργου Joule

Italiano (Italian)
J, Joule

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
abbr. - jornal (m), juiz (m)
symb. - valete (m) (cartas de jogar), joule

Русский (Russian)
сигарета с марихуаной

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - décima letra del alfabeto inglés, objeto en forma de j

2.
symb. - (ingeniería y electrónica) cantidad imaginaria igual a la raíz cuadrada de menos uno

3.
abbr. - Joule o Julio

abbr. - Juez, Justicia, Joker

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - J
abbr. - joule, domare (Judge), domare (Justice)
symb. - den tionde i ordningen el. i en serie

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
焦耳

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 焦耳

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 영어 알파벳의 10번째 'J'

2.
symb. - current density(전류 밀도)

3.
abbr. - 에너지의 단위 '줄'

abbr. - journal(일지), justice(정의), judge(재판관)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジェー, J字形のもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عاشر حرف من الابجديه الانجلزيه (اختصار) يهودي, جول ( وحدة طاقه كهربائيه) (علامه) الرقم 1 عند الرومان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שופט, צדק‬
symb. - ‮עוצמת זרם (חשמל)‬
abbr. - ‮ג'אול (יחידת עבודה)‬
abbr. - ‮נסיך (בקלפים)‬


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