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Dictionary: j1 or J () pronunciation
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).]


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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.


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Abbreviation for Associate Judge or Justice.

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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