How to pronounce gigawatt
Say it like GHIG-uh-waht. Gigawatt has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (GHIG).
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US American/ˈɡɪɡəˌwɑt/GHIG-uh-waht
UK BritishNo British transcription yet. The audio still plays in this accent.
- GHIG
- uh
- waht
- Main stress
- Lighter stress
- Unstressed
Gigawatt pronunciation, sound by sound
Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.
- GHIGSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.
- uhKeep this part quick and light. The vowel is the relaxed "uh" in about.
- wahtGive this part a little weight. The vowel is the "ah" in father.
What does gigawatt mean?
noun
- One thousand million (10⁹) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a midsize town or several small ones. (Consuming 1 gigawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 gigawatt-hour of energy.)“In the 2020s, the race for AI data centers has Big Tech searching for ways to add multiple gigawatts of additional grid capacity to a regional power grid.”
- The amount of data center capacity or amount of compute that this amount of power can provide under the current technological state of the art (PUE, clock speed, etc).“a gigawatt of compute”
Where does gigawatt come from?
From giga- + watt.
Questions about saying gigawatt
How do you pronounce gigawatt?
Say GHIG-uh-waht. The American pronunciation is /ˈɡɪɡəˌwɑt/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.
How many syllables are in gigawatt?
Gigawatt has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first one (GHIG). Broken into parts: GHIG · uh · waht.