impuls

See also: Impuls

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [imˈpuls]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

impuls m (plural impulsos)

1. impulse

Related terms

• impel·lir
• impulsió
• impulsiu

Further reading

• “impuls”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “impuls”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “impuls” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impuls” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Noun

impuls c (singular definite impulsen, plural indefinite impulser)

1. impulse
2. (physics) momentum

Declension

Declension of impuls

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	impuls	impulsen	impulser	impulserne
genitive	impuls'	impulsens	impulsers	impulsernes

References

• “impuls” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

impuls

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpʏls/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʏls

Noun

impuls m (plural impulsen, diminutive impulsje n)

1. impulse
2. (physics) momentum (product of mass and velocity)
3. (physiology) nerve impulse

Derived terms

• impulsief

Descendants

• → Indonesian: impuls

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “impuls”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch impuls, from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪm.pʊls/
• Hyphenation: im‧puls

Noun

impuls (plural impuls-impuls)

1. (mechanics) momentum (product of mass and velocity)

   Synonyms: momentum, pusa

2. impulse:
   1. a thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels
   2. a wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action

Related terms

• impulsif
• impulsivitas

Further reading

• “impuls”, 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Noun

impuls m (definite singular impulsen, indefinite plural impulser, definite plural impulsene)

1. an impulse

References

• “impuls” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Noun

impuls m (definite singular impulsen, indefinite plural impulsar, definite plural impulsane)

1. an impulse

References

• “impuls” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

impuls

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.puls/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -impuls
• Syllabification: im‧puls

Noun

impuls m inan

1. impulse

Declension

Declension of impuls

	singular	plural
nominative	impuls	impulsy
genitive	impulsu	impulsów
dative	impulsowi	impulsom
accusative	impuls	impulsy
instrumental	impulsem	impulsami
locative	impulsie	impulsach
vocative	impulsie	impulsy

Further reading

• impuls in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• impuls in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Noun

impuls n (plural impulsuri)

1. impulse

Related terms

• impulsiv

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐmpuls/
• Hyphenation: im‧puls

Noun

ìmpuls m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпулс)

1. impulse
2. momentum, impetus

Declension

Declension of impuls

	singular	plural
nominative	impuls	impulsi
genitive	impulsa	impulsa
dative	impulsu	impulsima
accusative	impuls	impulse
vocative	impulse	impulsi
locative	impulsu	impulsima
instrumental	impulsom	impulsima

Swedish

Noun

impuls c

1. an impulse (sudden urge)

   göra något på impuls

   do something on impulse

   undertrycka en impuls

   hold back an impulse

2. an impulse, an impetus (something that impels, often of something abstract)
3. an electrical impulse

   nervimpuls

   nerve impulse

4. (physics) impulse

Declension

Declension of impuls

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	impuls	impuls
	definite	impulsen	impulsens
plural	indefinite	impulser	impulsers
	definite	impulserna	impulsernas

Related terms

• impulsiv

See also

• ingivelse

References

• impuls in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• impuls in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• impuls in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)