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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
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• General-American: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/
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• General-American: /əˈlɛktɹɪk/
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• General-American: /iˈlɛktɹɪk/
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First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense electrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: elektries — electrical
• Albanian: elektrik — electrical
• Amharic: ኤሌክትሪክ (ʾelektərik) — electrical
• Arabic: كَهْرَبَائِيّ (kahrabāʔiyy) — electrical
• Arabic: كَهْرُبَائِيّ (kahrubāʔiyy) — electrical
• Arabic: كَهْرَبِيّ (kahrabiyy) — electrical
• Armenian: էլեկտրական (ēlektrakan) — electrical
• Asturian: llétricu — electrical
• Azerbaijani: elektrik — electrical
• Belarusian: электры́чны (eljektrýčny) — electrical
• Belarusian: электра- (eljektra-) — electrical
• Bengali: বৈদ্যুতিক (bōiddutik) — electrical
• Bulgarian: електри́чески (elektríčeski) — electrical
• Bulgarian: то́ков (tókov) — electrical
• Burmese: လျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ် (hlyapcacdhat) — electrical
• Burmese: လျှပ်စစ် (hlyapcac) — electrical
• Catalan: elèctric — electrical
• Chinese Cantonese: 電動 /电动 — electrical
• Chinese Cantonese: 電氣 /电气 (din6 hei3) — electrical
• Chinese Mandarin: 電動 /电动 (diàndòng) — electrical
• Chinese Mandarin: 電氣 /电气 (diànqì) — electrical
• Cornish: tredanek — electrical
• Czech: elektrický — electrical
• Danish: elektrisk — electrical
• Dutch: elektrisch — electrical
• Esperanto: elektra — electrical
• Estonian: elektriline — electrical
• Estonian: elektri- — electrical
• Finnish: sähköinen — electrical
• Finnish: sähkö- — electrical
• French: électrique — electrical
• Galician: eléctrico — electrical
• Georgian: ელექტრული (elekṭruli) — electrical
• Georgian: ელექტრო- (elekṭro-) — electrical
• German: elektrisch — electrical
• Greek: ηλεκτρικός (ilektrikós) — electrical
• Hebrew: חַשְׁמַלִּי (khashmalí) — electrical
• Hindi: विद्युतीय (vidyutīya) — electrical
• Hindi: इलेक्ट्रिक (ilekṭrik) — electrical
• Hungarian: elektromos — electrical
• Hungarian: villamos — electrical
• Hungarian: villany- — electrical
• Icelandic: rafmagnaður — electrical
• Icelandic: raf- — electrical
• Indonesian: listrik — electrical
• Indonesian: elektris — electrical
• Irish: leictreach — electrical
• Italian: elettrico — electrical
• Japanese: 電動の (dendō no) — electrical
• Japanese: 電気的な (denkiteki na) — electrical
• Japanese: エレクトリックの (erekutorikku no) — electrical
• Kazakh: электрлі (élektrlı) — electrical
• Kazakh: электрлік (élektrlık) — electrical
• Khmer: អគ្គិសនី (ʼakkisaʼnii) — electrical
• Khmer: ភ្លើង (phləəng) — electrical
• Korean: 전기(電氣)의 (jeon'gi-ui) — electrical
• Korean: 전동(電動)의 (jeondong-ui) — electrical
• Korean: 전기적(電氣的)인 (jeon'gijeogin) — electrical
• Korean: 일렉트릭의 (illekteurig-ui) — electrical
• Northern Kurdish: elektrîk — electrical
• Kyrgyz: электр (elektr) — electrical
• Lao: ໄຟຟ້າ (fai fā) — electrical
• Latin: electricus — electrical
• Latvian: elektrisks — electrical
• Lithuanian: elektrinis — electrical
• Macedonian: електричен (električen) — electrical
• Malay: elektrik — electrical
• Māori: hiko — electrical
• Māori: uira — electrical
• Mongolian: цахилгааны (caxilgaany) — electrical
• Norman: électrique — electrical
• Norman: êlectrique — electrical
• Norwegian Bokmål: elektrisk — electrical
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elektrisk — electrical
• Occitan: electric — electrical
• Papiamentu: electrical — electrical
• Pashto: برقي (barqī) — electrical
• Pashto: برېښنايي (brex̌nāyi) — electrical
• Dari: بَرْقِی (barqī) — electrical
• Iranian Persian: بَرْقی (barġi) — electrical
• Iranian Persian: اِلِکْتْریکی (elektriki) — electrical
• Plautdietsch: ellektrisch — electrical
• Polish: elektryczny — electrical
• Portuguese: elétrico — electrical
• Portuguese: eletrificado — electrical
• Romanian: electric — electrical
• Romanian: de curent — electrical
• Russian: электри́ческий (elektríčeskij) — electrical
• Russian: электро- (elektro-) — electrical
• Scots: electrical — electrical
• Serbo-Croatian: елѐктричнӣ — electrical
• Serbo-Croatian: elèktričnī — electrical
• Sicilian: ilèttricu — electrical
• Slovak: elektrický — electrical
• Slovene: električen — electrical
• Spanish: eléctrico — electrical
• Swedish: elektrisk — electrical
• Tagalog: elektriko — electrical
• Tagalog: dagitbin — electrical
• Tajik: барқӣ (barqi) — electrical
• Tajik: электрикӣ (elektriki) — electrical
• Tamil: மின் (miṉ) — electrical
• Tamil: எலெக்ட்ரிக் (elekṭrik) — electrical
• Tatar: электр (elektr) — electrical
• Thai: ไฟฟ้า (fai-fáa) — electrical
• Turkish: elektrikli — electrical
• Turkish: elektriksel — electrical
• Turkmen: elektrikli — electrical
• Ukrainian: електри́чний (elektrýčnyj) — electrical
• Ukrainian: електро- (elektro-) — electrical
• Urdu: بَرْقی (barqī) — electrical
• Urdu: اِلیکْٹْرِک (ilekṭrik) — electrical
• Uyghur: ئېلېكترلىك (ëlëktrlik) — electrical
• Uzbek: elektrik — electrical
• Uzbek: elektr — electrical
• Vietnamese: điện — electrical
• Vietnamese: điện khí — electrical
• Yiddish: עלעקטריש (elektrish) — electrical
• Armenian: էլեկտրական (ēlektrakan) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Bulgarian: електри́чески (elektríčeski) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Bulgarian: електро́нен (elektrónen) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Cornish: tredanek — electronic (musical instrument)
• Finnish: sähkö- — electronic (musical instrument)
• French: électrique — electronic (musical instrument)
• Galician: eléctrico — electronic (musical instrument)
• Galician: eléctrica — electronic (musical instrument)
• German: elektronisch — electronic (musical instrument)
• German: elektrisch — electronic (musical instrument)
• Greek: ηλεκτρικός (ilektrikós) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Hungarian: elektromos — electronic (musical instrument)
• Italian: elettronico — electronic (musical instrument)
• Japanese: 電気的な (denkiteki na) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Korean: 전기적(電氣的)인 (jeon'gijeogin) — electronic (musical instrument)
• Lithuanian: elektroninis — electronic (musical instrument)
• Portuguese: elétrico — electronic (musical instrument)
• Romanian: electric — electronic (musical instrument)
• Romanian: electronic — electronic (musical instrument)
• Spanish: eléctrico — electronic (musical instrument)
• Spanish: electrónico — electronic (musical instrument)
• Swedish: elektrisk — electronic (musical instrument)
• Swedish: el- — electronic (musical instrument)
• Tagalog: de-koryente — electronic (musical instrument)
• Turkish: elektrikli — electronic (musical instrument)
• Turkish: elektrik — electronic (musical instrument)
• Turkish: elektro- — electronic (musical instrument)
• Bulgarian: наелектризи́ращ (naelektrizírašt) — emotionally thrilling
• Finnish: jännittävä — emotionally thrilling
• Finnish: sähköistävä — emotionally thrilling
• Galician: electrizante — emotionally thrilling
• German: elektrisierend — emotionally thrilling
• Hungarian: felvillanyozó — emotionally thrilling
• Hungarian: borzongató — emotionally thrilling
• Hungarian: izgalmas — emotionally thrilling
• Hungarian: lázba hozó — emotionally thrilling
• Japanese: シビレる (shibireru) — emotionally thrilling
• Iranian Persian: پُرْهَیَجان (porhayajân) — emotionally thrilling
• Portuguese: eletrizante — emotionally thrilling
• Spanish: electrizante — emotionally thrilling
• Bulgarian: електри́чка (elektríčka) — electric car
• Danish: elbil — electric car
• Finnish: sähköauto — electric car
• French: voiture électrique — electric car
• Galician: coche eléctrico — electric car
• German: Elektro-Auto — electric car
• Japanese: 電気自動車 (denki-jidōsha) — electric car
• Norwegian Bokmål: elbil — electric car
• Persian: ماشین برقی (mâšin-e barqi) — electric car
• Romanian: automobil electric — electric car
• Spanish: coche eléctrico — electric car
• Swedish: elbil — electric car