electricity

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English electricity From electric + -ity.

272 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: elektrisiteit — form of energy
• Alabama: apala — form of energy
• Albanian: elektricitet — form of energy
• Amharic: ኤሌክትሪክ (ʾelektərik) — form of energy
• Amharic: ኮረንቲ (koränti) — form of energy
• Arabic: كَهْرَبَاء (kahrabāʔ) — form of energy
• Arabic: كَهْرُبَاء (kahrubāʔ) — form of energy
• Aragonese: electrecidat — form of energy
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܸܪܩܵܐ (birqa) — form of energy
• Armenian: էլեկտրականություն (ēlektrakanutʻyun) — form of energy
• Assamese: বিজুলী (bizuli) — form of energy
• Asturian: lletricidá — form of energy
• Azerbaijani: elektrik — form of energy
• Azerbaijani: işıq — form of energy
• Azerbaijani: bərq — form of energy
• South Azerbaijani: كهربايى (kahrubai) — form of energy
• Basque: elektrizitate — form of energy
• Basque: argindar — form of energy
• Belarusian: электры́чнасць (eljektrýčnascʹ) — form of energy
• Belarusian: электры́чнасьць (eljektrýčnasʹcʹ) — form of energy
• Belarusian: эле́ктрыка (eljéktryka) — form of energy
• Bengali: বিজলী (bijoli) — form of energy
• Breton: tredan — form of energy
• Bulgarian: електри́чество (elektríčestvo) — form of energy
• Burmese: လျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ် (hlyapcacdhat) — form of energy
• Burmese: မီး (mi:) — form of energy
• Burmese: လျှပ်စစ် (hlyapcac) — form of energy
• Buryat: сахилгаан (saxilgaan) — form of energy
• Catalan: electricitat — form of energy
• Cebuano: dagitab — form of energy
• Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ (anagalisgi) — form of energy
• Cheyenne: nonoma'ého'ota — form of energy
• Chichewa: magetsi — form of energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 電 /电 (din6) — form of energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 電氣 /电气 (din6 hei3) — form of energy
• Chinese: дянгуон (dianguon) — form of energy
• Chinese: дян (dian) — form of energy
• Chinese: 電氣 /电气 (tiān-khì) — form of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 電 /电 (diàn) — form of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 電氣 /电气 (diànqì) — form of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 電能 /电能 (diànnéng) — form of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 電力 /电力 (diànlì) — form of energy
• Chuukese: fifi — form of energy
• Cornish: tredan — form of energy
• Cree: ᐘᐢᑯᒉᐸᔨᐢ (waskocepayis) — form of energy
• Czech: elektřina — form of energy
• Danish: elektricitet — form of energy
• Danish: el — form of energy
• Dogri: बिजली (bijlī) — form of energy
• Dutch: elektriciteit — form of energy
• Dutch: stroom — form of energy
• Dzongkha: གློག (glog) — form of energy
• Erzya: цитерь (citeŕ) — form of energy
• Esperanto: elektro — form of energy
• Estonian: elekter — form of energy
• Extremaduran: eletricidá — form of energy
• Faroese: ravmagn — form of energy
• Finnish: sähkö — form of energy
• French: électricité — form of energy
• North Frisian: struum — form of energy
• Fula: 𞤤𞤢𞤳𞤼𞤭𞤪𞤭𞥅𞤧𞤭 — form of energy
• Fula: laktiriisi — form of energy
• Galician: electricidade — form of energy
• Georgian: შუქი (šuki) — form of energy
• Georgian: დენი (deni) — form of energy
• Georgian: ელექტრობა (elekṭroba) — form of energy
• German: Elektrizität — form of energy
• Greek: ηλεκτρισμός (ilektrismós) — form of energy
• Greenlandic: elektriciteti — form of energy
• Greenlandic: innaallagiaq — form of energy
• Gujarati: વીજળી (vījaḷī) — form of energy
• Haitian Creole: elektrisite — form of energy
• Hausa: wuta — form of energy
• Hawaiian: uila — form of energy
• Hebrew: חַשְׁמַל (khashmál) — form of energy
• Hiligaynon: elektrisidad — form of energy
• Hiligaynon: kuryente — form of energy
• Hindi: बिजली (bijlī) — form of energy
• Hindi: विद्युत (vidyut) — form of energy
• Hindi: बर्क़ (barq) — form of energy
• White Hmong: faiv fab — form of energy
• Hungarian: elektromosság — form of energy
• Hungarian: villamosság — form of energy
• Icelandic: rafmagn — form of energy
• Ido: elektro — form of energy
• Indonesian: listrik — form of energy
• Ingrian: elektricestvo — form of energy
• Inuktitut: ᓴᕕᒐᐅᔭᖅ (saficaoyaq) — form of energy
• Inuttitut: ĸuatsânattuk — form of energy
• Irish: leictreachas — form of energy
• Irish: aibhléis — form of energy
• Italian: elettricità — form of energy
• Japanese: 電気 (denki) — form of energy
• Japanese: 電力 (denryoku) — form of energy
• Javanese: ꦏꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦶꦏꦤ꧀ (kalistrikan) — form of energy
• Kalmyk: цаклһан (tsaklğan) — form of energy
• Kamba: sitima — form of energy
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯುಚ್ಛಕ್ತಿ (vidyucchakti) — form of energy
• Kazakh: электр (élektr) — form of energy
• Khmer: ភ្លើង (phləəng) — form of energy
• Khmer: អគ្គិសនី (ʼakkisaʼnii) — form of energy
• Khmer: ហ្វៃហ្វា (vay vaa) — form of energy
• Kikuyu: thitima — form of energy
• Kis: sitima — form of energy
• Konkani: मिंचु (miñcu) — form of energy
• Konkani: वीज़ (vīj̈) — form of energy
• Korean: 전기 (jeon'gi) — form of energy
• Korean: 전력 (jeollyeok) — form of energy
• Central Kurdish: کارەبا (kareba) — form of energy
• Northern Kurdish: kareba — form of energy
• Northern Kurdish: elektrîk — form of energy
• Northern Kurdish: ceyran — form of energy
• Kyrgyz: электр (elektr) — form of energy
• Kyrgyz: электричество (elektricestvo) — form of energy
• Lakota: wakȟáŋgli — form of energy
• Lao: ໄຟຟ້າ (fai fā) — form of energy
• Latin: ēlectricitās — form of energy
• Latvian: elektrība — form of energy
• Laz: ელექთრიღი (elektriği) — form of energy
• Laz: ელეთრიღი (eletriği) — form of energy
• Lingala: lotilíki — form of energy
• Lithuanian: elektra — form of energy
• Lü: ᦺᦝᦝᦱᧉ (fayfaa2) — form of energy
• Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈ (ṫaen1) — form of energy
• Luhya: estima — form of energy
• Luo: stima — form of energy
• Luxembourgish: Elektrescht — form of energy
• Luxembourgish: Elektriztéit — form of energy
• Maasai: o-sitímà — form of energy
• Macedonian: струја (struja) — form of energy
• Maithili: बीजु (bīju) — form of energy
• Malagasy: aratra — form of energy
• Malagasy: elektrisite — form of energy
• Malay: kuasa elektrik — form of energy
• Malay: elektrik — form of energy
• Brunei Malay: karan — form of energy
• Brunei Malay: letrik — form of energy
• Malayalam: വൈദ്യുതി (vaidyuti) — form of energy
• Maltese: elettriċità — form of energy
• Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᠯᡴᡳᠶᠠᠨ (talkiyan) — form of energy
• Northern Mansi: на̄йпос (nājpos) — form of energy
• Māori: uira — form of energy
• Māori: hiko — form of energy
• Marathi: वीज (vīj) — form of energy
• Meru: thitima — form of energy
• Mirandese: eilatricidade — form of energy
• Mirandese: eiletracidade — form of energy
• Mokilese: lioal — form of energy
• Mongolian: цахилгаан (caxilgaan) — form of energy
• Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ (čaqilɣan) — form of energy
• Nahuatl: ikpitikayotl — form of energy
• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish — form of energy
• Southern Ndebele: igezi — form of energy
• Nepali: बिजुली (bijulī) — form of energy
• Norman: êlectricité — form of energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: elektrisitet — form of energy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elektrisitet — form of energy
• Nyah Kur: ฟัยฟาʔ — form of energy
• Occitan: electricitat — form of energy
• Ojibwe: ᐙᓴᒨᐐᓐ (waasamoowin) — form of energy
• Mezquital-Otomi: tsibi — form of energy
• Pashto: برېښنا (brex̌nā) — form of energy
• Pashto: برق (barq) — form of energy
• Dari: بَرْق (barq) — form of energy
• Iranian Persian: بَرْق (barġ) — form of energy
• Iranian Persian: اِلِکْتْریسیتِه (elektrisite) — form of energy
• Plautdietsch: Ellektrisität — form of energy
• Pohnpeian: lioal — form of energy
• Polish: elektryczność — form of energy
• Polish: prąd — form of energy
• Portuguese: eletricidade — form of energy
• Potawatomi: jigwé-shkodé — form of energy
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī) — form of energy
• Quechua: pinchikilla — form of energy
• Romanian: electricitate — form of energy
• Russian: электри́чество (elektríčestvo) — form of energy
• Samoan: uila — form of energy
• Sanskrit: विद्युत (vidyuta) — form of energy
• Scottish Gaelic: dealan — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: стру́ја — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: електрицѝте̄т — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: му̀њина — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: strúja — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: elektricìtēt — form of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: mùnjina — form of energy
• Shan: ၽႆးၽႃႉ (phái phâ̰a) — form of energy
• Shan: ၾႆးၾႃႉ (fái fâ̰a) — form of energy
• Sinhalese: විදුලිය (widuliya) — form of energy
• Sinhalese: විජූලිය (wijūliya) — form of energy
• Sinhalese: විද්යුතය (widyutaya) — form of energy
• Slovak: elektrina — form of energy
• Slovene: elektrika — form of energy
• Sotho: motlakase — form of energy
• Spanish: electricidad — form of energy
• Sranan Tongo: strowm — form of energy
• Swahili: umeme — form of energy
• Swazi: gezi — form of energy
• Swedish: el — form of energy
• Swedish: elektricitet — form of energy
• Tagalog: koryente — form of energy
• Tagalog: elektrisidad — form of energy
• Tagalog: dagitab — form of energy
• Tahitian: uira — form of energy
• Tajik: барқ (barq) — form of energy
• Tajik: электрик (elektrik) — form of energy
• Talysh: برق (barğ) — form of energy
• Tamil: மின்சாரம் (miṉcāram) — form of energy
• Tatar: электр (elektr) — form of energy
• Telugu: విద్యుత్తు (vidyuttu) — form of energy
• Thai: ไฟฟ้า (fai-fáa) — form of energy
• Northern Thai: ᨼᩱᨼ᩶ᩣ — form of energy
• Northern Thai: ᨲᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ — form of energy
• Thavung: พัยพา — form of energy
• Thavung: ฟัยฟา — form of energy
• Tibetan: གློག (glog) — form of energy
• Tlingit: kashóok' — form of energy
• Tongan: ʻuhila — form of energy
• Tumbuka: magesi — form of energy
• Turkish: cereyan — form of energy
• Turkish: elektrik — form of energy
• Turkmen: elektrik — form of energy
• Ukrainian: еле́ктрика (eléktryka) — form of energy
• Urdu: بِجْلی (bijlī) — form of energy
• Urdu: بَرْق (barq) — form of energy
• Uyghur: ئېلېكتر (ëlëktr) — form of energy
• Uzbek: elektr — form of energy
• Vietnamese: điện — form of energy
• Vietnamese: điện năng — form of energy
• Vietnamese: điện khí — form of energy
• Vietnamese: điện lực — form of energy
• Welsh: trydan — form of energy
• Wolof: mbëj — form of energy
• Xhosa: umbane — form of energy
• Yiddish: עלעקטריע (elektrye) — form of energy
• Yiddish: עלעקטרע (elektre) — form of energy
• Yoruba: ìlẹ́ńtíríkì — form of energy
• Yup'ik: kaluk — form of energy
• Zhuang: dienh — form of energy
• Zulu: ugesi — form of energy
• Finnish: sähköoppi — field of physical science and technology
• Portuguese: eletricidade — field of physical science and technology
• Tagalog: dagitban — field of physical science and technology
• Finnish: sähkö — excitement
• Portuguese: eletrização — excitement
• Belarusian: электраэне́ргія (eljektraenjérhija) — electrical power
• Belarusian: электраэнэ́ргія (eljektraenérhija) — electrical power
• Bulgarian: електроене́ргия (elektroenérgija) — electrical power
• Chinese Cantonese: 電力 /电力 (din6 lik6) — electrical power
• Chinese Mandarin: 電力 /电力 (diànlì) — electrical power
• Estonian: vool — electrical power
• Estonian: elektrivool — electrical power
• Finnish: sähkö — electrical power
• French: courant — electrical power
• German: Strom — electrical power
• Indonesian: setrum — electrical power
• Japanese: 電力 (denryoku) — electrical power
• Korean: 전력 (jeollyeok) — electrical power
• Māori: hiko — electrical power
• Iranian Persian: بَرْق (barġ) — electrical power
• Portuguese: eletricidade — electrical power
• Portuguese: luz — electrical power
• Russian: электроэне́ргия (elektroenɛ́rgija) — electrical power
• Russian: ток (tok) — electrical power
• Russian: электрото́к (elektrotók) — electrical power
• Swedish: el — electrical power
• Swedish: elektricitet — electrical power
• Tamil: மின்சாரம் (miṉcāram) — electrical power
• Telugu: కరెంటు (kareṇṭu) — electrical power
• Telugu: కరెంట్ (kareṇṭ) — electrical power
• Tibetan: གློག་ནུས (glog nus) — electrical power
• Ukrainian: електроене́ргія (elektroenérhija) — electrical power
• Vietnamese: điện lực — electrical power