electrify

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• /ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 L EH1 K T R AH0 F AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 English -fy English electrify From electric + -fy.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَهْرَبَ (kahraba) — to communicate electricity to
• Catalan: electrificar — to communicate electricity to
• French: électrifier — to communicate electricity to
• French: électriser — to communicate electricity to
• Galician: electrificar — to communicate electricity to
• German: elektrifizieren — to communicate electricity to
• Greek: ηλεκτρίζω (ilektrízo) — to communicate electricity to
• Icelandic: rafvæða — to communicate electricity to
• Ido: elektrizar — to communicate electricity to
• Italian: elettrificare — to communicate electricity to
• Māori: whakahiko — to communicate electricity to
• Portuguese: eletrificar — to communicate electricity to
• Russian: электрифици́ровать (elektrificírovatʹ) — to communicate electricity to
• Spanish: electrificar — to communicate electricity to
• Swedish: elektrifiera — to communicate electricity to
• Swedish: elektrificera — to communicate electricity to
• Swedish: ladda — to communicate electricity to
• Welsh: trydanu — to communicate electricity to
• Catalan: electrificar — to cause electricity to pass through
• French: électrifier — to cause electricity to pass through
• French: électriser — to cause electricity to pass through
• Galician: electrificar — to cause electricity to pass through
• German: elektrifizieren — to cause electricity to pass through
• Greek: ηλεκτρίζω (ilektrízo) — to cause electricity to pass through
• Ido: elektrizar — to cause electricity to pass through
• Italian: elettrificare — to cause electricity to pass through
• Māori: whakahiko — to cause electricity to pass through
• Portuguese: eletrificar — to cause electricity to pass through
• Portuguese: eletrizar — to cause electricity to pass through
• Russian: электризова́ть (elektrizovátʹ) — to cause electricity to pass through
• Russian: наэлектризова́ть (naelektrizovátʹ) — to cause electricity to pass through
• Spanish: electrificar — to cause electricity to pass through
• Swedish: elektrifiera — to cause electricity to pass through
• Swedish: elektrificera — to cause electricity to pass through
• Swedish: strömsätta — to cause electricity to pass through
• Welsh: trydanu — to cause electricity to pass through
• Arabic: كَهْرَبَ (kahraba) — to adapt for electric power
• Belarusian: электрыфікава́ць (eljektryfikavácʹ) — to adapt for electric power
• Catalan: electrificar — to adapt for electric power
• Chinese Mandarin: 電氣化 /电气化 (diànqìhuà) — to adapt for electric power
• Esperanto: elektrizi — to adapt for electric power
• French: électrifier — to adapt for electric power
• Galician: electrificar — to adapt for electric power
• German: elektrifizieren — to adapt for electric power
• Italian: elettrificare — to adapt for electric power
• Kazakh: электрлендіру (élektrlendıru) — to adapt for electric power
• Polish: elektryfikować — to adapt for electric power
• Polish: zelektryfikować — to adapt for electric power
• Portuguese: eletrificar — to adapt for electric power
• Russian: электрифици́ровать (elektrificírovatʹ) — to adapt for electric power
• Spanish: electrificar — to adapt for electric power
• Swedish: elektrifiera — to adapt for electric power
• Swedish: elektrificera — to adapt for electric power
• Ukrainian: електрифікува́ти (elektryfikuváty) — to adapt for electric power
• Catalan: electritzar — to excite suddenly and violently
• French: électriser — to excite suddenly and violently
• French: exciter — to excite suddenly and violently
• German: elektrisieren — to excite suddenly and violently
• Greek: ηλεκτρίζω (ilektrízo) — to excite suddenly and violently
• Portuguese: eletrizar — to excite suddenly and violently
• Spanish: electrizar — to excite suddenly and violently
• Swedish: elektrisera — to excite suddenly and violently
• Swedish: entusiasmera — to excite suddenly and violently
• Portuguese: eletrizar — to become electric