Phrase guide

kinetic energy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɪˈnɛtɪk ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi/
  • General-American: [khɪˈnɛɾɪk̥ ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Energetic fast-paced activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: K.E.

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mechanical energy

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kinetiese energie — energy from motion
  • Albanian: energjia kinetike — energy from motion
  • Arabic: طَاقَة حَرَكِيَّة — energy from motion
  • Armenian: կինետիկ էներգիա (kinetik ēnergia) — energy from motion
  • Asturian: enerxía cinético — energy from motion
  • Azerbaijani: kinetik enerji — energy from motion
  • Basque: energia zinetiko — energy from motion
  • Belarusian: кінетычная энергія (kinjetyčnaja enjerhija) — energy from motion
  • Bengali: গতিশক্তি (gotoiśokti) — energy from motion
  • Bulgarian: кинетична енергия (kinetična energija) — energy from motion
  • Catalan: energia cinètica — energy from motion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動能 /动能 (dòngnéng) — energy from motion
  • Chuvash: кинетикӑлла энерги (kinet̬ik̬ălla energi) — energy from motion
  • Czech: kinetická energie — energy from motion
  • Danish: kinetisk energi — energy from motion
  • Danish: bevægelsesenergi — energy from motion
  • Dutch: kinetische energie — energy from motion
  • Esperanto: kineta energio — energy from motion
  • Estonian: kineetiline energia — energy from motion
  • Finnish: liike-energia — energy from motion
  • Finnish: kineettinen energia — energy from motion
  • French: énergie cinétique — energy from motion
  • Galician: enerxía cinética — energy from motion
  • Georgian: კინეტიკური ენერგია (ḳineṭiḳuri energia) — energy from motion
  • German: kinetische Energie — energy from motion
  • Greek: κινητική ενέργεια (kinitikí enérgeia) — energy from motion
  • Haitian Creole: enèji sinetik — energy from motion
  • Hebrew: אנרגיה קינטית — energy from motion
  • Hindi: गतिज ऊर्जा (gatij ūrjā) — energy from motion
  • Hungarian: kinetikus energia — energy from motion
  • Hungarian: mozgási energia — energy from motion
  • Icelandic: hreyfiorka — energy from motion
  • Ido: cinetik energio — energy from motion
  • Indonesian: energi kinetik — energy from motion
  • Indonesian: tenaga gerak — energy from motion
  • Irish: fuinneamh cinéiteach — energy from motion
  • Italian: energia cinetica — energy from motion
  • Japanese: 運動エネルギー (undō enerugī) — energy from motion
  • Kannada: ಚಲನಶಕ್ತಿ (calanaśakti) — energy from motion
  • Kazakh: кинетикалық энергия (kinetikalyq énergiä) — energy from motion
  • Korean: 운동 에너지 (undong eneoji) — energy from motion
  • Latvian: kinētiskā enerģija — energy from motion
  • Lithuanian: kinetinė energija — energy from motion
  • Macedonian: кинетичка енергија (kinetička energija) — energy from motion
  • Malay: tenaga kinetik — energy from motion
  • Malayalam: ഗതികോർജ്ജം (gatikōṟjjaṁ) — energy from motion
  • Māori: pūngao neke — energy from motion
  • Marathi: गतिज ऊर्जा (gatij ūrjā) — energy from motion
  • Nepali: चाल शक्ति (cāl śakti) — energy from motion
  • Norwegian: kinetisk energi — energy from motion
  • Norwegian: bevegelsesenergi — energy from motion
  • Occitan: energia cinetica — energy from motion
  • Persian: انرژی جنبشی (enerži-ye jonbeši) — energy from motion
  • Persian: انرژی حرکی — energy from motion
  • Polish: energia kinetyczna — energy from motion
  • Portuguese: energia cinética — energy from motion
  • Punjabi: ਗਤਿਜ ਊਰਜਾ (gatij ūrajā) — energy from motion
  • Punjabi: کائینیٹک توانائی (kā'īneṭk toānā'ī) — energy from motion
  • Romanian: energie cinetică — energy from motion
  • Russian: кинети́ческая эне́ргия (kinɛtíčeskaja enɛ́rgija) — energy from motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: kinetička energija — energy from motion
  • Serbo-Croatian: кинетичка енергија — energy from motion
  • Sinhalese: චාලක ශක්තිය (cālaka śaktiya) — energy from motion
  • Slovak: kinetická energia — energy from motion
  • Slovene: kinetična energija — energy from motion
  • Spanish: energía cinética — energy from motion
  • Swahili: nishati mwendo — energy from motion
  • Swedish: rörelseenergi — energy from motion
  • Swedish: kinetisk energi — energy from motion
  • Tagalog: kilusing kusog — energy from motion
  • Tamil: இயக்க ஆற்றல் (iyakka āṟṟal) — energy from motion
  • Telugu: గతిశక్తి (gatiśakti) — energy from motion
  • Thai: พลังงานจลน์ (pá-lang-ngaan-jon) — energy from motion
  • Turkish: kinetik enerji — energy from motion
  • Ukrainian: кінетична енергія (kinetyčna enerhija) — energy from motion
  • Urdu: حرکی توانائی — energy from motion
  • Uzbek: kinetik energiya — energy from motion
  • Vietnamese: động năng — energy from motion
  • Welsh: egni cinetig — energy from motion