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power cut

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: apagada — interruption in the supply of power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停電 /停电 (tíngdiàn) — interruption in the supply of power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斷電 /断电 (duàndiàn) — interruption in the supply of power
  • Danish: strømafbrydelse — interruption in the supply of power
  • French: compute de courant — interruption in the supply of power
  • German: Stromausfall — interruption in the supply of power
  • German: Stromunterbrechung — interruption in the supply of power
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strømbrudd — interruption in the supply of power
  • Russian: отключение электричества (otključenije električestva) — interruption in the supply of power
  • Russian: отключение питания (otključenije pitanija) — interruption in the supply of power
  • Scottish Gaelic: call cumhachd — interruption in the supply of power
  • Spanish: corte de electricidad — interruption in the supply of power
  • Spanish: apagón — interruption in the supply of power
  • Swedish: strömavbrott — interruption in the supply of power
  • Tamil: மின்வெட்டு (miṉveṭṭu) — interruption in the supply of power
  • Vietnamese: cắt điện — interruption in the supply of power