Phrase guide

power station

noun · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈpaʊə.steɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of power plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: power plant

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an electrical generating station

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: power plant, powerhouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: station

Narrower terms: wind farm, wind park, wind energy facility

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: central — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Albanian: central elektrik — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Albanian: elektranë — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة طَاقَة (maḥaṭṭat ṭāqa) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Armenian: էլեկտրակայան (ēlektrakayan) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Asturian: central llétrica — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Asturian: fábrica de lluz — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Azerbaijani: elektrik stansiyası — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Belarusian: электраста́нцыя (eljektrastáncyja) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Belarusian: электры́чная ста́нцыя (eljektrýčnaja stáncyja) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Bulgarian: електроцентра́ла (elektrocentrála) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Bulgarian: електри́ческа центра́ла (elektríčeska centrála) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Bulgarian: юзи́на (juzína) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Burmese: ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ (dhat-a:pe:cak-rum) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Catalan: central — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Catalan: central elèctrica — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電廠 /电厂 (din6 cong2) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Cantonese: 發電廠 /发电厂 (faat3 din6 cong2) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發電廠 /发电厂 (fādiànchǎng) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發電所 /发电所 (fādiànsuǒ) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發電站 /发电站 (fādiànzhàn) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電廠 /电厂 (diànchǎng) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Czech: elektrárna — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Danish: kraftværk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Danish: kraftstation — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Danish: elektricitetsværk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Danish: elværk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Dutch: energiecentrale — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Dutch: krachtcentrale — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Dutch: elektriciteitscentrale — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Esperanto: centralo — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Esperanto: elektrejo — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Estonian: elektrijaam — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Faroese: orkuverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Faroese: ravmagnsverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Finnish: voimalaitos — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Finnish: voimala — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • French: centrale électrique — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Georgian: ელექტროსადგური (elekṭrosadguri) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • German: Kraftwerk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • German: Elektrizitätswerk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Greek: ηλεκτροπαραγωγικός σταθμός (ilektroparagogikós stathmós) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Greenlandic: elektricitetiliorfik — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Greenlandic: elværki — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Greenlandic: nukissiorfik — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Hebrew: תחנת כוח \ תַּחֲנַת־כֹּחַ (takhanát-kóakh) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Hindi: बिजलीघर (bijlīghar) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Hungarian: erőmű — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Icelandic: rafstöð — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Icelandic: kraftverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Icelandic: orkuver — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Icelandic: virkjun — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Indonesian: pembangkit listrik — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Ingrian: elektrostantsia — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Irish: cumhachtstáisiún — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Irish: stáisiún cumhachta — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Italian: centrale elettrica — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Japanese: 発電所 (hatsudensho) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Kazakh: электрстанса (élektrstansa) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Khmer: រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី (roong cak ʼakkisaʼnii) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Korean: 발전소 (baljeonso) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Northern Kurdish: hêzgeh — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Kyrgyz: электр станциясы (elektr stantsiyası) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Lao: ໂຮງໄຟຟ້າ (hōng fai fā) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Latvian: elektrostacija — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Lithuanian: jėgainė — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Lithuanian: elektrinė — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Macedonian: еле́ктрична центра́ла (eléktrična centrála) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Macedonian: електра́на (elektrána) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Macedonian: електроцентра́ла (elektrocentrála) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Malay: stesen kuasa — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Malay: stesen janakuasa — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Māori: whare hiko — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Māori: punahiko — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан станц (caxilgaan stanc) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠼᠢ (čaqilɣan stanci) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Navajo: atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kraftverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kraftstasjon — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kraftverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kraftstasjon — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Pannonian Rusyn: електрарня (elektrarnja) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Pashto: د برېښنا دستګاه (də brex̌nā dəstgāh) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Pashto: د برېښنا سټېشن (də brex̌nā sṭešan) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Iranian Persian: نیروگاه (nirugâh) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Polish: elektrownia — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Portuguese: central eléctrica — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Portuguese: usina — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Romanian: centrală electrică — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Russian: электроста́нция (elektrostáncija) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: електра̀на — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektràna — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Silesian: sztrůmwerk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Slovak: elektráreň — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Slovene: elektrarna — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Spanish: central eléctrica — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Swedish: kraftverk — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Swedish: kraftstation — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Tajik: стантсияи электрикӣ (stantsiya-yi elektriki) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Tajik: нерӯгоҳ (nerügoh) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Tatar: электр станциясе (elektr stantsiyäse) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Thai: โรงไฟฟ้า (roong-fai-fáa) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Turkish: elektrik santrali — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Turkmen: elektrik stansiýasy — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Ukrainian: електроста́нція (elektrostáncija) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Ukrainian: електри́чна ста́нція (elektrýčna stáncija) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Ukrainian: електровня (elektrovnja) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Urdu: بِجْلی گَھر (bijlī ghar) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Uyghur: ئېلېكتر ئىستانىسى (ëlëktr istanisi) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Uzbek: elektr stansiyasi — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Vietnamese: trạm phát điện — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Vietnamese: nhà máy điện — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Yiddish: עלעקטרײַ (elektray) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Yiddish: קראַפֿטסטאַנציע (kraftstantsye) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced
  • Yiddish: עלעקטראָסטאַנציע (elektrostantsye) — an industrial complex where electricity is produced