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powerbank

noun · 1 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊ.əˌbæŋk/
  • General-American: /ˈpaʊ.əɹˌbæŋk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊə(ɹ)bæŋk

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noun

Meaning 1

A portable and chargeable battery device used to charge mobile phones and tablet computers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banqueder. English bank English powerbank From power + bank. First attested in the 1910s. Genericized trademark in the United Kingdom as PowerBank.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: външна батерия (vǎnšna baterija) — portable battery device
  • Bulgarian: преносима батерия (prenosima baterija) — portable battery device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 奶媽 /奶妈 (naai5 maa1) — portable battery device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 尿袋 — portable battery device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 隨叉 /随叉 (ceoi4 caa1) — portable battery device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 充電寶 /充电宝 (cung1 din6 bou2) — portable battery device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 充電寶 /充电宝 (chōngdiànbǎo) — portable battery device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行動充 /行动充 — portable battery device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行動電源 /行动电源 (xíngdòng diànyuán) — portable battery device
  • Czech: powerbanka — portable battery device
  • Danish: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Dutch: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Faroese: orkubanki — portable battery device
  • Finnish: varavirtalähde — portable battery device
  • Finnish: matka-akku — portable battery device
  • Finnish: virtapankki — portable battery device
  • French: batterie externe — portable battery device
  • Georgian: გარე კვების ბლოკი (gare ḳvebis bloḳi) — portable battery device
  • Georgian: გარე აკუმულატორი (gare aḳumulaṭori) — portable battery device
  • Georgian: გარე დამმუხტავი (gare dammuxṭavi) — portable battery device
  • Georgian: გარე დამტენი (gare damṭeni) — portable battery device
  • German: Stromspeicher — portable battery device
  • German: mobile Zusatzbatterie — portable battery device
  • Greek: αποθήκη ενέργειας (apothíki enérgeias) — portable battery device
  • Hungarian: hordozható töltő — portable battery device
  • Hungarian: külső akku/akkumulátor — portable battery device
  • Hungarian: vésztöltő — portable battery device
  • Indonesian: bank daya — portable battery device
  • Japanese: モバイルバッテリー (mobairu batterī) — portable battery device
  • Korean: 보조배터리 (bojobaeteori) — portable battery device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Polish: bank energii — portable battery device
  • Polish: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Russian: па̀уэрба́нк (pàuerbánk) — portable battery device
  • Russian: паверба́нк (paverbánk) — portable battery device
  • Russian: поверба́нк (poverbánk) — portable battery device
  • Spanish: cargador portátil — portable battery device
  • Spanish: batería externa — portable battery device
  • Spanish: batería portable — portable battery device
  • Swedish: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Turkish: powerbank — portable battery device
  • Turkish: taşınabilir şarj cihazı — portable battery device
  • Vietnamese: pin sạc dự phòng — portable battery device