Phrase guide

solar cell

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A semiconductor device that converts the radiant energy of sunlight into electrical energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: photovoltaic cell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cell, electric cell

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sonsel — semiconductor device
  • Armenian: ֆոտոէլեմենտ (fotoēlement) — semiconductor device
  • Azerbaijani: günəş batareyası — semiconductor device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽能電池 /太阳能电池 (tàiyángnéng diànchí) — semiconductor device
  • Dutch: zonnecel — semiconductor device
  • Esperanto: sunĉelo — semiconductor device
  • Estonian: päikeseelement — semiconductor device
  • Finnish: aurinkokenno — semiconductor device
  • French: cellule photovoltaïque — semiconductor device
  • French: cellule solaire — semiconductor device
  • Georgian: ფოტოელემენტი (poṭoelemenṭi) — semiconductor device
  • German: Solarzelle — semiconductor device
  • Italian: cella solare — semiconductor device
  • Japanese: 太陽電池 (taiyō denchi) — semiconductor device
  • Kazakh: фотоэлемент (fotoélement) — semiconductor device
  • Korean: 태양전지 (taeyangjeonji) — semiconductor device
  • Macedonian: сончева плоча (sončeva ploča) — semiconductor device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solcelle — semiconductor device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solcelle — semiconductor device
  • Persian: سلول خورشیدی — semiconductor device
  • Polish: ogniwo słoneczne — semiconductor device
  • Portuguese: célula solar — semiconductor device
  • Romanian: celulă solară — semiconductor device
  • Russian: фотоэле́мент (fotoelément) — semiconductor device
  • Slovak: fotovoltický článok — semiconductor device
  • Slovene: sončna celica — semiconductor device
  • Spanish: célula solar — semiconductor device
  • Spanish: célula fotoeléctrica — semiconductor device
  • Swedish: solcell — semiconductor device
  • Turkish: güneş pili — semiconductor device
  • Ukrainian: фотоелемент (fotoelement) — semiconductor device
  • Uzbek: fotoelement — semiconductor device