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water power

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power.

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Usage: countable, usually

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noun

Meaning 3

The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterkrag — (uncountable) power from water
  • Albanian: hidroenergjia — (uncountable) power from water
  • Asturian: enerxía hidráulico — (uncountable) power from water
  • Azerbaijani: hidroelektrik enerji — (uncountable) power from water
  • Basque: energia hidrauliko — (uncountable) power from water
  • Belarusian: гідраэнергія (hidraenjerhija) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Burmese: ရေအား (rea:) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Catalan: energia hidràulica — (uncountable) power from water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水力 (shuǐlì) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Czech: vodní energie — (uncountable) power from water
  • Danish: vandkraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Dutch: waterkracht — (uncountable) power from water
  • Esperanto: akvoenergio — (uncountable) power from water
  • Estonian: hüdroenergia — (uncountable) power from water
  • Finnish: vesivoima — (uncountable) power from water
  • French: énergie hydraulique — (uncountable) power from water
  • Galician: enerxía hidráulica — (uncountable) power from water
  • Georgian: წყლის ენერგია (c̣q̇lis energia) — (uncountable) power from water
  • German: Wasserkraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Greek: υδραυλική ενέργεια (ydravlikí enérgeia) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Hebrew: אנרגיית מים — (uncountable) power from water
  • Hindi: जलशक्ति (jalśakti) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Hungarian: vízenergia — (uncountable) power from water
  • Icelandic: vatnsafl — (uncountable) power from water
  • Indonesian: tenaga air — (uncountable) power from water
  • Italian: energia idraulica — (uncountable) power from water
  • Japanese: 水力 — (uncountable) power from water
  • Korean: 수력 (suryeok) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Latvian: hidroenerģija — (uncountable) power from water
  • Lithuanian: hidroenergija — (uncountable) power from water
  • Macedonian: хидроенергија (hidroenergija) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannkraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vasskraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vasskraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Polish: energia wodna — (uncountable) power from water
  • Portuguese: energia hidráulica — (uncountable) power from water
  • Romanian: energie hidraulică — (uncountable) power from water
  • Russian: гидроэнергия (gidroenergija) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Serbo-Croatian: hidroenergija — (uncountable) power from water
  • Slovak: vodná energia — (uncountable) power from water
  • Slovene: vodna energija — (uncountable) power from water
  • Spanish: energía hidráulica — (uncountable) power from water
  • Swedish: vattenkraft — (uncountable) power from water
  • Tamil: நீர் ஆற்றல் (nīr āṟṟal) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Telugu: జలశక్తి (jalaśakti) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Thai: พลังงานน้ํา — (uncountable) power from water
  • Turkish: hidrolik güç — (uncountable) power from water
  • Ukrainian: гідроенергія (hidroenerhija) — (uncountable) power from water
  • Vietnamese: thủy năng — (uncountable) power from water
  • Welsh: egni hydro — (uncountable) power from water
  • Finnish: vesivoimalaitos — (countable) site or right
  • Polish: źródło energii wodnej — (countable) site or right