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water turbine

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A device that converts the energy of moving water, usually at a dam into rotary motion, usually used to make electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterturbine — device
  • Arabic: عنفة مائية — device
  • Armenian: հիդրավլիկական տուրբին (hidravlikakan turbin) — device
  • Basque: turbina hidrauliko — device
  • Bulgarian: водна турбина (vodna turbina) — device
  • Catalan: turbina d'aigua — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水輪機 /水轮机 (shuǐlúnjī) — device
  • Czech: vodní turbína — device
  • Dutch: hydraulische turbine — device
  • Estonian: hüdroturbiin — device
  • Finnish: vesiturbiini — device
  • French: turbine hydraulique — device
  • German: Wasserturbine — device
  • Hindi: जल टरबाइन (jal ṭarbāin) — device
  • Hungarian: vízturbina — device
  • Icelandic: vatnshverfill — device
  • Indonesian: turbin air — device
  • Italian: turbina idraulica — device
  • Japanese: 発電用水車 — device
  • Kazakh: гидравликалық турбина (gidravlikalyq turbina) — device
  • Korean: 물터빈 (multeobin) — device
  • Lithuanian: vandens turbina — device
  • Norwegian: vannturbin — device
  • Polish: turbina wodna — device
  • Portuguese: turbina hidráulica — device
  • Romanian: turbină hidraulică — device
  • Russian: гидравли́ческая турби́на (gidravlíčeskaja turbína) — device
  • Russian: гидротурби́на (gidroturbína) — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodna turbina — device
  • Slovene: vodna turbina — device
  • Spanish: turbina hidráulica — device
  • Swedish: vattenturbin — device
  • Ukrainian: гідравлічна турбіна (hidravlična turbina) — device
  • Uzbek: gidravlik turbina — device
  • Vietnamese: tuốc bin nước — device