Phrase guide

wind farm

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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndfɑːm/
  • General-American: /ˈwɪndˌfɑɹm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A collection of wind turbines, especially a large-scale array, used to generate electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wind park, wind power plant, wind power station

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wind park, wind energy facility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power station, power plant, powerhouse

History

Etymology

From wind + farm, from the idea that the wind turbines are “farming” the wind to produce electricity.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: windplass — collection of wind turbines
  • Arabic: مزرعة ريحية — collection of wind turbines
  • Armenian: հողմակայան (hoġmakayan) — collection of wind turbines
  • Azerbaijani: külək elektrik stansiyası — collection of wind turbines
  • Basque: haize-parke — collection of wind turbines
  • Catalan: parc eòlic — collection of wind turbines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風力發電廠 /风力发电厂 (fēnglìfādiànchǎng) — collection of wind turbines
  • Czech: větrná farma — collection of wind turbines
  • Danish: vindmøllepark — collection of wind turbines
  • Dutch: windmolenpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Dutch: windpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Esperanto: ventoparko — collection of wind turbines
  • Estonian: tuulepark — collection of wind turbines
  • Finnish: tuulipuisto — collection of wind turbines
  • French: ferme éolienne — collection of wind turbines
  • French: centrale éolienne — collection of wind turbines
  • French: parc éolien — collection of wind turbines
  • North Frisian: winjpark — collection of wind turbines
  • West-Frisian: wynmolepark — collection of wind turbines
  • West-Frisian: wynmûnepark — collection of wind turbines
  • West-Frisian: wynpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Galician: parque eólico — collection of wind turbines
  • Georgian: ქარის ელექტროსადგური (karis elekṭrosadguri) — collection of wind turbines
  • Georgian: ქარის ტურბინების პარკი (karis ṭurbinebis ṗarḳi) — collection of wind turbines
  • German: Windpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Greek: αιολικό πάρκο (aiolikó párko) — collection of wind turbines
  • Hungarian: szélfarm — collection of wind turbines
  • Hungarian: szélpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Indonesian: ladang angin — collection of wind turbines
  • Irish: feirm ghaoithe — collection of wind turbines
  • Italian: parco eolico — collection of wind turbines
  • Japanese: ウィンドファーム — collection of wind turbines
  • Japanese: 集合型風力発電所 (shūgōkatafūryokuhatsudensho) — collection of wind turbines
  • Kazakh: жел электр станциясы (jel élektr stansiäsy) — collection of wind turbines
  • Kazakh: жел паркі (jel parkı) — collection of wind turbines
  • Lithuanian: vėjo jėgainių parkas — collection of wind turbines
  • Macedonian: ветроелектрана (vetroelektrana) — collection of wind turbines
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vindpark — collection of wind turbines
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindkraftverk — collection of wind turbines
  • Persian: نیروگاه بادی — collection of wind turbines
  • Polish: elektrownia wiatrowa — collection of wind turbines
  • Polish: farma wiatrowa — collection of wind turbines
  • Polish: wiatrówka — collection of wind turbines
  • Portuguese: parque eólico — collection of wind turbines
  • Romanian: parc eolian — collection of wind turbines
  • Russian: ветроэлектроста́нция (vetroelektrostáncija) — collection of wind turbines
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuathanas-gaoithe — collection of wind turbines
  • Serbo-Croatian: вјетроелектра̀на — collection of wind turbines
  • Serbo-Croatian: vjetroelektràna — collection of wind turbines
  • Sinhalese: සුළං විදුලි බල උද්යාන (suḷaṁ widuli bala udyāna) — collection of wind turbines
  • Slovene: vetrna elektrarna — collection of wind turbines
  • Spanish: parque eólico — collection of wind turbines
  • Swedish: vindkraftspark — collection of wind turbines
  • Tamil: காற்றாடி (kāṟṟāṭi) — collection of wind turbines
  • Thai: ฟาร์มกังหันลม — collection of wind turbines
  • Turkish: rüzgâr çiftliği — collection of wind turbines
  • Ukrainian: вітряна електростанція (vitrjana elektrostancija) — collection of wind turbines
  • Ukrainian: вітроелектростанція (vitroelektrostancija) — collection of wind turbines
  • Vietnamese: trang trại gió — collection of wind turbines
  • Walloon: tourniketreye — collection of wind turbines
  • Walloon: zonigne d' olyinnes — collection of wind turbines
  • Welsh: fferm wynt — collection of wind turbines