Phrase guide

wind turbine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device for converting wind power into electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wind generator

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a turbine that is driven by the wind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turbine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հողմաշարժիչ (hoġmašaržičʻ) — device
  • Belarusian: ветрагенератар (vjetrahjenjeratar) — device
  • Belarusian: вятрак (vjatrak) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風力發電機 /风力发电机 (fēnglì fādiànjī) — device
  • Danish: vindmølle — device
  • Dutch: windturbine — device
  • Esperanto: ventoturbino — device
  • Estonian: tuulegeneraator — device
  • Finnish: tuuliturbiini — device
  • French: éolienne — device
  • Fula: 𞤧𞤫𞤯𞤢 𞤸𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤵 — device
  • Fula: seɗa hendu — device
  • Galician: aeroxerador — device
  • Galician: muíño de vento — device
  • Galician: muíño eólico — device
  • Georgian: ქარის ტურბინა (karis ṭurbina) — device
  • German: Windkraftanlage — device
  • German: Windenergieanlage — device
  • German: Windrad — device
  • German: Windanlage — device
  • German: Windturbine — device
  • Greek: ανεμογεννήτρια (anemogennítria) — device
  • Hebrew: טורבינת רוח — device
  • Hungarian: szélturbina — device
  • Icelandic: vindmylla — device
  • Ido: ventoturbino — device
  • Irish: tuirbín gaoithe — device
  • Italian: ventoturbino — device
  • Japanese: 風力タービン (fūryoku tābin) — device
  • Latvian: vēja turbīnu — device
  • Macedonian: ветротурбина (vetroturbina) — device
  • Māori: pūrere kapohau — device
  • Navajo: béésh náábałí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí — device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vindmølle — device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindmølle — device
  • Polish: turbina wiatrowa — device
  • Portuguese: aerogerador — device
  • Portuguese: turbina eólica — device
  • Romanian: centrală electroeoliană — device
  • Romanian: turbină eoliană — device
  • Russian: ветрогенера́тор (vetrogenerátor) — device
  • Russian: ветряна́я турби́на (vetrjanája turbína) — device
  • Russian: ветротурби́на (vetroturbína) — device
  • Scottish Gaelic: crann-gaoithe — device
  • Spanish: aerogenerador — device
  • Spanish: molino eólico — device
  • Spanish: molino de viento — device
  • Spanish: aeroturbina — device
  • Spanish: turbina eólica — device
  • Swedish: vindkraftverk — device
  • Swedish: vindturbin — device
  • Turkish: rüzgâr türbini — device
  • Ukrainian: вітрогенератор (vitrohenerator) — device
  • Ukrainian: вітротурбі́на (vitroturbína) — device
  • Walloon: olyinne — device
  • Welsh: tyrbin gwynt — device