electric

English

Alternative forms

• electrick (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

From New Latin ēlectricus (“of amber”), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēlektor, “shining sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/, SAMPA: /I"lEktrIk/

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Adjective

electric (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
2. Of, or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
3. Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.

Derived terms

• electrical
• electric chair
• electrical outlet
• electrical engineer
• electric grid (AKA a power grid)
• electric darts

Translations

electrical

Arabic: كهربائي (ar) (kahrabaa'iy) Armenian: էլեկտրական (hy) (ēlektrakan) Bulgarian: електрически (bg) (elektríčeski) Catalan: elèctric (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 電動 (cmn), 电动 (cmn) (diàndòng), 電氣 (cmn), 电气 (cmn) (diànqì) Czech: elektrický (cs) m. Esperanto: elektra (eo) Finnish: sähköinen (fi), sähkö- (fi) French: électrique (fr) Galician: eléctrico (gl) German: elektrisch (de) Greek: ηλεκτρικός (el) (ilektrikós) Hebrew: חשמלי (he) (khashmalí)

Irish: leictreach (ga) Italian: elettrico (it) Japanese: 電動の (ja) (でんどうの, dendō-no), 電気的な (ja) (でんきてきな, denkiteki-na), エレクトリック (ja) (erektrikku) Lojban: dikca Malay: elektrik (ms) Persian: برقي (fa) (barghi) Polish: elektryczny (pl) Portuguese: elétrico (pt) Romanian: electric (ro) Russian: электрический (ru) (elektríčeskij), электро- (ru) (elektro-) Spanish: eléctrico (es) Swedish: elektrisk (sv) Turkish: elektrikli (tr)

electronic (musical instrument)

Armenian: էլեկտրական (hy) (ēlektrakan) French: électrique (fr) Galician: eléctrico (gl) m., eléctrica (gl) f. German: elektronisch (de), elektrisch (de) Hungarian: elektromos (hu) Italian: elettronico (it) m.

Japanese: 電気的な (denkiteki-na) Portuguese: elétrico (pt) Spanish: eléctrico (es) (guitars), electrónico (es) (other than guitars) Swedish: elektrisk (sv), el- (sv) Turkish: elektrikli (tr), elektrik (tr), elektro- (tr)

emotionally thrilling

Bulgarian: наелектризиращ (bg) Galician: electrizante (gl) German: elektrisierend (de)

Japanese: シビレる (shibire-ru) (informal) Portuguese: eletrizante (pt) Spanish: electrizante (es)

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Breton: tredanek, tredanel Indonesian: listrik Interlingua: electric

Noun

electric (usually uncountable; plural electrics)

1. (informal) Electricity.
2. (rare) An electric car.
3. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.

Translations

electric car

German: Elektro-Auto Japanese: 電気自動車 (denki-jidōsha) Lojban: dicma'e Persian: ماشين برقي (fa) (mashine barghi)

Romanian: automobil electric n. Spanish: coche eléctrico (es) m. Swedish: elbil (sv)

References

• “electric” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• electric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Dictionary.com definitions of electric
• Niels H. de V. Heathcote (December 1967). "The early meaning of electricity: Some Pseudodoxia Epidemica - I". Annals of Science 23 (4): pp. 261-275.

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Romanian

Adjective

electric ^{mn nom/acc forms}

1. electric

Related terms

• electrician
• electricitate
• electrificare
• electrificat
• electriza
• electrizare
• electrizant
• electrizat