horsepower

English

Etymology

• From horse and power, the unit originally defined as the amount of power that a horse could provide.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hô(r)s'pou"ər, IPA: /ˈhɔː(r)spaʊə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /"hO:(r)spaU@(r)/

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Noun

Wikipedia horsepower (plural horsepowers or horsepower)

1. A non-metric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
2. A metric horsepower (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
3. Strength

   political horsepower

Derived terms

• horsepower-hour
• hydraulic horsepower
• mechanical horsepower
• thermal horsepower

Translations

non-metric

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬力 (cmn), 马力 (cmn) (mǎlì)

• Czech: koňská síla (cs) f
• Dutch: (mechanische) paardenkracht (nl)
• Estonian: hobujõud (et) (symbol hj)
• Finnish: hevosvoima (fi)
• Georgian: ცხენის ძალა (ka) (c'xenis jala)
• German: Pferdestärke (de) f
• Hungarian: (gépi) lóerő (hu)
• Irish: each-chumhacht (ga) f

• Japanese: 馬力 (ja) (ばりき, bariki)
• Korean: 마력 (ko) (maryeok) (馬力 (ko))
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hestekraft (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: hestekraft (nn) f

• Polish: koń parowy (pl) m (symbol h.p., hp, HP)
• Romanian: cal-putere (ro) m (symbol HP)
• Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f
• Swedish: hästkraft (sv) (symbol hp or bhp)
• Vietnamese: mã lực (vi) (馬力 (vi))

metric

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬力 (cmn), 马力 (cmn) (mǎlì)

• Czech: koňská síla (cs) f (symbol ks)
• Danish: hestekraft (da) c (symbol hk)
• Dutch: (metrieke) paardenkracht (nl) (symbol pk)
• Estonian: hobujõud (et) (symbol hj)
• Finnish: hevosvoima (fi) (symbol hv)
• French: cheval-vapeur (fr) m (symbol ch)
• Georgian: ცხენის ძალა (ka) (cʻxenis dzala)
• German: Pferdestärke (de) f, (symbol) PS
• Hungarian: (metrikus) lóerő (hu) (symbol LE)
• Irish: each-chumhacht (ga) f
• Italian: cavallo vapore (it) (symbol CV)
• Japanese: 馬力 (ja) (ばりき, bariki)
• Korean: 마력 (ko) (maryeok) (馬力 (ko))

• Macedonian: Којнска сила (mk) (Kojnska sila) (symbol KC)
• Norwegian: hestekraft (no) (symbol hk)

  Bokmål: hestekraft (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: hestekraft (nn) f

• Polish: koń mechaniczny (pl) m (symbol KM)
• Portuguese: cavalo de vapor (pt) (symbol CV)
• Romanian: cal-putere (ro) m (symbol CP)
• Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f (symbol: л.с. (ru) (el-és) f)
• Serbo-Croatian: konjska snaga (sh) (symbol KS)
• Slovak: konská sila (sk) f (symbol ks)
• Slovene: konjska moč (sl) (symbol KM)
• Spanish: caballo de vapor (es), (symbol) CV
• Swedish: hästkraft (sv) (symbol hk)
• Turkish: beygir gücü (tr)

strength

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬力 (cmn), 马力 (cmn) (mǎlì)

• Dutch: macht (nl)

• Finnish: vääntövoima (fi)
• Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: כוח-סוס (Ko'ah Sus) also כ״ס