blackout

See also: black out and black-out

English

Alternative forms

• black-out

Etymology

From the verb phrase black out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblækaʊt/

Noun

blackout (plural blackouts)

1. A temporary loss of consciousness.
2. A temporary loss of memory.

   Synonym: pass out

3. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.

   media blackout

   the 2012 English Wikipedia blackout

4. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
   • "The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November. Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.5.
5. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings as imposed during World War II.

Derived terms

• blackout cake
• blackout gag
• blackout lamp

Translations

a temporary loss of consciousness

• Arabic: غَشْيَة f (ḡašya)
• Dutch: bewustzijnsverlies
• French: blackout (fr) m
• Greek: λιποθυμία (el) f (lipothymía), σκοτοδίνη (el) f (skotodíni)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: svenimento (it) m, mancamento (it) m, deliquio (it) m, lipotimia f
• Polish: zamroczenie n
• Portuguese: desmaio (pt) m
• Spanish: desmayo (es) m
• Swedish: avsvimning c

a temporary loss of memory

• Dutch: geheugenverlies, geheugengat, zwart gat
• French: blackout (fr) m, trou de mémoire (fr) m
• German: Blackout (de) m, Erinnerungsverlust m, Filmriss (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: συσκότιση (el) f (syskótisi), απώλεια μνήμης f (apóleia mnímis)
• Polish: zanik pamięci m

A large-scale power failure

• Bulgarian: токов удар m (tokov udar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停電／停电 (zh) (tíngdiàn), 停电 (zh) (tíngdiàn)

• Dutch: stroomstoring (nl) f
• Finnish: sähkökatkos (fi), sähkökatko (fi)
• French: blackout (fr) m, coupure de courant f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Stromausfall (de) m, Blackout (de) m
• Greek: διακοπή ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος f (diakopí ilektrikoú révmatos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 停電 (ja) (ていでん, teiden), ブラックアウト (burakkuauto)
• Korean: 정전 (ko) (jeongjeon)
• Malay: putus bekalan
• Maori: tuauriuri
• Portuguese: blecaute (pt) m, apagão (pt) m
• Russian: (formal) систе́мная ава́рия f (sistémnaja avárija), блэка́ут (ru) m (blɛkáut)
• Spanish: apagón (es) m
• Swedish: strömavbrott (sv) n
• Vietnamese: cúp điện (vi), mất điện

The mandatory blinding of all light

• Arabic: تَعْتِيم (taʕtīm)
• Bulgarian: затъмнение (bg) (zatǎmnenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暗轉／暗转 (zh) (ànzhuǎn), 暗转 (zh) (ànzhuǎn)

• Dutch: verduistering (nl)
• French: blackout (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: συσκότιση (el) f (syskótisi)
• Malay: pergelapan
• Portuguese: blecaute (pt) m
• Russian: затемне́ние (ru) (zatemnénije), светомаскиро́вка (ru) (svetomaskiróvka) (military)
• Spanish: corte (es) m
• Swedish: mörkläggning (sv) c

translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: шок m (šok), припадък (bg) m (pripadǎk)
• Czech: okno (cs) n
• Finnish: tajunnan menetys, muistikatko
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: pitam, hilang ingatan
• Russian: прова́л па́мяти m (provál pámjati)
• Swedish: blackout (sv) c

See also

• brownout
• whiteout

Further reading

• blackout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English blackout.

Noun

blackout m (plural blackouts)

1. blackout (clarification of this definition is needed)