renewable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English renew

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English renewable

From renew + -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈnjuː.ə.bl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈnu.ə.bl̩/

Adjective

renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)

1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

   Antonym: non-renewable

   • 2023 January 19, Kris Crismundo, “RE-powered e-vehicle charging hubs eyed”, in Philippine News Agency‎^[1]:

     Under the pilot project, the private sector will supply, install, operate and maintain e-vehicle charging stations; monitor and verify the energy efficiency, performance and savings in using renewable energy; and optimize the use of clean energy.

2. (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.

   Antonym: non-renewable

   renewable resource

   renewable energy

   renewable sources of energy

   Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.

Derived terms

• biorenewable
• nonrenewable
• renewability
• renewable energy
• renewableness
• renewably
• unrenewable

Translations

able to be renewed

• Basque: berriztagarri
• Bulgarian: възстановим (bg) (văzstanovim), сменяем (bg) (smenjaem)
• Catalan: renovable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可再生 (zh) (kězàishēng)

• Czech: obnovitelný
• Dutch: hernieuwbaar (nl), vernieuwbaar (Belgium)
• Esperanto: renovigebla
• Finnish: uusintakelpoinen
• French: renouvelable (fr)
• Georgian: განახლებადი (ganaxlebadi)
• German: erneuerbar (de)
• Icelandic: endurnýjanlegur (is)
• Italian: rinnovabile (it)
• Japanese: 再生可能な (saisei-kanou-na)
• Manx: yn-aanoaghey
• Norman: r'nouv'labl'ye
• Portuguese: renovável (pt)
• Russian: возобновля́емый (ru) (vozobnovljájemyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-nuadhachail
• Spanish: renovable
• Swedish: förnybar (sv)
• Turkish: yenilenebilir (tr)
• Ukrainian: відно́влюваний (vidnóvljuvanyj)

sustainable

• Basque: berriztagarri
• Catalan: renovable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可再生 (zh) (kězàishēng)

• Czech: obnovitelný
• Dutch: hernieuwbaar (nl), duurzaam (nl)
• Finnish: uusiutuva (fi)
• German: erneuerbar (de)
• Hungarian: megújuló (hu)
• Italian: rinnovabile (it)
• Japanese: 再生可能な (saisei-kanou-na)
• Polish: odnawialny (pl)
• Portuguese: renovável (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-nuadhachail
• Spanish: renovable
• Swedish: förnybar (sv)
• Turkish: yenilenebilir (tr)
• Ukrainian: відно́влюваний (vidnóvljuvanyj)

Noun

renewable (plural renewables)

1. A thing that is renewable
   1. A renewable resource or source of energy.
      • 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

        Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.

   2. A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.
      • 1920, Textile World:

        You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.

      • 1923, Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers, Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers Monthly ...: Devoted to the Advancement of the Application of Electricity to the Iron and Steel and Allied Industries ...:

        It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the scrap

      • 1953, Electrical World:

        Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.

Translations

thing that is renewable

• Chinese:

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renewable resource or source of energy

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: hernieuwbare energiebron f, duurzame energiebron f
• Finnish: uusiutuva luonnonvara