renewable

English

Etymology

From renew +‎ -able.

Adjective

renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)

1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

   Antonym: non-renewable

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (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

• renewability
• renewably

Translations

able to be renewed

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

  Mandarin: 可再生 (zh) (kězàishēng)

• Czech: obnovitelný
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Ukrainian: відно́влюваний (vidnóvljuvanyj)

sustainable

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

  Mandarin: 可再生 (zh) (kězàishēng)

• Czech: obnovitelný
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uusiutuva (fi)
• German: erneuerbar (de), nachwachsend (de), nachhaltig (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)
• Ukrainian: відно́влюваний (vidnóvljuvanyj)

Noun

renewable (plural renewables)

1. A thing that is renewable.(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. A renewable resource or source of energy.
3. 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:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can

renewable resource or source of energy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uusiutuva luonnonvara