Can you imagine what our lives would be like without electricity?
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Electricity
//ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "electricity" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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4 entriesRelated terms
14 entriesat location
10 entriescapable of
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
causes
1 entriescreated by
1 entriesderived
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
5 entriesis a
11 entriesmade of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
used for
6 entriesTranslations
269 translations across 170 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- elektrisiteit noun (form of energy)
Alabama
1 entries- apala noun (form of energy)
Albanian
1 entries- elektricitet noun (form of energy)
Amharic
2 entries- ኤሌክትሪክ noun (form of energy)
- ኮረንቲ noun (form of energy)
Arabic
2 entries- كَهْرَبَاء noun (form of energy)
- كَهْرُبَاء noun (form of energy)
Aragonese
1 entries- electrecidat noun (form of energy)
Armenian
1 entries- էլեկտրականություն noun (form of energy)
Assamese
1 entries- বিজুলী noun (form of energy)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܸܪܩܵܐ noun (form of energy)
Asturian
1 entries- lletricidá noun (form of energy)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bərq noun (form of energy)
- elektrik noun (form of energy)
- işıq noun (form of energy)
Basque
2 entries- argindar noun (form of energy)
- elektrizitate noun (form of energy)
Belarusian
4 entries- эле́ктрыка noun (form of energy)
- электраэне́ргія noun (electrical power)
- электраэнэ́ргія noun (electrical power)
- электры́чнасць noun (form of energy)
Bengali
1 entries- বিজলী noun (form of energy)
Breton
1 entries- tredan noun (form of energy)
Brunei Malay
2 entries- karan noun (form of energy)
- letrik noun (form of energy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- електри́чество noun (form of energy)
- електроене́ргия noun (electrical power)
Burmese
3 entries- မီး noun (form of energy)
- လျှပ်စစ် noun (form of energy)
- လျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ် noun (form of energy)
Buryat
1 entries- сахилгаан noun (form of energy)
Catalan
1 entries- electricitat noun (form of energy)
Cebuano
1 entries- dagitab noun (form of energy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کارەبا noun (form of energy)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ noun (form of energy)
Cheyenne
1 entries- nonoma'ého'ota noun (form of energy)
Chichewa
1 entries- magetsi noun (form of energy)
Chinese
3 entries- дян noun (form of energy)
- дянгуон noun (form of energy)
- 電氣 /电气 noun (form of energy)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 電 /电 noun (form of energy)
- 電力 /电力 noun (electrical power)
- 電氣 /电气 noun (form of energy)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 電 /电 noun (form of energy)
- 電力 /电力 noun (form of energy)
- 電力 /电力 noun (electrical power)
- 電氣 /电气 noun (form of energy)
Chuukese
1 entries- fifi noun (form of energy)
Cornish
1 entries- tredan noun (form of energy)
Cree
1 entries- ᐘᐢᑯᒉᐸᔨᐢ noun (form of energy)
Czech
1 entries- elektřina noun (form of energy)
Danish
2 entries- el noun (form of energy)
- elektricitet noun (form of energy)
Dari
1 entries- بَرْق noun (form of energy)
Dogri
1 entries- बिजली noun (form of energy)
Dutch
2 entries- elektriciteit noun (form of energy)
- stroom noun (form of energy)
Dzongkha
1 entries- གློག noun (form of energy)
Erzya
1 entries- цитерь noun (form of energy)
Esperanto
1 entries- elektro noun (form of energy)
Estonian
3 entries- elekter noun (form of energy)
- elektrivool noun (electrical power)
- vool noun (electrical power)
Extremaduran
1 entries- eletricidá noun (form of energy)
Faroese
1 entries- ravmagn noun (form of energy)
Finnish
4 entries- sähkö noun (form of energy)
- sähkö noun (excitement)
- sähkö noun (electrical power)
- sähköoppi noun (field of physical science and technology)
French
2 entries- courant noun (electrical power)
- électricité noun (form of energy)
Fula
2 entries- laktiriisi noun (form of energy)
- 𞤤𞤢𞤳𞤼𞤭𞤪𞤭𞥅𞤧𞤭 noun (form of energy)
Galician
1 entries- electricidade noun (form of energy)
Georgian
3 entries- დენი noun (form of energy)
- ელექტრობა noun (form of energy)
- შუქი noun (form of energy)
German
2 entries- Elektrizität noun (form of energy)
- Strom noun (electrical power)
Greek
1 entries- ηλεκτρισμός noun (form of energy)
Greenlandic
2 entries- elektriciteti noun (form of energy)
- innaallagiaq noun (form of energy)
Gujarati
1 entries- વીજળી noun (form of energy)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- elektrisite noun (form of energy)
Hausa
1 entries- wuta noun (form of energy)
Hawaiian
1 entries- uila noun (form of energy)
Hebrew
1 entries- חַשְׁמַל noun (form of energy)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- elektrisidad noun (form of energy)
- kuryente noun (form of energy)
Hindi
3 entries- बर्क़ noun (form of energy)
- बिजली noun (form of energy)
- विद्युत noun (form of energy)
Hungarian
2 entries- elektromosság noun (form of energy)
- villamosság noun (form of energy)
Icelandic
1 entries- rafmagn noun (form of energy)
Ido
1 entries- elektro noun (form of energy)
Indonesian
2 entries- listrik noun (form of energy)
- setrum noun (electrical power)
Ingrian
1 entries- elektricestvo noun (form of energy)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᓴᕕᒐᐅᔭᖅ noun (form of energy)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اِلِکْتْریسیتِه noun (form of energy)
- بَرْق noun (form of energy)
- بَرْق noun (electrical power)
Irish
2 entries- aibhléis noun (form of energy)
- leictreachas noun (form of energy)
Italian
1 entries- elettricità noun (form of energy)
Japanese
3 entries- 電力 noun (form of energy)
- 電力 noun (electrical power)
- 電気 noun (form of energy)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦏꦭꦶꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦶꦏꦤ꧀ noun (form of energy)
Kalmyk
1 entries- цаклһан noun (form of energy)
Kamba
1 entries- sitima noun (form of energy)
Kannada
1 entries- ವಿದ್ಯುಚ್ಛಕ್ತಿ noun (form of energy)
Kazakh
1 entries- электр noun (form of energy)
Khmer
3 entries- ភ្លើង noun (form of energy)
- ហ្វៃហ្វា noun (form of energy)
- អគ្គិសនី noun (form of energy)
Kikuyu
1 entries- thitima noun (form of energy)
Kis
1 entries- sitima noun (form of energy)
Konkani
2 entries- मिंचु noun (form of energy)
- वीज़ noun (form of energy)
Korean
3 entries- 전기 noun (form of energy)
- 전력 noun (form of energy)
- 전력 noun (electrical power)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- электр noun (form of energy)
- электричество noun (form of energy)
Lakota
1 entries- wakȟáŋgli noun (form of energy)
Lao
1 entries- ໄຟຟ້າ noun (form of energy)
Latin
1 entries- ēlectricitās noun (form of energy)
Latvian
1 entries- elektrība noun (form of energy)
Laz
2 entries- ელეთრიღი noun (form of energy)
- ელექთრიღი noun (form of energy)
Lingala
1 entries- lotilíki noun (form of energy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- elektra noun (form of energy)
Luhya
1 entries- estima noun (form of energy)
Luo
1 entries- stima noun (form of energy)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Elektrescht noun (form of energy)
- Elektriztéit noun (form of energy)
Lü
2 entries- ᦶᦎᧃᧈ noun (form of energy)
- ᦺᦝᦝᦱᧉ noun (form of energy)
Maasai
1 entries- o-sitímà noun (form of energy)
Macedonian
1 entries- струја noun (form of energy)
Maithili
1 entries- बीजु noun (form of energy)
Malagasy
2 entries- aratra noun (form of energy)
- elektrisite noun (form of energy)
Malay
2 entries- elektrik noun (form of energy)
- kuasa elektrik noun (form of energy)
Malayalam
1 entries- വൈദ്യുതി noun (form of energy)
Maltese
1 entries- elettriċità noun (form of energy)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨ᠋ᠠᠯᡴᡳᠶᠠᠨ noun (form of energy)
Marathi
1 entries- वीज noun (form of energy)
Meru
1 entries- thitima noun (form of energy)
Mezquital-Otomi
1 entries- tsibi noun (form of energy)
Mirandese
2 entries- eilatricidade noun (form of energy)
- eiletracidade noun (form of energy)
Mongolian
2 entries- цахилгаан noun (form of energy)
- ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ noun (form of energy)
Māori
3 entries- hiko noun (form of energy)
- hiko noun (electrical power)
- uira noun (form of energy)
Nahuatl
1 entries- ikpitikayotl noun (form of energy)
Navajo
1 entries- atsiniltłʼish noun (form of energy)
Nepali
1 entries- बिजुली noun (form of energy)
Norman
1 entries- êlectricité noun (form of energy)
North Frisian
1 entries- struum noun (form of energy)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- ceyran noun (form of energy)
- elektrîk noun (form of energy)
- kareba noun (form of energy)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- на̄йпос noun (form of energy)
Northern Thai
2 entries- ᨲᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ noun (form of energy)
- ᨼᩱᨼ᩶ᩣ noun (form of energy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- elektrisitet noun (form of energy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- elektrisitet noun (form of energy)
Nyah Kur
1 entries- ฟัยฟาʔ noun (form of energy)
Occitan
1 entries- electricitat noun (form of energy)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ᐙᓴᒨᐐᓐ noun (form of energy)
Pashto
2 entries- برق noun (form of energy)
- برېښنا noun (form of energy)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Ellektrisität noun (form of energy)
Polish
2 entries- elektryczność noun (form of energy)
- prąd noun (form of energy)
Portuguese
4 entries- eletricidade noun (form of energy)
- eletricidade noun (field of physical science and technology)
- eletricidade noun (electrical power)
- eletrização noun (excitement)
Potawatomi
1 entries- jigwé-shkodé noun (form of energy)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬਿਜਲੀ noun (form of energy)
Quechua
1 entries- pinchikilla noun (form of energy)
Romanian
1 entries- electricitate noun (form of energy)
Russian
4 entries- ток noun (electrical power)
- электри́чество noun (form of energy)
- электрото́к noun (electrical power)
- электроэне́ргия noun (electrical power)
Samoan
1 entries- uila noun (form of energy)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विद्युत noun (form of energy)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dealan noun (form of energy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- elektricìtēt noun (form of energy)
- mùnjina noun (form of energy)
- strúja noun (form of energy)
- електрицѝте̄т noun (form of energy)
Shan
2 entries- ၽႆးၽႃႉ noun (form of energy)
- ၾႆးၾႃႉ noun (form of energy)
Sinhalese
3 entries- විජූලිය noun (form of energy)
- විද්යුතය noun (form of energy)
- විදුලිය noun (form of energy)
Slovak
1 entries- elektrina noun (form of energy)
Slovene
1 entries- elektrika noun (form of energy)
Sotho
1 entries- motlakase noun (form of energy)
South Azerbaijani
1 entries- كهربايى noun (form of energy)
Southern Ndebele
1 entries- igezi noun (form of energy)
Spanish
1 entries- electricidad noun (form of energy)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- strowm noun (form of energy)
Swahili
1 entries- umeme class XI noun (form of energy)
Swazi
1 entries- gezi noun (form of energy)
Swedish
4 entries- el noun (form of energy)
- el noun (electrical power)
- elektricitet noun (form of energy)
- elektricitet noun (electrical power)
Tagalog
4 entries- dagitab noun (form of energy)
- dagitban noun (field of physical science and technology)
- elektrisidad noun (form of energy)
- koryente noun (form of energy)
Tahitian
1 entries- uira noun (form of energy)
Tajik
2 entries- барқ noun (form of energy)
- электрик noun (form of energy)
Talysh
1 entries- برق noun (form of energy)
Tamil
2 entries- மின்சாரம் noun (form of energy)
- மின்சாரம் noun (electrical power)
Tatar
1 entries- электр noun (form of energy)
Telugu
3 entries- కరెంటు noun (electrical power)
- కరెంట్ noun (electrical power)
- విద్యుత్తు noun (form of energy)
Thai
1 entries- ไฟฟ้า noun (form of energy)
Thavung
2 entries- พัยพา noun (form of energy)
- ฟัยฟา noun (form of energy)
Tibetan
2 entries- གློག noun (form of energy)
- གློག་ནུས noun (electrical power)
Tlingit
1 entries- kashóok' noun (form of energy)
Tongan
1 entries- ʻuhila noun (form of energy)
Tumbuka
1 entries- magesi noun (form of energy)
Turkish
2 entries- cereyan noun (form of energy)
- elektrik noun (form of energy)
Turkmen
1 entries- elektrik noun (form of energy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- еле́ктрика noun (form of energy)
- електроене́ргія noun (electrical power)
Urdu
2 entries- بَرْق noun (form of energy)
- بِجْلی noun (form of energy)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئېلېكتر noun (form of energy)
Uzbek
1 entries- elektr noun (form of energy)
Vietnamese
4 entries- điện noun (form of energy)
- điện khí noun (form of energy)
- điện lực noun (form of energy)
- điện lực noun (electrical power)
Welsh
1 entries- trydan noun (form of energy)
White Hmong
1 entries- faiv fab noun (form of energy)
Wolof
1 entries- mbëj noun (form of energy)
Xhosa
1 entries- umbane noun (form of energy)
Yiddish
2 entries- עלעקטריע noun (form of energy)
- עלעקטרע noun (form of energy)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìlẹ́ńtíríkì noun (form of energy)
Yup'ik
1 entries- kaluk noun (form of energy)
Zhuang
1 entries- dienh noun (form of energy)
Zulu
1 entries- ugesi noun (form of energy)
Sample sentences
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Machinery uses a lot of electricity.
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Not a day passes in which we don't use electricity in our daily lives.
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If it were not for electricity, our civilized life would be impossible.
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