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electric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
/əˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
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(General-American) audio
/iˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense electrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
- An electric oven needs an electric socket.
- [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- While Britain continues to argue about how to deliver affordable electrification and decarbonisation, Swiss railways have been 100% electric since the 1960s. 2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 28:
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
(not-comparable) Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
(figuratively, not-comparable) Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
- A glance from Beatrice—for nothing is so electric as the kindness of sympathy—stopped the tide of bewailings that were gushing forth. "Poor child!" muttered the housekeeper; "but it's no good telling her." 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 278:
- And bold / Electric Pindar, quick as fear, / With race-dust on his cheeks, and clear / Slant startled eyes that seemed to hear // The chariot rounding the last goal, / to hurtle past it in his soul. a. 1857, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Vision of Poets”, in Poems, volume I, New York: C. S. Francis & Co., published 1857, pages 195–196:
- I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul. 1867, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, page 98:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
electrick		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (159)

nrf électrique (electrical) · sq elektrik (electrical) · yi עלעקטריש (electrical) · ar كَهْرُبَائِيّ (electrical) · ja 電気的な (electrical) · be электра- (electrical) · et elektri- (electrical) · sv el- (electronic (musical instrument)) · tg барқӣ (electrical) · pl elektryczny (electrical) · ast llétricu (electrical) · ur بَرْقی (electrical) · tr elektrik (electronic (musical instrument)) · ta எலெக்ட்ரிக் (electrical) · it elettronico (electronic (musical instrument)) · id listrik (electrical) · fi sähköinen (electrical) · ru электри́ческий (electrical) · hu izgalmas (emotionally thrilling) · fi sähkö- (electronic (musical instrument)) · es eléctrico (electrical) · et elektriline (electrical) · pt elétrico (electronic (musical instrument)) · hu villamos (electrical) · ka ელექტრული (electrical) · he חַשְׁמַלִּי (electrical) · ur اِلیکْٹْرِک (electrical) · hy էլեկտրական (electrical) · kw tredanek (electronic (musical instrument)) · bn বৈদ্যুতিক (electrical) · sk elektrický (electrical) · tr elektriksel (electrical) · ga leictreach (electrical) · be электры́чны (electrical) · hu felvillanyozó (emotionally thrilling) · kk электрлік (electrical) · ro electric (electrical) · hi विद्युतीय (electrical) · nb elektrisk (electrical) · bg то́ков (electrical) · gl eléctrico (electronic (musical instrument)) · pt eletrificado (electrical) · tt электр (electrical) · hu lázba hozó (emotionally thrilling) · uz elektr (electrical) · tg электрикӣ (electrical) · scn ilèttricu (electrical) · de elektronisch (electronic (musical instrument)) · az elektrik (electrical) · nn elektrisk (electrical) · ko 전기(電氣)의 (electrical) · eo elektra (electrical) · ko 전기적(電氣的)인 (electrical) · pt elétrico (electrical) · ky электр (electrical) · lt elektroninis (electronic (musical instrument)) · tr elektro- (electronic (musical instrument)) · ta மின் (electrical) · vi điện (electrical) · yue 電氣 /电气 (electrical) · prs بَرْقِی (electrical) · is raf- (electrical) · uz elektrik (electrical) · sl električen (electrical) · ar كَهْرَبِيّ (electrical) · mn цахилгааны (electrical) · cmn 電動 /电动 (electrical) · my လျှပ်စစ် (electrical) · la electricus (electrical) · hu borzongató (emotionally thrilling) · sco electrical (electrical) · sh elèktričnī (electrical) · fi jännittävä (emotionally thrilling) · is rafmagnaður (electrical) · nl elektrisch (electrical) · fa-ira بَرْقی (electrical) · kmr elektrîk (electrical) · ja 電動の (electrical) · ja エレクトリックの (electrical) · ru электро- (electrical) · kw tredanek (electrical) · cs elektrický (electrical) · tr elektrikli (electrical) · ko 전기적(電氣的)인 (electronic (musical instrument)) · ro electrizant (emotionally thrilling) · es eléctrico (electronic (musical instrument)) · tk elektrikli (electrical) · it elettrico (electrical) · hu elektromos (electrical) · ca elèctric (electrical) · km ភ្លើង (electrical) · fi sähköistävä (emotionally thrilling) · hi इलेक्ट्रिक (electrical) · mi hiko (electrical) · uk електри́чний (electrical) · pt eletrizante (emotionally thrilling) · af elektries (electrical) · ko 전동(電動)의 (electrical) · bg наелектризи́ращ (emotionally thrilling) · vi điện khí (electrical) · cmn 電氣 /电气 (electrical) · bg електри́чески (electronic (musical instrument)) · km អគ្គិសនី (electrical) · bg електро́нен (electronic (musical instrument)) · yue 電動 /电动 (electrical) · id elektris (electrical) · lv elektrisks (electrical) · gl electrizante (emotionally thrilling) · fa-ira پُرْهَیَجان (emotionally thrilling) · ps برېښنايي (electrical) · el ηλεκτρικός (electrical) · hy էլեկտրական (electronic (musical instrument)) · tl de-koryente (electronic (musical instrument)) · tl elektriko (electrical) · ro electric (electronic (musical instrument)) · bg електри́чески (electrical) · ja シビレる (emotionally thrilling) · pap electrical (electrical) · sh елѐктричнӣ (electrical) · gl eléctrica (electronic (musical instrument)) · ja 電気的な (electronic (musical instrument)) · lt elektrinis (electrical) · ko 일렉트릭의 (electrical) · am ኤሌክትሪክ (electrical) · uk електро- (electrical) · ms elektrik (electrical) · oc electric (electrical) · kk электрлі (electrical) · ka ელექტრო- (electrical) · fi sähkö- (electrical) · tl dagitbin (electrical) · gl eléctrico (electrical) · fa-ira اِلِکْتْریکی (electrical) · mk електричен (electrical) · mi uira (electrical) · tr elektrikli (electronic (musical instrument)) · fr électrique (electronic (musical instrument)) · ro electronic (electronic (musical instrument)) · es electrónico (electronic (musical instrument)) · nrf êlectrique (electrical) · el ηλεκτρικός (electronic (musical instrument)) · ro de curent (electrical) · hu villany- (electrical) · ps برقي (electrical) · th ไฟฟ้า (electrical) · my လျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ် (electrical) · hu elektromos (electronic (musical instrument)) · sv elektrisk (electronic (musical instrument)) · sv elektrisk (electrical) · ar كَهْرَبَائِيّ (electrical) · de elektrisierend (emotionally thrilling) · da elektrisk (electrical) · es electrizante (emotionally thrilling) · ug ئېلېكترلىك (electrical) · de elektrisch (electronic (musical instrument)) · lo ໄຟຟ້າ (electrical) · pdt ellektrisch (electrical) · fr électrique (electrical) · de elektrisch (electrical)

wikipedia: William Gilbert (physician) · wikipedia: De Magnete · wikipedia: Thomas Browne

electric en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
/əˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
(General-American) audio
/iˈlɛktɹɪk/ (General-American)
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

(informal, usually, with-definite-article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
- We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off.
(countable, informal, rare) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric. ▸ An electric car, locomotive, train etc.
- There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel drive electrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times. 2004, Dennis Barton, Red Star 4: Victory:
- Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings. 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
(informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric. ▸ An electric toothbrush.
- The beautiful VIOlight bathroom unit takes up very little space (it's about the size of a cup), yet it holds up to 4 toothbrushes - even electrics! 2007, Working Mother, volume 31, number 1, page 71:
(informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric. ▸ An electric typewriter.
- Richard's old Olivetti electric had been put aside for the time being on top of one of the filing cabinets. “It serves the purpose,” Richard said. He nodded at the word processor. 1983, Stephen King, Word Processor of the Gods:
(archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
electrics	Number=Plur		lexicographic
electrick		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Antonyms

steam

Translations (13)

fa ماشین برقی (electric car) · fr voiture électrique (electric car) · nb elbil (electric car) · gl coche eléctrico (electric car) · de Elektro-Auto (electric car) · es coche eléctrico (electric car) · da elbil (electric car) · sv elbil (electric car) · ja 電気自動車 (electric car) · fi sähköauto (electric car) · bg електри́чка (electric car) · ro automobil electric (electric car) · ro mașină electrică (electric car)

wikipedia: William Gilbert (physician) · wikipedia: De Magnete · wikipedia: Thomas Browne

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electric en · NOUN

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