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renewable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈnjuː.ə.bl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈnu.ə.bl̩/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English renew Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English renewable From renew + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
    • 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. 2023 January 19, Kris Crismundo, “RE-powered e-vehicle charging hubs eyed”, in Philippine News Agency:
  2. (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.
    • renewable energy
    • renewable resource
    • renewable sources of energy
    • Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.

Forms

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most renewable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more renewable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

non-renewable · non-renewable

Deriveds

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

Translations (43)

eu berriztagarri (able to be renewed) · hu megújuló (sustainable) · de erneuerbar (able to be renewed) · nl hernieuwbaar (able to be renewed) · ka განახლებადი (able to be renewed) · ca renovable (able to be renewed) · bg възстановим (able to be renewed) · ru возобновля́емый (able to be renewed) · pt renovável (able to be renewed) · it rinnovabile (sustainable) · uk відно́влюваний (able to be renewed) · nl duurzaam (sustainable) · cs obnovitelný (able to be renewed) · ca renovable (sustainable) · cs obnovitelný (sustainable) · nl vernieuwbaar (able to be renewed) · nrf r'nouv'labl'ye (able to be renewed) · nl hernieuwbaar (sustainable) · pt renovável (sustainable) · gd ath-nuadhachail (sustainable) · is endurnýjanlegur (able to be renewed) · ja 再生可能な (sustainable) · tr yenilenebilir (able to be renewed) · ja 再生可能な (able to be renewed) · cmn 可再生 (sustainable) · fr renouvelable (able to be renewed) · sv förnybar (sustainable) · es renovable (able to be renewed) · fi uusiutuva (sustainable) · fi uusintakelpoinen (able to be renewed) · pl odnawialny (sustainable) · eu berriztagarri (sustainable) · es renovable (sustainable) · bg сменяем (able to be renewed) · cmn 可再生 (able to be renewed) · gd ath-nuadhachail (able to be renewed) · gv yn-aanoaghey (able to be renewed) · uk відно́влюваний (sustainable) · it rinnovabile (able to be renewed) · eo renovigebla (able to be renewed) · de erneuerbar (sustainable) · tr yenilenebilir (sustainable) · sv förnybar (able to be renewed)

renewable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈnjuː.ə.bl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈnu.ə.bl̩/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English renew Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English renewable From renew + -able.

Meanings

  1. A thing that is renewable ▸ A renewable resource or source of energy.
    • 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. 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times:
  2. A thing that is renewable ▸ A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.
    • Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses. 1953, Electrical World:
    • You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart. 1920, Textile World:
    • 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 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 ...:

Forms

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renewables Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

fi uusiutuva luonnonvara (renewable resource or source of energy) · nl hernieuwbare energiebron (renewable resource or source of energy) · nl duurzame energiebron (renewable resource or source of energy)