wind turbine en · NOUN
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A device for converting wind power into electricity.
Now there is another subject in which Donald Trump’s expert knowledge surpasses that of everybody else: wind turbines, though he calls them windmills.
2019 December 24, Richard Luscombe, “‘I never understood wind’: Trump goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:“These wind turbines will help preserve the forest by generating electricity sustainably,” said Paschold. “If we keep spewing CO₂ and contaminating our atmosphere, there won’t be much of it left.”
2025 May 9, Ajit Niranjan, “Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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wa olyinne (device) · mk ветротурбина (device) · dsb wětšowe kólaso (device) · gl aeroxerador (device) · eo ventoturbino (device) · gd crann-gaoithe (device) · de Windanlage (device) · sv vindturbin (device) · ff seɗa hendu (device) · gl muíño de vento (device) · cmn 風力發電機 /风力发电机 (device) · es aerogenerador (device) · uk вітрогенератор (device) · be ветрагенератар (device) · hsb wětrnik (device) · uk вітротурбі́на (device) · dsb załožk wětšoweje energije (device) · nv béésh náábałí atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí (device) · nb vindmølle (device) · he טורבינת רוח (device) · et tuulegeneraator (device) · ja 風力タービン (device) · de Windenergieanlage (device) · cy tyrbin gwynt (device) · ro turbină eoliană (device) · is vindmylla (device) · ka ქარის ტურბინა (device) · tr rüzgâr türbini (device) · sv vindkraftverk (device) · pt aerogerador (device) · nn vindmølle (device) · ga tuirbín gaoithe (device) · es molino eólico (device) · de Windrad (device) · it ventoturbino (device) · hu szélturbina (device) · io ventoturbino (device) · ff 𞤧𞤫𞤯𞤢 𞤸𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤵 (device) · fi tuuliturbiini (device) · nl windturbine (device) · de Windkraftanlage (device) · ru ветротурби́на (device) · es molino de viento (device) · hsb milinowětrnik (device) · be вятрак (device) · ro centrală electroeoliană (device) · mi pūrere kapohau (device) · es aeroturbina (device) · lv vēja turbīnu (device) · pl turbina wiatrowa (device) · pt turbina eólica (device) · da vindmølle (device) · ru ветряна́я турби́на (device) · ru ветрогенера́тор (device) · de Windturbine (device) · gl muíño eólico (device) · fr éolienne (device) · es turbina eólica (device) · el ανεμογεννήτρια (device) · hy հողմաշարժիչ (device)