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See also: energía and energią

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

Noun

energia f (plural energies)

  1. (physics) energy, the capacity to do work.
  2. the capacity to move (said of a person or animal).
  3. the capacity to cause an effect (said of a remedy).

Derived terms

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

From energio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gi‧a

Adjective

energia (accusative singular energian, plural energiaj, accusative plural energiajn)

  1. energetic

Estonian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

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Noun

energia (genitive energia, partitive energiat)

  1. energy

Declension

Declension of energia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative energia energiad
accusative nom.
gen. energia
genitive energiate
partitive energiat energiaid
illative energiasse energiatesse
energiaisse
inessive energias energiates
energiais
elative energiast energiatest
energiaist
allative energiale energiatele
energiaile
adessive energial energiatel
energiail
ablative energialt energiatelt
energiailt
translative energiaks energiateks
energiaiks
terminative energiani energiateni
essive energiana energiatena
abessive energiata energiateta
comitative energiaga energiatega

Derived terms

Further reading

  • energia”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • energia”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • energia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • energia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈenerɡiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ener‧gia

Noun

energia

  1. (physics) energy (impetus behind activity; ability to do work)
    Synonym: (archaic) tarmo
  2. (figuratively) energy, vigour
    Synonyms: tarmo, puhti, potku, eloisuus
  3. (games) energy

Declension

Inflection of energia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative energia energiat
genitive energian energioiden
energioitten
partitive energiaa energioita
illative energiaan energioihin
singular plural
nominative energia energiat
accusative nom. energia energiat
gen. energian
genitive energian energioiden
energioitten
energiain rare
partitive energiaa energioita
inessive energiassa energioissa
elative energiasta energioista
illative energiaan energioihin
adessive energialla energioilla
ablative energialta energioilta
allative energialle energioille
essive energiana energioina
translative energiaksi energioiksi
abessive energiatta energioitta
instructive energioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of energia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative energiani energiani
accusative nom. energiani energiani
gen. energiani
genitive energiani energioideni
energioitteni
energiaini rare
partitive energiaani energioitani
inessive energiassani energioissani
elative energiastani energioistani
illative energiaani energioihini
adessive energiallani energioillani
ablative energialtani energioiltani
allative energialleni energioilleni
essive energianani energioinani
translative energiakseni energioikseni
abessive energiattani energioittani
instructive
comitative energioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative energiasi energiasi
accusative nom. energiasi energiasi
gen. energiasi
genitive energiasi energioidesi
energioittesi
energiaisi rare
partitive energiaasi energioitasi
inessive energiassasi energioissasi
elative energiastasi energioistasi
illative energiaasi energioihisi
adessive energiallasi energioillasi
ablative energialtasi energioiltasi
allative energiallesi energioillesi
essive energianasi energioinasi
translative energiaksesi energioiksesi
abessive energiattasi energioittasi
instructive
comitative energioinesi

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Hungarian

 energia on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

First attested in 1627. Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

energia (plural energiák)

  1. (physics) energy (the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object)
  2. (figuratively) energy (the capacity to do work)
    Synonyms: akaraterő, tetterő, szívósság, erély, lendület

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative energia energiák
accusative energiát energiákat
dative energiának energiáknak
instrumental energiával energiákkal
causal-final energiáért energiákért
translative energiává energiákká
terminative energiáig energiákig
essive-formal energiaként energiákként
essive-modal
inessive energiában energiákban
superessive energián energiákon
adessive energiánál energiáknál
illative energiába energiákba
sublative energiára energiákra
allative energiához energiákhoz
elative energiából energiákból
delative energiáról energiákról
ablative energiától energiáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
energiáé energiáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
energiáéi energiákéi
Possessive forms of energia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. energiám energiáim
2nd person sing. energiád energiáid
3rd person sing. energiája energiái
1st person plural energiánk energiáink
2nd person plural energiátok energiáitok
3rd person plural energiájuk energiáik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • energia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • energia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian энергия (energija).

Pronunciation

Noun

energia

  1. energy
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:
      Selvät joet i koset, porogat, antaat paljo energiaa.
      The quick rivers and waterfalls, rapids, give a lot of energy.

Declension

Declension of energia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative energia energiat
genitive energian energioin
partitive energiaa energioja
illative energiaa energioi
inessive energias energiois
elative energiast energioist
allative energialle energioille
adessive energial energioil
ablative energialt energioilt
translative energiaks energioiks
essive energianna, energiaan energioinna, energioin
exessive1) energiant energioint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.nerˈd͡ʒi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gì‧a

Noun

energia f (plural energie)

  1. energy
    Synonyms: forza, vigore

Derived terms

Further reading

  • energia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Ladin

Alternative forms

Noun

energia f (plural energies)

  1. energy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

Noun

energīa f (genitive energīae); first declension

  1. energy
  2. efficiency

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative energīa energīae
genitive energīae energīārum
dative energīae energīīs
accusative energīam energīās
ablative energīā energīīs
vocative energīa energīae

Descendants

References

  • energia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • energia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • energia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • energia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

Pronunciation

Noun

energia f (plural energias)

  1. energy

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Energie or French énergie, ultimately from Latin energīa.[1][2][3] First attested in 1606.[4] Compare Kashubian energiô and Silesian ynergijŏ.

Pronunciation

Noun

energia f

  1. energy (person's ability to do work)
  2. (physics) energy (quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent)
  3. (colloquial) energy (electrical current)
    Synonyms: elektryczność, elektryka, prąd, światło
  4. (Ancient Greece, philosophy) energy (form as opposed to matter as potency)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
nouns

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), energia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 79 times in scientific texts, 18 times in news, 10 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 114 times, making it the 533rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “energia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “energia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “energia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Rozmowa o rokoszu (in Polish), 1606, page 111:Nuż co była sama energia, sama medulla rokoszu tego, na żołnierza utriusque partis i na sługi senatorskie i panięce: »Kto cnotliwy, do braciej!« nie zawołano.
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “energia”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 112

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin energīa (energy), from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, action, act, work), from ἐνεργός (energós, active), from ἐν (en, in) + ἔργον (érgon, work), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gi‧a

Noun

energia f (plural energias)

  1. energy (impetus behind activity)
  2. (physics) energy (ability to do work)
  3. (informal) electricity

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading