énergie
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin energīa, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]énergie f (plural énergies)
- (physics) energy (quantity that denotes the ability to do work)
- énergie atomique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- énergie fossile ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- énergie nucléaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- énergie renouvelable ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- énergie solaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- énergie verte ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- loi de conservation de l’énergie ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) energy, motivation
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: enerji
- → Czech: energie
- → Danish: energi
- → Dutch: energie
- → Indonesian: energi
- → English: energy
- → Norwegian Bokmål: energi
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: energi
- → Persian: انرژی (enerži)
- → Romanian: energie
- → Swedish: energi
- → Turkish: enerji
Further reading
[edit]- “énergie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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