power station

English

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Noun

power station (plural power stations)

1. An industrial complex where electricity is produced.
   • 1954 February [1954 January], “China's Industrial Growth”, in Economic Digest‎^[1], volume VII, number 2, London: Economic Research Council, →OCLC, pages 87–88:

     All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations. Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports.

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 101:

     The Underground would eventually be powered by two giant power stations, as we will see, before plugging itself directly into the National Grid.

Synonyms

• power plant

Derived terms

• nuclear power station
• wind power station

 

Translations

an industrial complex where electricity is produced

• Albanian: central (sq) m, central elektrik m
• Arabic: مَحَطَّة طَاقَة f (maḥaṭṭat ṭāqa)
• Armenian: էլեկտրակայան (hy) (ēlektrakayan)
• Azerbaijani: elektrik stansiyası
• Belarusian: электраста́нцыя f (eljektrastáncyja), электры́чная ста́нцыя f (eljektrýčnaja stáncyja)
• Bulgarian: електроцентра́ла (bg) f (elektrocentrála), електри́ческа центра́ла f (elektríčeska centrála), юзи́на (bg) (juzína)
• Burmese: ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ (dhat-a:pe:cak-rum)
• Catalan: central (ca) f, central elèctrica f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電廠 / 电厂 (din⁶ cong²), 發電廠 / 发电厂 (faat³ din⁶ cong²)

  Mandarin: 發電廠 / 发电厂 (zh) (fādiànchǎng), 發電所 / 发电所 (zh) (fādiànsuǒ), 發電站 / 发电站 (zh) (fādiànzhàn), 電廠 / 电厂 (zh) (diànchǎng)

• Czech: elektrárna (cs) f
• Danish: kraftværk (da) n, kraftstation c
• Dutch: energiecentrale (nl) f, krachtcentrale (nl) f
• Esperanto: centralo, elektrejo
• Estonian: elektrijaam
• Finnish: voimalaitos (fi), voimala (fi)
• French: centrale électrique (fr) f
• Georgian: ელექტროსადგური (elekṭrosadguri)
• German: Kraftwerk (de) n, Elektrizitätswerk (de) n
• Greek: ηλεκτροπαραγωγικός σταθμός m (ilektroparagogikós stathmós)
• Hebrew: תחנת כוח \ תַּחֲנַת־כֹּחַ (he) f (takhanát-kóakh)
• Hindi: बिजलीघर (hi) m (bijlīghar)
• Hungarian: erőmű (hu)
• Icelandic: rafstöð f, kraftverk n, orkuver (is) n, virkjun f
• Indonesian: pembangkit listrik
• Ingrian: elektrostantsia
• Irish: cumhachtstáisiún m, stáisiún cumhachta m
• Italian: centrale elettrica (it) f
• Japanese: 発電所 (ja) (はつでんしょ, hatsudensho)
• Kazakh: электр станциясы (élektr stansiäsy)
• Khmer: រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី (roong cak ʼakkisaʼnii)
• Korean: 발전소(發電所) (ko) (baljeonso)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hêzgeh (ku)

• Kyrgyz: электр станциясы (elektr stantsiyası)
• Lao: ໂຮງໄຟຟ້າ (hōng fai fā)
• Latvian: elektrostacija f
• Lithuanian: jėgainė f, elektrinė f
• Macedonian: еле́ктрична центра́ла f (eléktrična centrála), електра́на f (elektrána), електроцентра́ла f (elektrocentrála)
• Malay: stesen kuasa (ms), stesen janakuasa
• Maori: whare hiko, punahiko
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цахилгаан станц (caxilgaan stanc)

  Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ
  ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠼᠢ (čakilɣan stanci)

• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kraftverk n, kraftstasjon m

  Nynorsk: kraftverk n, kraftstasjon n

• Pashto: د برېښنا دستګاه m (də brex̌nā dəstgāh), د برېښنا سټېشن m (də brex̌nā sṭešan)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نیروگاه (fa) (nirugâh)

• Polish: elektrownia (pl) f
• Portuguese: central eléctrica f (Portugal), usina (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: centrală electrică f
• Russian: электроста́нция (ru) f (elektrostáncija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: електра̀на f

  Roman: elektràna (sh) f

• Silesian: sztrůmwerk m
• Slovak: elektráreň (sk) f
• Slovene: elektrarna f
• Spanish: central eléctrica f
• Swedish: kraftverk (sv) n, kraftstation c
• Tajik: стантсияи электрикӣ (stantsiya-yi elektriki), нерӯгоҳ (nerügoh)
• Tatar: электр станциясе (elektr stantsiyase)
• Thai: โรงไฟฟ้า (roong-fai-fáa)
• Turkish: elektrik santrali (tr)
• Turkmen: elektrik stansiýasy
• Ukrainian: електроста́нція (uk) f (elektrostáncija), електри́чна ста́нція f (elektrýčna stáncija), електровня f (elektrovnja)
• Urdu: بِجْلی گَھر m (bijlī ghar)
• Uyghur: ئېلېكتر ئىستانىسى (ëlëktr istanisi)
• Uzbek: elektr stansiyasi
• Vietnamese: trạm phát điện, nhà máy điện
• Yiddish: עלעקטרײַ (elektray), קראַפֿטסטאַנציע (kraftstantsye), עלעקטראָסטאַנציע (elektrostantsye)