bioenergy

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noun

Energy produced from a biological resource such as biomass as biofuel.

OriginEnglish energy ← Middle French énergie ← Late Latin energīa →
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Meanings

nounbioenergy (countable and uncountable, plural bioenergies)

plural bioenergies

  1. countableuncountableEnergy produced from a biological resource such as biomass as biofuel.
  2. New AgecountableuncountableA form of spiritual energy or life force.

    While the person is alive, these different aspects of the soul are vitally interconnected: bioenergy, emotions, mind, soul, and spirit interact and are expressed through the vehicle of the body.

    1994, Simcha Paull Raphael, Jewish Views of the Afterlife, page 366

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
energy > renewable energy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Late Latinenergīa
  6. Middle Frenchénergie
  7. Englishenergy
  8. Englishbioenergy

From bio- + energy.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 生物能源, 生物能
  • 生物能源 (shēngwù néngyuán)energy produced from a biological resource
  • 生物能 (shēngwùnéng)energy produced from a biological resource
Dutch bio-energie
  • bio-energieenergy produced from a biological resource
Finnish bioenergia
  • bioenergiaenergy produced from a biological resource
German Bioenergie
  • Bioenergieenergy produced from a biological resource
Irish bithfhuinneamh
  • bithfhuinneamhenergy produced from a biological resource
Italian bioenergia
  • bioenergiaenergy produced from a biological resource
Polish bioenergia, bioenergia
  • bioenergiaenergy produced from a biological resource
  • bioenergiaNew Age
  • bioprądNew Age
Portuguese bioenergia
  • bioenergiaenergy produced from a biological resource
Swedish biokraft, bioenergi
  • biokraftenergy produced from a biological resource
  • bioenergienergy produced from a biological resource
Turkish biyoenerji
  • biyoenerjienergy produced from a biological resource
Cite this entry
APA

bioenergy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioenergy

MLA

“bioenergy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioenergy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioenergy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioenergy.

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