Meanings
nounelectrode (plural electrodes)
plural electrodes
- The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
From my laboratory in the Castle east To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the Mash They did the Monster Mash.
1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.
Origin
Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِلِكْتْرُود
- إِلِكْتْرُود (ʔiliktrūd)the terminal through which electric current passes
Basque elektrodo
- elektrodothe terminal through which electric current passes
Bulgarian електро́д
- електро́д (elektród)the terminal through which electric current passes
Catalan elèctrode
- elèctrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
Chinese Mandarin 電極 /电极
- 電極 /电极 (diànjí)the terminal through which electric current passes
Czech elektroda
- elektrodathe terminal through which electric current passes
Danish elektrode
- elektrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
Dutch elektrode
- elektrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
Esperanto elektrodo
- elektrodothe terminal through which electric current passes
Estonian elektrood
- elektroodthe terminal through which electric current passes
Finnish elektrodi
- elektrodithe terminal through which electric current passes
French électrode
- électrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
German Elektrode
- Elektrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
Greek ηλεκτρόδιο
- ηλεκτρόδιο (ilektródio)the terminal through which electric current passes
Hawaiian ʻūholo uila
- ʻūholo uilathe terminal through which electric current passes
Hebrew אֶלֶקְטְרוֹדָה
- אֶלֶקְטְרוֹדָה (elektróda)the terminal through which electric current passes
Hindi विद्युदग्र, इलेक्ट्रोड
- विद्युदग्र (vidyudagra)the terminal through which electric current passes
- इलेक्ट्रोड (ilekṭroḍ)the terminal through which electric current passes
- इलैक्ट्रोड (ilaikṭroḍ)the terminal through which electric current passes
Hungarian elektróda
- elektródathe terminal through which electric current passes
Icelandic rafskaut, skaut
- rafskautthe terminal through which electric current passes
- skautthe terminal through which electric current passes
- rafpóllthe terminal through which electric current passes
- rafnemithe terminal through which electric current passes
Italian elettrodo
- elettrodothe terminal through which electric current passes
Japanese 電極
- 電極 (denkyoku)the terminal through which electric current passes
Korean 전극
- 전극 (jeon'geuk)the terminal through which electric current passes
Latvian elektrods
- elektrodsthe terminal through which electric current passes
Lithuanian elektrodas
- elektrodasthe terminal through which electric current passes
Malay elektrod
- elektrodthe terminal through which electric current passes
Māori pitohiko, tia kawehiko
- pitohikothe terminal through which electric current passes
- tia kawehikothe terminal through which electric current passes
Norwegian Bokmål elektrode
- elektrodethe terminal through which electric current passes
Polish elektroda
- elektrodathe terminal through which electric current passes
Portuguese eletrodo
- eletrodothe terminal through which electric current passes
Romanian electrod
- electrodthe terminal through which electric current passes
Russian электро́д
- электро́д (elektród)the terminal through which electric current passes
Slovak elektróda
- elektródathe terminal through which electric current passes
Spanish electrodo
- electrodothe terminal through which electric current passes
Swahili elektrodi
- elektrodithe terminal through which electric current passes
Swedish elektrod
- elektrodthe terminal through which electric current passes
Tagalog dagindas
- dagindasthe terminal through which electric current passes
Thai อิเล็กโทรด, ลวดเชื่อม
- อิเล็กโทรดthe terminal through which electric current passes
- ลวดเชื่อมthe terminal through which electric current passes
- ขั้วเชื่อมthe terminal through which electric current passes
Turkish elektrot
- elektrotthe terminal through which electric current passes
Ukrainian електро́д
- електро́д (elektród)the terminal through which electric current passes
Vietnamese điện cực
- điện cựcthe terminal through which electric current passes
Cite this entry
APA
electrode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrode
MLA
“electrode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrode. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrode.
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