Meanings
adjectivehydroelectric (not comparable)
alternative hydro-electric
- not comparableThat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure.
1 more example
Baishan hydroelectric station is located 39 km from the downstream Hongshi hydroelectric station and 250 km from the downstream Fengman hydroelectric station, Jilin Province, China, on the upper reaches of the Second Songhua River, […] In Baishan district the weather is very cold in winter (lowest temperature, -44.5°C; highest temperature, 38.8°C; long-term average, 4.3°C).
1986, Zongyan Guo, Zhou Yukun, “Segment-shaped blasting in Baishan hydroelectric station excavations, China”, in Rock engineering and excavation in an urban environment, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181 - not comparableOf or relating to the electricity so produced.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Englishhydroelectric
Translations
Catalan hidroelèctric, hidroelèctric
- hidroelèctricthat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hidroelèctricrelating to the electricity so produced
Chinese Mandarin 水力發電的 /水力发电的, 水電的 /水电的
- 水力發電的 /水力发电的 (shuǐlì fādiàn de)that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- 水電的 /水电的 (shuǐdiàn de)that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- 水力發電的 /水力发电的 (shuǐlì fādiàn de)relating to the electricity so produced
- 水電的 /水电的 (shuǐdiàn de)relating to the electricity so produced
Dutch hydro-elektrisch
- hydro-elektrischthat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
Finnish vesivoima-, vesivoima-
- vesivoima-that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- vesivoima-relating to the electricity so produced
French hydro-électrique, hydro-électrique
- hydro-électriquethat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hydro-électriquerelating to the electricity so produced
German hydroelektrisch, hydroelektrisch
- hydroelektrischthat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hydroelektrischrelating to the electricity so produced
Greek υδροηλεκτρικός, υδροηλεκτρικός
- υδροηλεκτρικός (ydroïlektrikós)that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- υδροηλεκτρικός (ydroïlektrikós)relating to the electricity so produced
Polish hydroelektryczny, hydroelektryczny
- hydroelektrycznythat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hydroelektrycznyrelating to the electricity so produced
Portuguese hidroelétrico, hidroelétrico
- hidroelétricothat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hidroelétricorelating to the electricity so produced
Russian гидроэлектри́ческий, гидроэлектри́ческий
- гидроэлектри́ческий (gidroelektríčeskij)that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- гидроэлектри́ческий (gidroelektríčeskij)relating to the electricity so produced
Spanish hidroeléctrico, hidroeléctrico
- hidroeléctricothat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- hidroeléctricorelating to the electricity so produced
Swedish vattenkraft, vattenkraft
- vattenkraftthat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- vattenkraftrelating to the electricity so produced
Ukrainian гідроелектри́чний, гідроелектри́чний
- гідроелектри́чний (hidroelektrýčnyj)that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- гідроелектри́чний (hidroelektrýčnyj)relating to the electricity so produced
Vietnamese thuỷ điện
- thuỷ điệnthat generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
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APA
hydroelectric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroelectric
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“hydroelectric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroelectric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydroelectric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroelectric.
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