Meanings
nounhydropower (uncountable)
- uncountablehydroelectric power
The 16 small hydro-power stations run by Kuandian County provide 80 percent of the electricity for agricultural use in this county.
1979 April 12 [1979 February 13], “Liaoning Hydroelectricity”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 508, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Economic, page 42Synonyms: water power
Synonyms & antonyms
nounhydroelectric power
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*pótis
- Proto-Italic*potis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
- Proto-Italic*som
- Proto-Italic*possom
- Latinposse
- Vulgar Latinpotēre
- Old Frenchpooir
- Anglo-Normanpoer
- Middle Englishpower
- Englishpower
- Englishhydropower
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 水力發電 /水力发电
- 水力發電 /水力发电 (shuǐlì fādiàn)hydroelectric power
Dutch waterkracht, hydro-energie
- waterkrachthydroelectric power
- hydro-energiehydroelectric power
Finnish vesivoima
- vesivoimahydroelectric power
German Wasserkraft, Hydroenergie
- Wasserkrafthydroelectric power
- Hydroenergiehydroelectric power
Irish hidreachumhacht
- hidreachumhachthydroelectric power
Norwegian Bokmål vannkraft, vasskraft
- vannkrafthydroelectric power
- vasskrafthydroelectric power
Polish energia wodna
- energia wodnahydroelectric power
Portuguese energia hidroelétrica
- energia hidroelétricahydroelectric power
Russian гидроэнерге́тика
- гидроэнерге́тика (gidroɛnɛrgétika)hydroelectric power
Spanish hidroenergía, energía hidráulica
- hidroenergíahydroelectric power
- energía hidráulicahydroelectric power
- energía hídricahydroelectric power
Swedish vattenkraft
- vattenkrafthydroelectric power
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APA
hydropower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropower
MLA
“hydropower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropower. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydropower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydropower.
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