Meanings
nounpower cut (plural power cuts)
plural power cuts
- An interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity).
Synonyms: outage, power outage, blackout, power trip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity).
Translations
Catalan apagada
- apagadainterruption in the supply of power
Chinese Mandarin 停電 /停电, 斷電 /断电
- 停電 /停电 (tíngdiàn)interruption in the supply of power
- 斷電 /断电 (duàndiàn)interruption in the supply of power
Danish strømafbrydelse
- strømafbrydelseinterruption in the supply of power
French compute de courant
- compute de courantinterruption in the supply of power
German Stromausfall, Stromunterbrechung
- Stromausfallinterruption in the supply of power
- Stromunterbrechunginterruption in the supply of power
Indonesian pemadaman listrik
- pemadaman listrikinterruption in the supply of power
Norwegian Bokmål strømbrudd
- strømbruddinterruption in the supply of power
Polish awaria zasilania
- awaria zasilaniainterruption in the supply of power
Portuguese apagão, apagões
- apagãointerruption in the supply of power
- apagõesinterruption in the supply of power
- quebra de energiainterruption in the supply of power
Russian отключение электричества, отключение питания
- отключение электричества (otključenije električestva)interruption in the supply of power
- отключение питания (otključenije pitanija)interruption in the supply of power
Scottish Gaelic call cumhachd
- call cumhachdinterruption in the supply of power
Spanish corte de electricidad, apagón
- corte de electricidadinterruption in the supply of power
- apagóninterruption in the supply of power
Swedish strömavbrott
- strömavbrottinterruption in the supply of power
Tamil மின்வெட்டு
- மின்வெட்டு (miṉveṭṭu)interruption in the supply of power
Vietnamese cắt điện
- cắt điệninterruption in the supply of power
Cite this entry
APA
power cut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20cut
MLA
“power cut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20cut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power cut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20cut.
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