Meanings
nounpowerbank (plural powerbanks)
plural powerbanks · alternative power bank
- A portable and chargeable battery device used to charge mobile phones and tablet computers.
Origin
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
- Proto-Germanic*bankiz
- Proto-West Germanic*banki
- Lombardicbank
- Italianbanca
- Middle Frenchbanque
- Englishbank
- Englishpowerbank
From power + bank. First attested in the 1910s. Genericized trademark in the United Kingdom as PowerBank.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian външна батерия, преносима батерия
- външна батерия (vănšna baterija)portable battery device
- преносима батерия (prenosima baterija)portable battery device
Chinese Cantonese 奶媽 /奶妈, 尿袋
- 奶媽 /奶妈 (naai⁵ maa¹)portable battery device
- 尿袋portable battery device
- 隨叉 /随叉 (ceoi⁴ caa¹)portable battery device
- 充電寶 /充电宝 (cung¹ din⁶ bou²)portable battery device
Chinese Mandarin 充電寶 /充电宝, 行動充 /行动充
- 充電寶 /充电宝 (chōngdiànbǎo)portable battery device
- 行動充 /行动充portable battery device
- 行動電源 /行动电源 (xíngdòng diànyuán)portable battery device
Czech powerbanka
- powerbankaportable battery device
Danish powerbank
- powerbankportable battery device
Dutch powerbank
- powerbankportable battery device
Finnish varavirtalähde, matka-akku
- varavirtalähdeportable battery device
- matka-akkuportable battery device
- virtapankkiportable battery device
French batterie externe
- batterie externeportable battery device
German Stromspeicher, mobile Zusatzbatterie
- Stromspeicherportable battery device
- mobile Zusatzbatterieportable battery device
Greek αποθήκη ενέργειας
- αποθήκη ενέργειας (apothíki enérgeias)portable battery device
Hungarian hordozható töltő, külső akku/akkumulátor
- hordozható töltőportable battery device
- külső akku/akkumulátorportable battery device
- vésztöltőportable battery device
Indonesian bank daya
- bank dayaportable battery device
Japanese モバイルバッテリー
- モバイルバッテリー (mobairu batterī)portable battery device
Korean 보조배터리
- 보조배터리 (bojobaeteori)portable battery device
Norwegian Bokmål powerbank
- powerbankportable battery device
Polish bank energii, powerbank
- bank energiiportable battery device
- powerbankportable battery device
Russian па̀уэрба́нк, паверба́нк
- па̀уэрба́нк (pàuerbánk)portable battery device
- паверба́нк (paverbánk)portable battery device
- поверба́нк (poverbánk)portable battery device
Spanish cargador portátil, batería externa
- cargador portátilportable battery device
- batería externaportable battery device
- batería portableportable battery device
Swedish powerbank
- powerbankportable battery device
Turkish powerbank, taşınabilir şarj cihazı
- powerbankportable battery device
- taşınabilir şarj cihazıportable battery device
Vietnamese pin sạc dự phòng
- pin sạc dự phòngportable battery device
Cite this entry
APA
powerbank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powerbank
MLA
“powerbank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powerbank. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “powerbank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powerbank.
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