Power

See also: power

English

Etymology 1

From power.

Noun

Power (plural Powers)

1. A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.

Etymology 2

• Habitational, from Old French Poer, Pohier, Middle English Poer, Pouer, Power, after the Pays de Poix (Picardy).
• From Middle English povre (“poor”) as a nickname for a poor man or ironically a miser. Compare Poor.

Proper noun

Power

1. A surname.
   • 2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place.

Derived terms

• Guiting Power

Translations

surname

• Arabic: قوة (ar) sg
• French: Power (fr)
• Russian: Па́уэр (ru) (Páuer)

Anagrams

• powre

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English power.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯ər/, [ˈpaʊ̯ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Po‧w‧er

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Power f (genitive Power, no plural)

1. (informal) strength, energy, physical power
2. (statistics) power

Declension

Declension of Power [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Power
genitive	einer	der	Power
dative	einer	der	Power
accusative	eine	die	Power

Derived terms

• auspowern
• powern

Further reading

• “Power” in Duden online