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power station (plural power stations )
An industrial complex where electricity is produced.
1954 February [1954 January], “China's Industrial Growth”, in Economic Digest [1] , volume VII, number 2, London: Economic Research Council, →OCLC , pages 87–88 :All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations . Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports.
2012 , Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube , Profile Books, →ISBN , page 101 :The Underground would eventually be powered by two giant power stations , as we will see, before plugging itself directly into the National Grid.
an industrial complex where electricity is produced
Albanian: central (sq) m , central elektrik m
Arabic: مَحَطَّة طَاقَة f ( maḥaṭṭat ṭāqa )
Armenian: էլեկտրակայան (hy) ( ēlektrakayan )
Azerbaijani: elektrik stansiyası
Belarusian: электраста́нцыя f ( eljektrastáncyja ) , электры́чная ста́нцыя f ( eljektrýčnaja stáncyja )
Bulgarian: електроцентра́ла (bg) f ( elektrocentrála ) , електри́ческа центра́ла f ( elektríčeska centrála ) , юзи́на (bg) ( juzína )
Burmese: ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ ( dhat-a:pe:cak-rum )
Catalan: central (ca) f , central elèctrica f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 電廠 / 电厂 ( din6 cong2 ) , 發電廠 / 发电厂 ( faat3 din6 cong2 )
Mandarin: 發電廠 / 发电厂 (zh) ( fādiànchǎng ) , 發電所 / 发电所 (zh) ( fādiànsuǒ ) , 發電站 / 发电站 (zh) ( fādiànzhàn ) , 電廠 / 电厂 (zh) ( diànchǎng )
Czech: elektrárna (cs) f
Danish: kraftværk (da) n , kraftstation c
Dutch: energiecentrale (nl) f , krachtcentrale (nl) f
Esperanto: centralo , elektrejo
Estonian: elektrijaam
Finnish: voimalaitos (fi) , voimala (fi)
French: centrale électrique (fr) f
Georgian: ელექტროსადგური ( elekṭrosadguri )
German: Kraftwerk (de) n , Elektrizitätswerk (de) n
Greek: ηλεκτροπαραγωγικός σταθμός m ( ilektroparagogikós stathmós )
Hebrew: תחנת כוח \ תַּחֲנַת־כֹּחַ (he) f ( takhanát-kóakh )
Hindi: बिजलीघर (hi) m ( bijlīghar )
Hungarian: erőmű (hu)
Icelandic: rafstöð f , kraftverk n , orkuver (is) n , virkjun f
Indonesian: pembangkit listrik
Ingrian: elektrostantsia
Irish: cumhachtstáisiún m , stáisiún cumhachta m
Italian: centrale elettrica (it) f
Japanese: 発電所 (ja) ( はつでんしょ, hatsudensho )
Kazakh: электр станциясы ( élektr stansiäsy )
Khmer: រោងចក្រអគ្គិសនី ( roong cak ʼakkisaʼnii )
Korean: 발전소(發電所) (ko) ( baljeonso )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hêzgeh (ku)
Kyrgyz: электр станциясы ( elektr stantsiyası )
Lao: ໂຮງໄຟຟ້າ ( hōng fai fā )
Latvian: elektrostacija f
Lithuanian: jėgainė f , elektrinė f
Macedonian: еле́ктрична центра́ла f ( eléktrična centrála ) , електра́на f ( elektrána ) , електроцентра́ла f ( elektrocentrála )
Malay: stesen kuasa (ms) , stesen janakuasa
Maori: whare hiko , punahiko
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цахилгаан станц ( caxilgaan stanc )
Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨᠼᠢ ( čakilɣan stanci )
Navajo: atsiniltłʼish bá hooghan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kraftverk n , kraftstasjon m
Nynorsk: kraftverk n , kraftstasjon n
Pashto: د برېښنا دستګاه m ( də brex̌nā dəstgāh ) , د برېښنا سټېشن m ( də brex̌nā sṭešan )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نیروگاه (fa) ( nirugâh )
Polish: elektrownia (pl) f
Portuguese: central eléctrica f ( Portugal ) , usina (pt) f ( Brazil )
Romanian: centrală electrică f
Russian: электроста́нция (ru) f ( elektrostáncija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: електра̀на f
Roman: elektràna (sh) f
Silesian: sztrůmwerk m
Slovak: elektráreň (sk) f
Slovene: elektrarna f
Spanish: central eléctrica f
Swedish: kraftverk (sv) n , kraftstation c
Tajik: стантсияи электрикӣ ( stantsiya-yi elektriki ) , нерӯгоҳ ( nerügoh )
Tatar: электр станциясе ( elektr stantsiyase )
Thai: โรงไฟฟ้า ( roong-fai-fáa )
Turkish: elektrik santrali (tr)
Turkmen: elektrik stansiýasy
Ukrainian: електроста́нція (uk) f ( elektrostáncija ) , електри́чна ста́нція f ( elektrýčna stáncija ) , електровня f ( elektrovnja )
Urdu: بِجْلی گَھر m ( bijlī ghar )
Uyghur: ئېلېكتر ئىستانىسى ( ëlëktr istanisi )
Uzbek: elektr stansiyasi
Vietnamese: trạm phát điện , nhà máy điện
Yiddish: עלעקטרײַ ( elektray ) , קראַפֿטסטאַנציע ( kraftstantsye ) , עלעקטראָסטאַנציע ( elektrostantsye )