power
: Power
Anglais
Étymologie
- Du moyen anglais poer, de l’ancien français pooir.
Nom commun
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| power \ˈpaʊ.ɚ\ ou \ˈpaʊə\ |
powers \ˈpaʊ.ɚz\ ou \ˈpaʊəz\ |
power \ˈpaʊ.ɚ\ (États-Unis), \ˈpaʊə\ (Royaume-Uni)
- Puissance, force, pouvoir.
- Autorité.
- The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. […] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. — (George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four)
- La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)
- The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. […] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. — (George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four)
- Capacité.
- (Physique) (Électricité) Puissance.
Dérivés
- candlepower
- electric power plant
- empower
- firepower (puissance de feu)
- flower power
- horsepower
- manpower (main-d’œuvre)
- nuclear power
- nuclear power plant
- power consumption
- power forward
- powerful
- powerless
- power plant
- PowerPoint
- power supply
- powers that be
- power user
- power vacuum
- soft power
- solar power
- superpower
- wind power
Verbe
| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to power \ˈpaʊ.ɚ\ ou \ˈpaʊə\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
powers \ˈpaʊ.ɚz\ ou \ˈpaʊəz\ |
| Prétérit | powered \ˈpaʊ.ɚd\ ou \ˈpaʊəd\ |
| Participe passé | powered \ˈpaʊ.ɚd\ ou \ˈpaʊəd\ |
| Participe présent | powering \ˈpaʊ.ɚ.ɪŋ\ ou \ˈpaʊə.ɹɪŋ\ |
| voir conjugaison anglaise | |
power \ˈpaʊ.ɚ\ (États-Unis), \ˈpaʊə\ (Royaume-Uni) transitif
- (Électricité) Alimenter.
Dérivés
- power down
- power up
Prononciation
- États-Unis : écouter « power [ˈpaʊ.ɚ] »
- Suisse (Genève) : écouter « power [Prononciation ?] »
- Royaume-Uni (Londres) : écouter « power [Prononciation ?] »
Voir aussi
- power sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)
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