# energia
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.nərˈʒi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.neɾˈd͡ʒi.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ia

### Noun

energia f (plural energies)
* (physics) energy, the capacity to do work.
* the capacity to move (said of a person or animal).
* the capacity to cause an effect (said of a remedy).

#### Derived terms

* energia cinètica

#### Related terms

* energètic
* enèrgic

### Further reading

* “energia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “energia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “energia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “energia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From energio +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [enerˈɡia]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gi‧a

### Adjective

energia (accusative singular energian, plural energiaj, accusative plural energiajn)
* energetic

## Estonian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈnerɡ̊iɑ̯/, [eˈnerɡ̊iɑ̯]
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### Noun

energia (genitive energia, partitive energiat)
* energy

#### Derived terms

* elektrienergia

### Further reading

* “energia”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
* “energia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “energia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* energia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈenerɡiɑ/, [ˈe̞ne̞rˌɡiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: ener‧gia

### Noun

energia
* (physics) energy (impetus behind activity; ability to do work)
    Synonym: (archaic) tarmo
* (figuratively) energy, vigour
    Synonyms: tarmo, puhti, potku, eloisuus
* (games) energy

#### Declension

Possessive forms of energia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
energiani
energiani
accusative
nom.
energiani
energiani
gen.
energiani
genitive
energiani
energioideni energioitteni energiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
energiaani
energioitani
inessive
energiassani
energioissani
elative
energiastani
energioistani
illative
energiaani
energioihini
adessive
energiallani
energioillani
ablative
energialtani
energioiltani
allative
energialleni
energioilleni
essive
energianani
energioinani
translative
energiakseni
energioikseni
abessive
energiattani
energioittani
instructive
comitative
—energioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
energiasi
energiasi
accusative
nom.
energiasi
energiasi
gen.
energiasi
genitive
energiasi
energioidesi energioittesi energiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
energiaasi
energioitasi
inessive
energiassasi
energioissasi
elative
energiastasi
energioistasi
illative
energiaasi
energioihisi
adessive
energiallasi
energioillasi
ablative
energialtasi
energioiltasi
allative
energiallesi
energioillesi
essive
energianasi
energioinasi
translative
energiaksesi
energioiksesi
abessive
energiattasi
energioittasi
instructive
comitative
—energioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
energiamme
energiamme
accusative
nom.
energiamme
energiamme
gen.
energiamme
genitive
energiamme
energioidemme energioittemme energiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
energiaamme
energioitamme
inessive
energiassamme
energioissamme
elative
energiastamme
energioistamme
illative
energiaamme
energioihimme
adessive
energiallamme
energioillamme
ablative
energialtamme
energioiltamme
allative
energiallemme
energioillemme
essive
energianamme
energioinamme
translative
energiaksemme
energioiksemme
abessive
energiattamme
energioittamme
instructive
comitative
—energioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
energianne
energianne
accusative
nom.
energianne
energianne
gen.
energianne
genitive
energianne
energioidenne energioittenne energiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
energiaanne
energioitanne
inessive
energiassanne
energioissanne
elative
energiastanne
energioistanne
illative
energiaanne
energioihinne
adessive
energiallanne
energioillanne
ablative
energialtanne
energioiltanne
allative
energiallenne
energioillenne
essive
energiananne
energioinanne
translative
energiaksenne
energioiksenne
abessive
energiattanne
energioittanne
instructive
comitative
—energioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
energiansa
energiansa
accusative
nom.
energiansa
energiansa
gen.
energiansa
genitive
energiansa
energioidensa energioittensa energiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
energiaansa
energioitaan energioitansa
inessive
energiassaan energiassansa
energioissaan energioissansa
elative
energiastaan energiastansa
energioistaan energioistansa
illative
energiaansa
energioihinsa
adessive
energiallaan energiallansa
energioillaan energioillansa
ablative
energialtaan energialtansa
energioiltaan energioiltansa
allative
energialleen energiallensa
energioilleen energioillensa
essive
energianaan energianansa
energioinaan energioinansa
translative
energiakseen energiaksensa
energioikseen energioiksensa
abessive
energiattaan energiattansa
energioittaan energioittansa
instructive
comitative
—energioineen energioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* -energiainen
* energinen
* aaltoenergia
* aktivointienergia
* aktivoitumisenergia
* asemaenergia
* atomienergia
* aurinkoenergia
* bioenergia
* delokalisaatioenergia
* dissosiaatioenergia
* ekoenergia
* energia-ala
* energia-avustus
* energiahoitaja
* energiahoito
* energiahuolto
* energiahyötykäyttö
* energiahäviö
* energiaintegraali
* energiaintensiivinen
* energiajae
* energiajuoma
* energiajäte
* energiakasvi
* energiakomissaari
* energiakriisi
* energiakustannus
* energiakäyttö
* energialaitos
* energialaji
* energialähde
* energiamerkintä
* energiamerkki
* energiametsä
* energiamittari
* energian häviämättömyyden laki
* energian säilymisen laki
* energianeuvos
* energianhallinta
* energianhinta
* energianhukka
* energianhäviö
* energiankulutus
* energianlähde
* energianpuute
* energiansiirto
* energiansäästö
* energiansäästölamppu
* energiantarve
* energiantuotanto
* energiantuotantolaitos
* energiaomavaraisuus
* energiapaju
* energiapakkaus
* energiapalkki
* energiapatukka
* energiapitoinen
* energiapolitiikka
* energiapula
* energiapuu
* energiaravintoaine
* energiaremontti
* energiasisältö
* energiasuunnittelija
* energiasuunnittelu
* energiasyöppö
* energiasääennuste
* energiatalous
* energiatase
* energiataso
* energiatehokas
* energiateknologia
* energiatiheys
* energiatila
* energiatodistus
* energiatuotanto
* energiaturvallisuus
* energiavalli
* energiavara
* energiavarasto
* energiavarmuus
* energiavero
* energiavyö
* energiayhtiö
* etenemisliikkeen energia
* hajoamisenergia
* hilaenergia
* ionisaatioenergia
* ionisoitumisenergia
* iskuenergia
* jäähdytysenergia
* kokonaisenergia
* kylmäenergia
* liike-energia
* lähtöenergia
* lämpöenergia
* matalaenergiainen
* matalaenergiatalo
* metsäenergia
* miesenergia
* naisenergia
* nollaenergiatalo
* nollapiste-energia
* passiivienergiatalo
* peltoenergia
* plusenergiatalo
* potentiaalienergia
* primäärienergia
* puuenergia
* pyörimisenergia
* rekyylienergia
* resonanssienergia
* runsasenergiainen
* sekundäärienergia
* sidosenergia
* sisäenergia
* sukupuolienergia
* suurenergiafysiikka
* suurienergiainen
* sähköenergia
* säteilyenergia
* tuulienergia
* tyhjiöenergia
* tyttöenergia
* tätienergia
* valoenergia
* viettienergia
* vuorovesienergia
* vähäenergiainen
* värähtelyenergia
* ydinenergia
* äijäenergia
* äänienergia

#### Related terms

* energinen

### Further reading

* “energia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Hungarian
### Etymology

First attested in 1627. Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛnɛrɡijɒ]
* Hyphenation: ener‧gia
* Rhymes: -jɒ

### Noun

energia (plural energiák)
* (physics) energy (the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object)
* (figuratively) energy (the capacity to do work)
    Synonyms: akaraterő, tetterő, szívósság, erély, lendület

#### Derived terms

* atomenergia
* energiaellátás
* energiafogyasztás
* energiaforrás
* energiasűrűség
* energiaszolgáltatás
* energiaválság

#### Related terms

* allergia
* energetika
* energikus
* erg
* ergonómia
* orgánum
* orgia
* orgona

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* energia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* energia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian энергия (energija).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈenerɡiɑ/, [ˈe̞ne̞rˌɡiɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈenerɡiɑ/, [ˈe̞ne̞rˌkiɑ]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gi‧a

### Noun

energia
* energy
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 45:Selvät joet i koset, porogat, antaat paljo energiaa.The quick rivers and waterfalls, rapids, give a lot of energy.

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.nerˈd͡ʒi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gì‧a

### Noun

energia f (plural energie)
* energy
    Synonyms: forza, vigore

#### Derived terms

* bioenergia
* energia alternativa
* energia di punto zero
* energia elettrica
* energia eolica
* energia nucleare
* energia rinnovabile
* energia solare
* energico
* energivoro
* energizzare
* fonte di energia

#### Related terms

* energetica
* energetico
* energismo

### Further reading

* energia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* anergie, generai

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* energìa

### Noun

energia f (plural energies)
* energy

#### Related terms

* energich

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /e.nerˈɡiː.a/, [ɛnɛrˈɡiːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /e.nerˈd͡ʒi.a/, [enerˈd͡ʒiːä]

### Noun

energīa f (genitive energīae); first declension
* energy
* efficiency

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: energia
* French: énergie
** → Azerbaijani: enerji
** → Czech: energie
** → Danish: energi
** → Dutch: energie
*** → Indonesian: energi
** → English: energy
*** → Cebuano: enerdyi
*** → Japanese: エナジー (enajī)
*** → Korean: 에너지 (eneoji)
** → Norwegian Bokmål: energi
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: energi
** → Persian: انرژی (enerži)
** → Romanian: energie
** → Swedish: energi
** → Turkish: enerji
* Galician: enerxía
* Italian: energia
* Occitan: energia
* Portuguese: energia
* Romanian: energie
* Spanish: energía
* → Esperanto: energio
* → Estonian: energia
* → Finnish: energia
* → Hungarian: energia
* → Polish: energia

### References

* “energia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* energia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* energia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* energia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

### Anagrams

* rēgīnae

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

energia f (plural energias)
* energy

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* energija (Middle Polish)
* energja (pre-reform orthography (1936))

### Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Energie or French énergie, ultimately from Latin energīa. First attested in 1606. Compare Kashubian energiô and Silesian ynergijŏ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛˈnɛr.ɡja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrɡja
* Syllabification: e‧ner‧gia

### Noun

energia f
* energy (person's ability to do work)
* (physics) energy (quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent)
* (colloquial) energy (electrical current)
    Synonyms: elektryczność, elektryka, prąd, światło
* (Ancient Greece, philosophy) energy (form as opposed to matter as potency)

#### Derived terms

* energetyczny
* energiczny
* energochłonny
* energoelektroniczny
* energoelektryczny
* energooszczędny
* energoterapeutyczny
* energotwórczy
* energożerny
* bank energii
* energetyzm
* energia kinetyczna
* energia mechaniczna
* energia pierwotna
* energia potencjalna
* energiczność
* energoblok
* energoelektronik
* energoelektronika
* energoelektryka
* energoterapeuta
* energoterapeutka
* energoterapia
* zielona energia
* energetyzować impf

#### Related terms

* bezenergetyczny
* bioenergetyczny
* bioenergoterapeutyczny
* bioenergoterapeutycznie
* energetycznie
* energicznie
* energochłonnie
* energoelektronicznie
* energooszczędnie
* energoterapeutycznie
* aeroenergetyka
* bioenergetyka
* bioenergia
* bioenergoterapeuta
* bioenergoterapeutka
* bioenergoterapia
* energetyczka
* energetyk
* energetyka
* energizer
* energochłonność
* energooszczędność
* energożerność

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), energia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 79 times in scientific texts, 18 times in news, 10 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 114 times, making it the 533rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “energia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “energia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “energia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Rozmowa o rokoszu‎ (in Polish), 1606, page 111: “Nuż co była sama energia, sama medulla rokoszu tego, na żołnierza utriusque partis i na sługi senatorskie i panięce: »Kto cnotliwy, do braciej!« nie zawołano.”
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “energia”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 112

### Further reading

* energia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* energia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “energia”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “energja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “energja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 694
* energia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin energīa (“energy”), from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “action, act, work”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.neʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [e.neɦˈʒi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.neʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [e.neɦˈʒi.ɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.neɾˈʒi.ɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.neʁˈʒi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.neɻˈʒi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.nɨɾˈʒi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: e‧ner‧gi‧a

### Noun

energia f (plural energias)
* energy (impetus behind activity)
* (physics) energy (ability to do work)
* (informal) electricity

#### Synonyms

* (impetus): ardor, ímpeto, nervo, vigor, vitalidade,
* (electricity): energia elétrica, eletricidade, luz

#### Derived terms

* energia atómica
* energia cinética
* energia elétrica
* energia interna
* energia mecânica
* energia nuclear
* energia potencial
* energia radiante
* energia térmica
* energia vital

#### Related terms

* energético
* enérgico
* energizar

### Further reading

* “energia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025