wind turbine

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device for converting wind power into electricity.

Equivalents

Españolaerogenerador aeroturbina molino de vientomolino eólico turbina eólica

Françaiséolienne

DeutschWindanlage Windenergieanlage WindkraftanlageWindrad Windturbine

22 more languages

Беларускаявятрак

Danskvindmølle

Ελληνικάανεμογεννήτρια ανεμοκινητήρας ανεμομηχανή

Esperantoventoturbino

Suomituuliturbiini

Gaeilgetuirbín gaoithe

Gàidhligcrann-gaoithe

Galegoaeroxerador muíño de vento muíño eólico

Magyarszélturbina

Հայերենհողմաշարժիչ

Íslenskavindmylla

Italianoventoturbino

日本語風力タービン

ქართულიქარის ტურბინა

Nederlandswindturbine

Portuguêsaerogerador turbina eólica

Românăturbină eoliană

Русскийветрогенератор ветротурбина ветряна́я турби́на

Svenskavindkraftverk vindturbin

ไทยกังหันลม

Türkçerüzgâr türbini

Українськавітротурбі́на

Examples

“Now there is another subject in which Donald Trump’s expert knowledge surpasses that of everybody else: wind turbines, though he calls them windmills.”

““These wind turbines will help ⟳ preserve ⟳ the forest by generating electricity sustainably,” said Paschold. “If we keep ⟳ spewing CO₂ and contaminating our atmosphere, there won’t be much of it left.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

wind up wind vane wind-bell wind-board wind-break wind-cloud

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