Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

power

Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊə(r)/

Translate power | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
French translation of power

A. n

  • 1 (control) pouvoir (m) to be in/come to power = être/accéder au pouvoir to be in sb's power = être à la merci de qn
  • 3 (capability) pouvoir (m) to do everything in one's power = faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir (to do pour faire)
  • 4 (authority) attributions (fpl)
  • 7 (of vehicle, plane) puissance (f) to be running at full/half power = fonctionner à plein/mi-régime
  • 8 (in mathematics) 6 to the power of 3 = 6 puissance 3

B. adj

C. vtr

Idioms

to do sb a power of good

faire à qn un bien fou

the powers that be

les autorités

power in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of power in the British & World English dictionary Definition of power in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

epithalamium

/ ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm /
noun
a song or poem celebrating a marriage …