"power failure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: power failures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power failure (plural power failures)
  1. (electricity) An unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity. Categories (topical): Electricity Synonyms: blackout, outage, power cut Translations (power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout): sähkökatko (Finnish), coupure de courant (French), panne de courant (French), coupure d’electricité (French), panne d’electricité (French), Stromausfall [masculine] (German), áramkimaradás (Hungarian), áramszünet (Hungarian), strømbrudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), queda de energia (Portuguese), cădere de tensiune [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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        "(electricity) An unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity."
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          "word": "áramkimaradás"
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          "word": "queda de energia"
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      "sense": "power failure — see also power cut, outage, blackout",
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      "word": "coupure de courant"
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      "word": "áramkimaradás"
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      "word": "queda de energia"
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