energetic

Etymology 1
From (16th c.), or its source,, from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Possessing or pertaining to energy.
 * 2) Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous.
 * 3)  Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
 * 1) Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous.
 * 2)  Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
 * 1)  Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
 * 1)  Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
 * 1)  Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.

Usage notes

 * Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".

Collocations

 * energetic person
 * energetic man
 * energetic woman
 * energetic child
 * energetic life
 * energetic material
 * energetic particle
 * energetic ion
 * energetic healing
 * energetic anatomy

Translations

 * Arabic: نَشِيط
 * Asturian: enérxicu
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, ple d'energia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 有活力
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: enérxico
 * German:, energiegeladen person; Energie besitzend possessing energy
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: fuinniúil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 精力的,
 * Latin: vegetus,, actuōsus
 * Latvian: enerģisks, možs, mundrs, izdarīgs
 * Luxembourgish: energesch
 * Maori: pākahukahu, hōriri, hohe
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: енергі́йний


 * Catalan: energètic
 * French:
 * Galician: enerxético
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: енергети́чний

Etymology 2
Possibly from a clipping of.

Noun

 * 1)  Any material used for its release of energy, either as an explosive, propellant, or for pyrotechnic effects.

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