Power

power English Etymology 1 From en power. Noun A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up. Etymology 2 Habitational, from en fro Poer,Pohier, en enm Poer,Pouer,Power, after the Pays de Poix (Picardy). From en enm povre poor as a nickname for a poor man or ironically a miser. Compare en Poor. Proper noun + (name) en. en Jennifer Hansler USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/samantha-power-famine-gaza/index.html 2024-04-11 Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place. https://web.archive.org/web/20260303222302/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/samantha-power-famine-gaza/index.html 3 March 2026 Derived terms en Guiting Power Translations surname Arabic: ar قوة s French: fr Power Russian: ru Па́уэр References Anagrams en eoprw powre en Buttons German Etymology de :bor en:power de en power. Pronunciation de /ˈpaʊ̯ər/ [ˈpaʊ̯ɐ] de Po w er de De-Power.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f.sg de informal strength, energy, physical power de statistics power Declension f.sg Derived terms de auspowern de powern Further reading