electrics

electrics

See also: elèctrics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
New Latin ēlectricusbor.
English electric
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English electrics

    From electric + -s.

    Noun

    electrics (uncountable)

    1. (Commonwealth) All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system.

    Derived terms

    Noun

    electrics

    1. plural of electric
      • 2004, Dennis Barton, Red Star 4: Victory‎[1]:
        There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel drive electrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times.

    Occitan

    Adjective

    electrics

    1. masculine plural of electric
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.