Definition
In biology, the fundamental living unit consisting of a nucleus and its surrounding cytoplasm (a term used in early cell biology).
Etymology
From German Energid, coined by botanist Karl Wilhelm Nägeli (1817-1891), combining energy + the suffix -id (from Greek -eides 'form, kind'). The term reflects 19th-century attempts to name the basic unit of life.
Kelly Says
Before 'cell' became the standard term for life's basic unit, scientists proposed alternatives like 'energid' to emphasize that living things are fundamentally about energy transformation—it's a word that lost the terminology race but got the concept right.
Translations
CACatalà
energia
en-er-zhee-ah
CSČeština
energie
en-er-zhee
DEDeutsch
Energie
en-er-gee
ELΕλληνικά
ενέργεια
en-er-jee-ah
ESEspañol
energía
en-er-gee-ah
FISuomi
energia
en-er-gee-ah
FRFrançais
énergie
en-er-zhee
HEעברית
אנרגיה
an-er-gee-ah
HIहिन्दी
ऊर्जा
oo-er-zhah
HUMagyar
energia
en-er-zhee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
energi
en-er-gee
ITItaliano
energia
en-er-zhee-ah
KKKK
энергия
en-er-gee-yah
MSBahasa Melayu
energi
en-er-gee
MYမြန်မာ
အရည်အသွေး
a-ye-ri-a-thwe
NLNederlands
energie
en-er-zhee
PLPolski
energia
en-er-zhee-ah
PTPortuguês
energia
en-er-zhee-ah
RORomână
energie
en-er-zhee
RUРусский
энергия
ener-gee-yah
SVSvenska
energi
en-er-gee
SWKiswahili
nishati
ni-sha-tee
TAதமிழ்
உணர்ச்சி
u-nar-chchi
THไทย
พลังงาน
phalang-ngan
TLTL
enerhiya
en-er-hee-ah
UKУкраїнська
енергія
en-er-gee-yah
VITiếng Việt
năng lượng
nang luong