blackout

== English == === Alternative forms === black-out === Etymology === Deverbal from black out. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈblæk.aʊt/ (Canadian raising) IPA(key): /ˈblæk.ʌʊt/ === Noun === blackout (countable and uncountable, plural blackouts) A temporary loss of consciousness. Synonyms: blankout, faint, syncope Coordinate terms: grayout, greyout A temporary loss of memory. Synonym: blankout A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers. Synonyms: power cut, outage Coordinate terms: brownout, dimout An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one. (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II. (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible. (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: black-out → French: blackout → German: Blackout → Hebrew: בלקאאוט → Portuguese: blecaute, blackout ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === blackout (third-person singular simple present blackouts, present participle blackouting, simple past and past participle blackouted) (nonstandard) Alternative form of black out. === Further reading === blackout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “blackout”, in Collins English Dictionary. “blackout”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “blackout”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “blackout”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. == Dutch == === Noun === blackout m (plural blackouts, diminutive blackoutje n) alternative spelling of black-out == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blackout. === Noun === blackout (plural blackout-blackout) blackout (electrical engineering) a large-scale power failure (communication) an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one. (communication) an intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest. === Further reading === “blackout”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Alternative forms === black-out, black out === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blackout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɛkˈkawt/ Rhymes: -awt === Noun === blackout m (invariable) blackout (temporary loss of memory) blackout (large-scale power failure) === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blackout. === Noun === blackout m (plural blackouts) alternative form of blecaute === Further reading === “blackout”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blackout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblakaut/ [ˈbla.kau̯t̪] Rhymes: -akaut IPA(key): /blaˈkaut/ [blaˈkau̯t̪] Rhymes: -aut Syllabification: blac‧kout === Noun === blackout m (plural blackouts) blackout (clarification of this definition is needed.) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.