How to say "electric" in Japanese

• 電動でんどうCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'electric' meaning electrically powered: it describes machines and devices that run on electric power, typically driven by a motor, in contrast with hand-operated or engine-driven equipment.
  彼かれは電動でんどうタイプライターが欲ほしかったが、友人ゆうじんは彼かれを説き伏ときふせてワープロを買かわせた。↗

  He wanted to buy an electric typewriter but his friend talked him into buying a word processor.
• エレクトリックCommon
  na-adjective, nounThe loanword from English. It matches 'electric' directly but is used where the English-derived term is current, as in music and product names, rather than as the general adjective for electrically powered devices.
• 電器でんきCommon
  nounMatches 'electric' in the sense of electric goods: it denotes electrical appliances and equipment as merchandise, as when shopping for or classifying them, and is not the adjective for a powered device.
  電器でんき設備せつびに近ちかづかないように。↗

  Keep away from the electrical equipment.

Use 電動 for machines and devices that run on electric power, 「エレクトリック」 as the English loanword in names and music contexts, and 電器 for electric goods such as appliances.

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• 電動でんどうelectrically powered
• エレクトリックelectric
• 電器でんきelectric (goods)
• 電気式でんきしきelectrical