extension cord

English

Yellow NEMA 5-15 extension cord

Noun

extension cord (plural extension cords)

1. (electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.

Synonyms

• extension lead (UK)
• extension
• power extender
• drop cord
• trip cord (slang)

Translations

an electrical cord

• Arabic: سِلْك تَوْصِيل m (silk tawṣīl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電源延長線／电源延长线 (diànyuán yáncháng xiàn), 延長線／延长线 (zh) (yánchángxiàn)

• Czech: prodlužovačka f, prodlužka f
• Danish: forlængerledning (da) c
• Dutch: verlengsnoer (nl) n
• Finnish: jatkojohto (fi)
• French: prolongateur (fr) m, rallonge (fr) f
• German: Verlängerungskabel (de) n
• Hungarian: hosszabbító zsinór (hu), hosszabbító (hu)
• Icelandic: framlengingarsnúra f
• Italian: prolunga (it) f
• Japanese: 延長ケーブル (enchō-kēburu), テーブルタップ (tēburutappu)
• Norwegian: skøteledning
• Polish: przedłużacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: extensão (pt) f
• Romanian: cablu de prelungire n, cablu prelungitor, prelungitor (ro) n
• Russian: удлини́тель (ru) m (udlinítelʹ)
• Slovak: predlžovačka f
• Spanish: alargador (es) m, prolongador (es) m, extensión (es) f (Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic), alargue (es) m (Argentina, Uruguay)
• Swedish: skarvsladd (sv), förlängningssladd (sv)
• Tagalog: dugtungang-kawad
• Turkish: uzatma kablosu
• Ukrainian: подо́вжувач m (podóvžuvač)

See also

• extension reel, extension cord reel
• power board, powerboard
• power strip