alternator

See also: alternátor

English

Etymology

From alternate +‎ -or.

Noun

alternator (plural alternators)

1. (electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

Derived terms

• Alexanderson alternator
• turboalternator

Translations

an electric generator which produces alternating current

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: alternadore
• Catalan: alternador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交流發電機／交流发电机 (jiāoliú fādiànjī)

• Czech: alternátor (cs)
• Dutch: alternator (nl), wisselstroomgenerator (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vaihtovirtageneraattori (fi), vaihtovirtalaturi
• French: alternateur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lichtmaschine (de) f, Wechselstromgenerator m
• Greek: εναλλακτήρας (el) m (enallaktíras)
• Irish: ailtéarnóir m
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ឆ្លាស់ (ʼupaʼkɑɑchlah)
• Maori: pukuhiko hohoko
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: alternator (pl) m
• Portuguese: alternador m
• Romanian: alternator (ro) n, generator de curent alternativ n
• Spanish: alternador m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: alternatör (tr)
• Vietnamese: máy dao điện (vi)
• Welsh: eiliadur m

Latin

Verb

alternātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of alternō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alternator, from Latin alternō. First attested in 1892.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tɛrˈna.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧tor

Noun

alternator m inan

1. (electrical engineering) alternator (electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means)

   Hypernym: prądnica

   zacisk alternatora ― alternator clamp

Declension

Declension of alternator

	singular	plural
nominative	alternator	alternatory
genitive	alternatora	alternatorów
dative	alternatorowi	alternatorom
accusative	alternator	alternatory
instrumental	alternatorem	alternatorami
locative	alternatorze	alternatorach
vocative	alternatorze	alternatory

Further reading

• alternator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alternator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alternator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternateur. By surface analysis, alterna +‎ -tor.

Noun

alternator n (plural alternatoare)

1. alternator

Declension

Declension of alternator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alternator	alternatorul	(niște) alternatoare	alternatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) alternator	alternatorului	(unor) alternatoare	alternatoarelor
vocative	alternatorule		alternatoarelor