"alternator" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: alternators [plural]
Etymology: From alternate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alternate|or}} alternate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} alternator (plural alternators)
  1. (electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means. Categories (topical): Electrical engineering, Electricity Derived forms: Alexanderson alternator, turboalternator Translations (an electric generator which produces alternating current): alternadore (Basque), alternador [masculine] (Catalan), 交流發電機 (Chinese Mandarin), 交流发电机 (jiāoliú fādiànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), alternátor (Czech), alternator (Dutch), wisselstroomgenerator (Dutch), vaihtovirtageneraattori (Finnish), vaihtovirtalaturi (Finnish), alternateur [masculine] (French), Lichtmaschine [feminine] (German), Wechselstromgenerator [masculine] (German), εναλλακτήρας (enallaktíras) [masculine] (Greek), ailtéarnóir [masculine] (Irish), ឧបករណ៍ឆ្លាស់ (ʼupaʼkɑɑchlah) (Khmer), pukuhiko hohoko (Maori), alternator [masculine] (Polish), alternador [masculine] (Portuguese), alternator [neuter] (Romanian), generator de curent alternativ [neuter] (Romanian), alternador [masculine] (Spanish), alternatör (Turkish), máy dao điện (Vietnamese), eiliadur [masculine] (Welsh)

Verb [Latin]

Forms: alternātor [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=alternātor}} alternātor
  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of alternō Tags: form-of, future, imperative, passive, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: alternō
    Sense id: en-alternator-la-verb-29o7jnv7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /al.tɛrˈna.tɔr/
Rhymes: -atɔr Etymology: Borrowed from English alternator, from Latin alternō. First attested in 1892. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pl|en|alternator}} Borrowed from English alternator, {{der|pl|la|alternō}} Latin alternō, {{etydate/the|1892}} 1892, {{etydate|1892}} First attested in 1892, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Józef Jerzy Boguski (<span class="None" lang="und">1892) <cite>Wstęp do elektrotechniki : odczyty wygłoszone na posiedzeniach Sekcyi 1-ej technicznej Warszawskiego Tow. popierania przemysłu i handlu. Cz. 1</cite> (in Polish), page III</span></span>}}, {{ref|alternator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego}} Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} alternator m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=alternatora}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], alternator [nominative, singular], alternatory [nominative, plural], alternatora [genitive, singular], alternatorów [genitive, plural], alternatorowi [dative, singular], alternatorom [dative, plural], alternator [accusative, singular], alternatory [accusative, plural], alternatorem [instrumental, singular], alternatorami [instrumental, plural], alternatorze [locative, singular], alternatorach [locative, plural], alternatorze [singular, vocative], alternatory [plural, vocative]
  1. (electrical engineering) alternator (electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means) Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Electrical engineering, Machines

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French alternateur. By surface analysis, alterna + -tor. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|alternateur}} Borrowed from French alternateur, {{surf|ro|alterna|-tor}} By surface analysis, alterna + -tor Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|alternatoare}} alternator n (plural alternatoare) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=alternatoarelor|gpi=alternatoare|gsd=alternatorului|gsi=alternator|n=|npd=alternatoarele|npi=alternatoare|nsd=alternatorul|nsi=alternator|vp=alternatoarelor|vs=alternatorule}} Forms: alternatoare [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], alternator [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], alternatorul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], alternatoare [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], alternatoarele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], alternator [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], alternatorului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], alternatoare [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, plural], alternatoarelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], alternatorule [singular, vocative], alternatoarelor [plural, vocative]
  1. alternator Tags: neuter

Inflected forms

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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "alternadore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "交流發電機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāoliú fādiànjī",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "交流发电机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "alternátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "alternator"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "wisselstroomgenerator"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "vaihtovirtageneraattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "vaihtovirtalaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtmaschine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wechselstromgenerator"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enallaktíras",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εναλλακτήρας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ailtéarnóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼupaʼkɑɑchlah",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "ឧបករណ៍ឆ្លាស់"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "pukuhiko hohoko"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alternator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "generator de curent alternativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alternador"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "alternatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "word": "máy dao điện"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "an electric generator which produces alternating current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eiliadur"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "pl:Machines"
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          "text": "zacisk alternatora",
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        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms suffixed with -tor"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternator"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alternator",
          "alternator#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alternator"
}

Download raw JSONL data for alternator meaning in All languages combined (12.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
  "path": [
    "alternator"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "alternator",
  "trace": ""
}

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