insulator

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English

Etymology

From insulate 'to isolate' (itself from Latin insula 'island') + suffix -or

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪn.sjə.leɪ.tə(r)/, X-SAMPA: /"In.sj@.lEI.t@/

Noun

insulator (plural insulators)

1. A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
2. 
   A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image)

   To isolate electrical wires from the pylons supporting them, one often uses glass insulators.

Synonyms

• (substance) insulant
• isolation

Antonyms

• conductor

Related terms

• insulant
• insulate
• insulation

Translations

substance

• Dutch: isolator m, isolatiemateriaal n
• Finnish: eriste (fi)
• French: isolateur (fr)
• German: Isolator (de) m, Nichtleiter (de) m
• Greek: μονωτής (el) (monotís) m
• Hungarian: szigetelőanyag (hu)
• Icelandic: einangrari (is) m, einangri (is) m, einangur (is) m
• Italian: isolante (it)
• Macedonian: изолатор (mk) (izolátor) m

• Polish: izolator m
• Portuguese: isolante (pt)
• Romanian: izolator (ro) n, material de izolare (ro) n
• Russian: изолятор (ru) (izol'átor) m
• Serbo-Croatian: изолатор (sh) (izolator) m
• Spanish: aislante (es)
• Swedish: isolering (sv)
• Thai: ฉนวน (th)
• Turkish: yalıtkan (tr)

structure

• Dutch: isolatie m
• Finnish: eristys (fi) (heat and sound), eristin (fi) (electricity)
• Hungarian: szigetelés (hu)
• Macedonian: изолатор (mk) (izolátor) m

• Polish: izolator m
• Russian: изолятор (ru) (izol'átor) m
• Serbo-Croatian: изолатор (sh) (izolator) m
• Swedish: isolator (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: изолатор m (1, 2)
• Mandarin: 中文: 絕緣體
• French: isolant m (1), isolation (2), isolateur m (1,2)

• German: Isolierstoff m (1), Isolator m (1, 2)
• Lithuanian: izoliatorius m (1, 2)
• Slovak: izolátor m