alternator

See also: alternátor

English

Etymology

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: eiliadur m

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) alternātor

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alternator.

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 (an electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means)

   Hypernym: prądnica

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French alternateur.

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