alternator

See also: alternátor

English

Etymology

alternate +‎ -or

Noun

alternator (plural alternators)

1. 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
• Greek: εναλλακτήρας (el) m (enallaktíras)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ailtéarnóir m
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: eiliadur m

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) alternātor

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