dynamo

See also: Dynamo

English

Etymology

A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/

Noun

dynamo (plural dynamos)

1. An electricity generator, a dynamo-electric machine.
2. An energetic person.

   That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.

Synonyms

• (energetic person): See also Thesaurus:doer

Translations

dynamo-electric machine

• Albanian: dinamo (sq)
• Arabic: دِينَامُو‎‎ m (dināmū)
• Armenian: դինամոմեքենա (hy) (dinamomekʿena)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發電機 (zh), 发电机 (zh) (fādiànjī)

• Dutch: dynamo (nl)
• Esperanto: dinamo (eo)
• Finnish: tasavirtageneraattori, dynamo (fi)
• French: dynamo (fr) m
• Galician: dínamo m
• German: Dynamo (de) m
• Greek: δυναμό (el) m (dynamó)
• Hungarian: dinamó (hu), dinamógép
• Ido: dinamo (io)
• Indonesian: dinamo (id)
• Italian: dinamo (it)
• Japanese: ダイナモ (dainamo), 発電機 (はつでんき, hatsudenki)

• Korean: 발전기 (ko) (baljeongi), 發電機 (ko)
• Malay: penjana
• Maori: mīhini-huri-hiko
• Norman: dynnamo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dynamo (no) m

  Nynorsk: dynamo m

• Portuguese: dínamo (pt) m
• Russian: дина́мо (ru) n (dinámo), дина́мо-маши́на (ru) f (dinámo-mašína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: динамо m

  Roman: dinamo (sh) m

• Spanish: dinamo m
• Swedish: dynamo (sv) c
• Tagalog: likhitab
• Vietnamese: máy phát điện

an energetic person

• Bengali: যান্ত্রিক শক্তিকে বৈদ্যুতিক শক্তিতে রূপান্তরিত করার যন্ত্র (jantrik śôktike boidjutik śôktite rupantrit kôrar jôntr)
• German: Energiebündel (de) n

• Russian: энерги́чный челове́к m (energíčnyj čelovék)

Further reading

• dynamo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aymond, Monday

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Czech

Noun

dynamo n

1. dynamo (electricity generator)

Related terms

Related terms

• dynamický
• dynamika
• dynamit
• dynastie
• dynastický
• dynasta
• termodynamický
• termodynamika

Further reading

• dynamo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dynamo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Noun

dynamo

1. A small electric generator that produces direct current (DC) and which uses permanent magnets to produce the required magnetic field; a small dynamo.
2. A dynamo (energetic person)

Declension

Inflection of dynamo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		dynamo	dynamot
genitive		dynamon	dynamojen dynamoiden dynamoitten
partitive		dynamoa	dynamoja dynamoita
illative		dynamoon	dynamoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dynamo	dynamot
accusative	nom.	dynamo	dynamot
	gen.	dynamon
genitive		dynamon	dynamojen dynamoiden dynamoitten
partitive		dynamoa	dynamoja dynamoita
inessive		dynamossa	dynamoissa
elative		dynamosta	dynamoista
illative		dynamoon	dynamoihin
adessive		dynamolla	dynamoilla
ablative		dynamolta	dynamoilta
allative		dynamolle	dynamoille
essive		dynamona	dynamoina
translative		dynamoksi	dynamoiksi
instructive		—	dynamoin
abessive		dynamotta	dynamoitta
comitative		—	dynamoineen

Coordinate terms

• tasavirtageneraattori (large dynamo)