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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

dynamo (plural dynamos)

1. (physics) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
2. (astrophysics) The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
3. (figuratively) An energetic person.

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

Related terms

• dynamics

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)

• Danish: dynamo c
• 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 (ja) (はつでんき, hatsudenki)

• Korean: 발전기(發電機) (ko) (baljeon'gi)
• Malay: penjana (ms)
• 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: dínamo m
• Swedish: dynamo (sv) c
• Tagalog: likhitab
• Vietnamese: máy phát điện (vi)

an energetic person

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

• Russian: энерги́чный челове́к m (energíčnyj čelovék)

Anagrams

• Aymond, Monday

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Czech

Etymology

Ancient Greek δύναμαι (dúnamai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪnamo]
• Rhymes: -amo

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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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dynamo, from German dynamoelektrische Maschine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiˈnaː.moː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: dy‧na‧mo

Noun

dynamo m (plural dynamo's, diminutive dynamootje n)

1. dynamo (small electricity generator)

Derived terms

• fietsdynamo

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English dynamo), ultimately from German dynamoelektrische Maschine (“dynamo-electric machine”). See also dynaaminen and dynamiikka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdynɑmo/, [ˈdynɑmo̞]
• Rhymes: -ynɑmo
• Syllabification: dy‧na‧mo

Noun

dynamo

1. small dynamo (direct current generator)

   Coordinate term: tasavirtageneraattori (“large dynamo”)

2. dynamo (energetic person)

   Synonym: sähköjänis

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

Possessive forms of dynamo (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	dynamoni	dynamomme
2nd person	dynamosi	dynamonne
3rd person	dynamonsa

Compounds

• napadynamo

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.na.mo/

Noun

dynamo m (plural dynamos)

1. dynamo

Descendants

• → Lao: ດີນາໂມ (dī nā mō)

Further reading

• “dynamo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.