magneto

See also: magnéto, magneto-, and magnéto-

English

Etymology

Clipping of magneto-electric (machine).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɡˈniːtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Noun

magneto (plural magnetos)

1. A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft). [from 19th c.]
   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, volume 123, number 3, page 140:

     Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts

Descendants

• → French: magnéto
• → Spanish: magneto

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: magneetto (fi)
• French: magnéto (fr)
• Polish: iskrownik (pl) m
• Spanish: magneto (es)
• Tagalog: balnitab
• Turkish: manyeto (tr)

Anagrams

• Matengo, geomant, megaton, metagon, montage

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈneto/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: mag‧ne‧to

Noun

magneto (accusative singular magneton, plural magnetoj, accusative plural magnetojn)

1. magnet

Derived terms

• magneta
• magnetigi
• magnetismo
• magnetofono

Further reading

• “magneto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “magneto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English magneto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈneto/ [maɣ̞ˈne.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: mag‧ne‧to

Noun

magneto m (plural magnetos)

1. magneto

Further reading

• “magneto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025