transistor

§English

§Etymology

Blend of transconductance (or transfer) and resistor

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪstə(r)

§Noun

transistor (plural transistors)

Wikipedia

1. a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions
2. (dated, informal) a transistor radio

§Derived terms

• transistorize
• transistorized
• transistor radio

§Translations

solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals

• Arabic: ترانزستور m (tranzistur)
• Catalan: transistor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晶體管 (zh), 晶体管 (zh) (jīngtǐguǎn), (Taiwan) 電晶體, 电晶体 (diànjīngtǐ)

• Czech: tranzistor m
• Dutch: transistor (nl) m
• Estonian: transistor (et)
• French: transistor (fr) m
• Galician: transistor m
• German: Transistor (de) m

• Hungarian: tranzisztor
• Icelandic: smári (is) m
• Japanese: トランジスタ (toranjisuta)
• Korean: 트랜지스터 (ko) (teuraenjiseuteo)
• Polish: tranzystor (pl) m
• Portuguese: transístor (pt) m
• Russian: транзи́стор (ru) m (tranzístor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: транзистор m

  Roman: tranzistor m

• Spanish: transistor (es) m
• Swedish: transistor (sv) c

small portable radio

• Catalan: transistor (ca) m
• Estonian: transistor (et)
• Galician: transistor m
• Italian: radiolina f

• Russian: транзи́стор (ru) m (tranzístor), радиоприёмник (ru) m (radioprijómnik), приёмник (ru) m (prijómnik)
• Swedish: transistor (sv) c

transistor radio — see transistor radio

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} transistoro

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§Galician

§Noun

transistor m (plural transistores)

1. a transistor (semiconductor device)
2. a transistor radio

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§Italian

§Etymology

English

§Noun

transistor m (invariable)

1. transistor (device)
2. transistor radio

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§Portuguese

§Noun

transistor m (plural transistores)

1. (Brazil) alternative form of transístor

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§Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

§Noun

transistor c

1. (electronics) a transistor (semiconductor component)
2. (dated) a transistor, a transistor radio

§Declension

Declension of transistor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	transistor	transistorn	transistorer	transistorerna
genitive	transistors	transistorns	transistorers	transistorernas