alternator

See also: alternátor

English

Etymology

alternate +‎ -or

Noun

alternator (plural alternators)

  1. (electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

alternātor

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alternator,[1] from Latin alternō.[2] First attested in 1892.[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.tɛrˈna.tɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧tor

Noun

alternator m inan

  1. (electrical engineering) alternator (electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means)
    Hypernym: prądnica
    zacisk alternatora ― alternator clamp

Declension
Declension of alternator
singular plural
nominative alternator alternatory
genitive alternatora alternatorów
dative alternatorowi alternatorom
accusative alternator alternatory
instrumental alternatorem alternatorami
locative alternatorze alternatorach
vocative alternatorze alternatory

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alternator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alternator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Józef Jerzy Boguski (1892) Wstęp do elektrotechniki : odczyty wygłoszone na posiedzeniach Sekcyi 1-ej technicznej Warszawskiego Tow. popierania przemysłu i handlu. Cz. 1‎ (in Polish), page III
  4. alternator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternateur. By surface analysis, alterna +‎ -tor.

Noun

alternator n (plural alternatoare)

  1. alternator

Declension
Declension of alternator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) alternator alternatorul (niște) alternatoare alternatoarele
genitive/dative (unui) alternator alternatorului (unor) alternatoare alternatoarelor
vocative alternatorule alternatoarelor
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