transistor

English
Four types of transistor.

Etymology

Blend of transfer +‎ resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

transistor (plural transistors)

  1. (semiconductors) 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.
    • 1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:
      Turn your transistor on and let the music play

Usage notes

Transistors, when referring to semiconductor components, may encompass field-effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), or bipolar junction transistors (BJTs); however, often the bipolar type is assumed.

Derived terms

Translations
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Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English transistor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.zis.tɔʁ/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

transistor m (plural transistors)

  1. transistor
  2. (metonymically) transistor radio
    • 1982, “Un été sans toi”, performed by Charles Aznavour:
      Sur mon matelas / Je rêve à ton corps / Soûlé par la voix / De mon transistor
      On my mattress / I dream of your body / Reeling from the voice / On my transistor

Further reading

Galician

Noun

transistor m (plural transistores)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English transistor.

Noun

transistor (plural transistor-transistor, first-person possessive transistorku, second-person possessive transistormu, third-person possessive transistornya)

  1. (electronics) transistor

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transistor.

Noun

transistor m (invariable)

  1. transistor (device)
  2. transistor radio

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.zisˈtoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃.zisˈtoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.zisˈtoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziʃˈtoʁ/ [tɾɐ̃.ziʃˈtoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.zisˈtoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziʃˈtoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziʃˈto.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor

Noun

transistor m (plural transistores)

  1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of transístor.

Romanian

Noun

transistor n (plural transistoare)

  1. Alternative form of tranzistor

Declension
Declension of transistor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) transistor transistorul (niște) transistoare transistoarele
genitive/dative (unui) transistor transistorului (unor) transistoare transistoarelor
vocative transistorule transistoarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾansisˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.sisˈt̪oɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: tran‧sis‧tor

Noun

transistor m (plural transistores)

  1. transistor

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

transistor c

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

Declension
Declension of transistor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative transistor transistorn transistorer transistorerna
Genitive transistors transistorns transistorers transistorernas
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