English Online Dictionary. What means generator? What does generator mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Noun
generator (plural generators)
- One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
- (chemistry) An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
- (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
- (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
- (mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
- (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
- (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
- Synonym: semicoroutine
- A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
- Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “one which generates”): extinguisher
Derived terms
Translations
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Russian генера́тор (generátor).
Noun
generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar)
- (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)
Declension
Further reading
- “generator” in Obastan.com.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin generare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡenəˈʁɑːtʌ/, /ɡɛnəˈʁɑːtʌ/
Noun
generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer)
- generator (one that generates)
- (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)
Declension
References
- “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin generare.
Pronunciation
Noun
generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive [please provide])
- generator (one that generates)
- (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)
References
- “generator” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “generator”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch generator, from Latin generātor, genero (“beget, father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡenəˈratɔr/
- Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
- Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧tor
Noun
génêrator (plural generator-generator)
- (electricity) generator.
Synonyms
- penjana (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “generator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.tor/, [ɡɛnɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈra.tor/, [d͡ʒeneˈräːt̪or]
Etymology 1
From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) + -tor (masculine agentive suffix).
Noun
generātor m (genitive generātōris, feminine generātrīx); third declension
- begetter, producer, generator, engenderer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Inflected form of generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”).
Verb
generātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of generō
References
- generator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- generator in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “generator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “generator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin generare.
Noun
generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorer, definite plural generatorene)
- a generator
Derived terms
- vindgenerator
References
- “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin generare.
Noun
generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorar, definite plural generatorane)
- a generator
Derived terms
- vindgenerator
References
- “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English generator, French générateur, German Generator, ultimately from Latin generātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈra.tɔr/
- Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tor
Noun
generator m inan (related adjective generatorowy)
- (electricity) electric generator, generator (device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit)
- Synonym: prądnica
- (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request)
- (literary) generator (that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces social phenomena)
Declension
References
Further reading
- generator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- generator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- generator in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French générateur or Latin generator. Equivalent to genera + -tor.
Adjective
generator m or n (feminine singular generatoare, masculine plural generatori, feminine and neuter plural generatoare)
- generator
Declension
Noun
generator n (plural generatoare)
- generator
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin generare.
Noun
generator c
- a generator
Declension
References
- generator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- generator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- generator in Svensk ordbok (SO)