alternator

See also: alternátor

English

Etymology

From alternate +‎ -or.

Noun

alternator (plural alternators)

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

Derived terms

• Alexanderson alternator
• turboalternator

Translations

an electric generator which produces alternating current

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: alternadore Catalan: alternador m Chinese: Mandarin: 交流發電機 / 交流发电机 (jiāoliú fādiànjī) Czech: alternátor (cs) Dutch: alternator (nl), wisselstroomgenerator (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vaihtovirtageneraattori (fi), vaihtovirtalaturi French: alternateur (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Lichtmaschine (de) f, Wechselstromgenerator m Greek: εναλλακτήρας (el) m (enallaktíras) Irish: ailtéarnóir m Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ឆ្លាស់ (ʼupaʼkɑɑchlah) Maori: pukuhiko hohoko Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Polish: alternator (pl) m Portuguese: alternador m Romanian: alternator (ro) n, generator de curent alternativ n Spanish: alternador (es) m Swahili: altaneta (sw) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: alternatör (tr) Vietnamese: máy dao điện (vi) Welsh: eiliadur m

Latin

Verb

alternātor

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