generator

See also: generátor and Generator

English

Etymology

From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”).

Noun

generator (plural generators)

1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
   1. (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.
   2. (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
   3. (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.
   4. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
   5. (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
2. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
   1. Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Antonyms

• (one which generates): extinguisher

Derived terms

• steam generator
• traffic generator
• wind generator

Translations

mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group

• Finnish: virittäjä (fi)
• Greek: γεννήτορας (el) m (gennítoras)
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• Icelandic: spönnuður m
• Irish: gineadóir m

apparatus: electrical generator

• Arabic: مُوَلِّد m (muwallid)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: генератор m (generator)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: generador m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發電機／发电机 (faat³ din⁶ gei¹), 发电机 (faat³ din⁶ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 發電機／发电机 (zh) (fādiànjī), 发电机 (zh) (fādiànjī)

• Danish: generator c
• Dutch: generator (nl) m
• Esperanto: generatoro (eo), generilo
• Estonian: elektrigeneraator
• Finnish: generaattori (fi), sähkögeneraattori
• French: générateur (fr) m, générateur électrique m
• Galician: xerador m
• Georgian: გენერატორი (generaṭori)
• German: Generator (de)
• Greek: γεννήτρια (el) f (gennítria)
• Hebrew: מחולל (he) m (mekholél), גנרטור (he) m (generátor)
• Hungarian: generátor (hu), aggregátor (hu)
• Icelandic: rafall m, rafali m
• Indonesian: pembangkit (id), pembangkit listrik, generator (id)
• Irish: gineadóir m
• Italian: generatore (it) m
• Japanese: 発電機 (ja) (hatsudenki)
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• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនភ្លើង (maasɨn phləəng)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງກຳເນີດໄຟຟ້າ (khư̄ang kam nœ̄t fai fā)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: генера́тор m (generátor)
• Malay: penjana (ms)
• Maori: mīhini-huri-hiko, pukuhiko
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish álʼį́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generator m

  Nynorsk: generator m

• Polish: prądnica (pl) f, generator (pl) m
• Portuguese: gerador (pt) m
• Romanian: generator (ro) m
• Russian: генера́тор (ru) m (generátor)
• Spanish: generador (es) m, generador eléctrico m
• Swahili: jenereta (sw)
• Swedish: generator (sv) c
• Thai: เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า (krʉ̂ʉang-gam-nə̀ət-fai-fáa), เครื่องปั่นไฟ (krʉ̂ʉang-bpàn-fai)
• Turkish: jeneratör (tr)
• Vietnamese: máy phát điện (vi)
• Welsh: generadur m
• Zhuang: fazdengih

in programming

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• Polish: generator (pl) m

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡenəˈʁɑːtʌ/, /ɡɛnəˈʁɑːtʌ/

Noun

generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer)

1. generator (one that generates)
2. (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

Declension

Declension of generator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	generator	generatoren	generatorer	generatorerne
genitive	generators	generatorens	generatorers	generatorernes

References

• “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Pronunciation

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Noun

generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive [please provide])

1. generator (one that generates)
2. (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

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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, first-person possessive generatorku, second-person possessive generatormu, third-person possessive generatornya)

1. (electricity) generator.

Synonyms

• penjana (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• generator asetilena
• generator gas

 

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.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) generātor

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

References

• “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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Noun

generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorer, definite plural generatorene)

1. a generator

Derived terms

• vindgenerator

References

• “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Noun

generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorar, definite plural generatorane)

1. a generator

Derived terms

• vindgenerator

References

• “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Generator, from English generator, from French générateur, from Latin generō +‎ -ator.

Noun

generator m inan

1. (electricity) generator (piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another or to create energy)
2. (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request)
3. generator (that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces social phenomena)

Declension

Declension of generator

	singular	plural
nominative	generator	generatory
genitive	generatora	generatorów
dative	generatorowi	generatorom
accusative	generator	generatory
instrumental	generatorem	generatorami
locative	generatorze	generatorach
vocative	generatorze	generatory

Derived terms

adjective

• generatorowy

 

Further reading

• generator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• generator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French générateur or Latin generator.

Adjective

generator m or n (feminine singular generatoare, masculine plural generatori, feminine and neuter plural generatoare)

1. generator

Declension

Declension of generator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	generator		generatoare	generatori	generatoare
	definite	generatorul		generatoarea	generatorii	generatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	generator		generatoare	generatori	generatoare
	definite	generatorului		generatoarei	generatorilor	generatoarelor

Noun

generator n (plural generatoare)

1. generator

Declension

Declension of generator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) generator	generatorul	(niște) generatoare	generatoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) generator	generatorului	(unor) generatoare	generatoarelor
vocative	generatorule		generatoarelor

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Noun

generator c

1. a generator

Declension

Declension of generator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	generator	generators
	definite	generatorn	generatorns
plural	indefinite	generatorer	generatorers
	definite	generatorerna	generatorernas

References

• generator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• generator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• generator in Svensk ordbok (SO)