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9-letter words (1 found)

GENERATOR,

8-letter words (1 found)

ETRANGER,

7-letter words (15 found)

GARROTE,GRANTEE,GRANTER,GRANTOR,GREATEN,GREATER,GROANER,NEGATER,NEGATOR,ORANGER,ORNATER,REAGENT,REGRANT,REGRATE,TERRANE,

6-letter words (42 found)

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5-letter words (87 found)

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4-letter words (98 found)

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3-letter words (75 found)

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2-letter words (21 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 341 words from generator according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of generator

generator

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

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. (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
    4. (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.
    5. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
    6. (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

  • (antonym(s) of "one which generates"): extinguisher

Derived terms

Translations

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian генера́тор (generátor).

Noun

generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar)

  1. (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)

  1. generator (one that generates)
  2. (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])

  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

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

Further reading

  • “generator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) 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

  1. begetter, producer, generator, engenderer
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”).

Verb

generātor

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. (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
  2. (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request)
  3. (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)

  1. generator

Declension

Noun

generator n (plural generatoare)

  1. generator

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin generare.

Noun

generator c

  1. a generator

Declension

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org