Generator

//ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "generator" (315 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Strong matches (95)

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Related words (157)

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Translations

101 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • gjenerator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُوَلِّد noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գեներատոր noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • генера́тар noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • генэра́тар noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Bengali

2 entries
  • উৎপাদনযন্ত্র noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • জেনারেটর noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • генера́тор noun (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group)
  • генера́тор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • генера́тор noun (in programming)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဂျင်နရေတာ noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • မီးစက် noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Catalan

1 entries
  • generador noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 發電機 /发电机 noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 發電機 /发电机 noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Czech

1 entries
  • generátor noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Danish

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Dutch

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • generatoro noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • generilo noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Estonian

2 entries
  • elektrigeneraator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • generaator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Finnish

3 entries
  • generaattori noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • sähkögeneraattori noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • virittäjä noun (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group)

French

2 entries
  • générateur noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • générateur électrique noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Galician

1 entries
  • xerador noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გენერატორი noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

German

1 entries
  • Generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Greek

2 entries
  • γεννήτορας noun (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group)
  • γεννήτρια noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גֵּנֵרָטוֹר noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • מְחוֹלֵל noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Hindi

2 entries
  • जनरेटर noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • जनित्र noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • aggregátor noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • generátor noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • rafali noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • rafall noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • spönnuður noun (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • pembangkit noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • pembangkit listrik noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Irish

2 entries
  • gineadóir noun (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group)
  • gineadóir noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Italian

1 entries
  • generatore noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 発電機 noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • генератор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ម៉ាស៊ីនភ្លើង noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Korean

1 entries
  • 발전기 noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • генератор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເຄື່ອງກຳເນີດໄຟຟ້າ noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ģenerators noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • generatorius noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • генера́тор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Malay

1 entries
  • penjana noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Marathi

3 entries
  • जनरेटर noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • जनित्र noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • विद्युतजनित्र noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • генератор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • үүсгүүр noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Māori

2 entries
  • mīhini-huri-hiko noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • pukuhiko noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Navajo

1 entries
  • atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • jenerator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مولد noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Persian

2 entries
  • مولد noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • ژنراتور noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Polish

3 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • generator noun (in programming)
  • prądnica noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • gerador noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Romanian

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Russian

1 entries
  • генера́тор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • genèrātor noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • генѐра̄тор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Slovak

1 entries
  • generátor noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Slovene

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Spanish

2 entries
  • generador noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • generador eléctrico noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jenereta noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Swedish

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Tajik

2 entries
  • генератор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • муваллид noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Thai

2 entries
  • เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • เครื่องปั่นไฟ noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Turkish

2 entries
  • jeneratör noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • üreteç noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • генера́тор noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جنریٹر noun (apparatus: electrical generator)
  • مُوَلِّد noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • گېنېراتور noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • generator noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • máy phát điện noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Welsh

1 entries
  • generadur noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • fazdengih noun (apparatus: electrical generator)

Sample sentences

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Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout.

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All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.

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Many games use dice as a random number generator.

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What happened to the generator?

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