transistor
English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]transistor (plural transistors)
- (semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
- (dated, informal) A transistor radio.
- 1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:
- Turn your transistor on and let the music play
Usage notes
[edit]Transistors, when referring to semiconductor components, may encompass field-effect transistors (FETs), unijunction transistors (UJTs), or bipolar junction transistors (BJTs); however, often the bipolar type is assumed.
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Further reading
[edit]transistor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English transistor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]transistor m (plural transistors)
- transistor
- (metonymically) transistor radio
- 1982, “Un été sans toi”, performed by Charles Aznavour:
- Sur mon matelas / Je rêve à ton corps / Soûlé par la voix / De mon transistor
- On my mattress / I dream of your body / Reeling from the voice / On my transistor
Further reading
[edit]- “transistor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]transistor m (plural transistores)
- a transistor (semiconductor device)
- a transistor radio
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, borrowed from English transistor.
Noun
[edit]transistor (plural transistor-transistor, first-person possessive transistorku, second-person possessive transistormu, third-person possessive transistornya)
Further reading
[edit]- “transistor” 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.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English transistor.
Noun
[edit]transistor m (invariable)
- transistor (device)
- transistor radio
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor
Noun
[edit]transistor m (plural transistores)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard form of transístor.
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]transistor n (plural transistoare)
- Alternative form of tranzistor
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) transistor | transistorul | (niște) transistoare | transistoarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) transistor | transistorului | (unor) transistoare | transistoarelor |
vocative | transistorule | transistoarelor |
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɾansisˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.sisˈt̪oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: tran‧sis‧tor
Noun
[edit]transistor m (plural transistores)
Further reading
[edit]- “transistor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]transistor c
- (electronics) a transistor (semiconductor component)
- (dated) a transistor, a transistor radio
Declension
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | transistor | transistorn | transistorer | transistorerna |
Genitive | transistors | transistorns | transistorers | transistorernas |
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