generator

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

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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.
      • 2016, Paul Barry, Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 508:

        When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]

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.

• (antonym(s) of “one which generates”): extinguisher

From Russian генера́тор (generátor).

generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar)

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

Declension of generator
	singular	plural
nominative	generator	generatorlar
definite accusative	generatoru	generatorları
dative	generatora	generatorlara
locative	generatorda	generatorlarda
ablative	generatordan	generatorlardan
definite genitive	generatorun	generatorların

Possessive forms of generator
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatorum	generatorlarım
sənin (“your”)	generatorun	generatorların
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatoru	generatorları
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuz	generatorlarımız
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuz	generatorlarınız
onların (“their”)	generatoru or generatorları	generatorları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatorumu	generatorlarımı
sənin (“your”)	generatorunu	generatorlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatorunu	generatorlarını
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuzu	generatorlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuzu	generatorlarınızı
onların (“their”)	generatorunu or generatorlarını	generatorlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatoruma	generatorlarıma
sənin (“your”)	generatoruna	generatorlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatoruna	generatorlarına
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuza	generatorlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuza	generatorlarınıza
onların (“their”)	generatoruna or generatorlarına	generatorlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatorumda	generatorlarımda
sənin (“your”)	generatorunda	generatorlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatorunda	generatorlarında
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuzda	generatorlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuzda	generatorlarınızda
onların (“their”)	generatorunda or generatorlarında	generatorlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatorumdan	generatorlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	generatorundan	generatorlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatorundan	generatorlarından
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuzdan	generatorlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuzdan	generatorlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	generatorundan or generatorlarından	generatorlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	generatorumun	generatorlarımın
sənin (“your”)	generatorunun	generatorlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	generatorunun	generatorlarının
bizim (“our”)	generatorumuzun	generatorlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	generatorunuzun	generatorlarınızın
onların (“their”)	generatorunun or generatorlarının	generatorlarının

• “generator” in Obastan.com.

From Latin generare.

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

generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer)

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

• “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin generare.

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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)

• “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

From Dutch generator, from Latin generātor, genero (“beget, father”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡenəˈratɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧tor

génêrator (plural generator-generator, first-person possessive generatorku, second-person possessive generatormu, third-person possessive generatornya)

1. (electricity) generator.

• penjana (Standard Malay)

• “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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.tor/, [ɡɛnɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈra.tor/, [d͡ʒeneˈräːt̪or]

From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) +‎ -tor (masculine agentive suffix).

generātor m (genitive generātōris, feminine generātrīx); third declension

1. begetter, producer, generator, engenderer

Third-declension noun.

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

generātor

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

• 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

From Latin generare.

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

1. a generator

• vindgenerator

• “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin generare.

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

1. a generator

• vindgenerator

• “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English generator, French générateur, German Generator, ultimately from Latin generātor.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tor

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)

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

Borrowed from French générateur or Latin generator. Equivalent to genera +‎ -tor.

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

1. generator

generator n (plural generatoare)

1. generator

From Latin generare.

generator c

1. a generator

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