magneto

See also: magnéto, magneto-, and magnéto-

English

Etymology

Clipping of magneto-electric (machine).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɡˈniːtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Noun

magneto (plural magnetos)

1. A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft). [from 19th c.]

Descendants

• → French: magnéto
• → Spanish: magneto

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: magneetto (fi)
• French: magnéto (fr)
• Polish: iskrownik m
• Spanish: magneto
• Tagalog: balnitab
• Turkish: manyeto (tr)

Anagrams

• Matengo, geomant, megaton, metagon, montage

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡˈneto]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧to

Noun

magneto (accusative singular magneton, plural magnetoj, accusative plural magnetojn)

1. magnet

Derived terms

• magneta
• magnetigi
• magnetismo
• magnetofono

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English magneto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈneto/ [maɣ̞ˈne.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: mag‧ne‧to

Noun

magneto m (plural magnetos)

1. magneto

Further reading

• “magneto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014