resistor

English

Three resistors (electric component).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪstə(r)

Noun

resistor (plural resistors)

1. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
2. An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

Derived terms

an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it

• photoresistor
• thermistor

• varistor

Translations

one who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army

• Catalan: resistent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反抗者 (zh) (fǎnkàngzhě)

• Danish: modstandsmand c (World War II)
• Dutch: verzetsstrijder (nl) m
• French: résistant (fr) m
• German: Widerstandskämpfer (de) m, Widerständler m

• Greek: αντιστασιακός (el) m (antistasiakós)
• Lithuanian: pasipriešinimo narys m
• Portuguese: resistente (pt) m or f
• Slovak: odporca m
• Slovene: upornik (sl) m
• Swedish: motståndsman c, motståndskämpe c

an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it

• Armenian: ռեզիստոր (hy) (ṙezistor)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: resistència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電阻 (zh), 电阻 (zh) (diànzǔ), 電阻器 (zh), 电阻器 (zh) (diànzǔqì)

• Czech: rezistor m, odpor (cs) m
• Danish: modstand c, resistor c
• Dutch: weerstand (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: takisti (et)
• Finnish: vastus (fi), resistori (fi)
• French: résistance (fr) f
• Georgian: რეზისტორი (rezisṭori)
• German: Widerstand (de) m
• Greek: αντίσταση (el) f (antístasi)
• Hebrew: נגד‎ (he) m (nagad)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: viðnám n, viðnámstæki n, mótstaða f

• Italian: resistore (it) m
• Japanese: 抵抗器 (ja) (ていこうき, teikōki)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: varžas f
• Maori: parenga iahiko, parenga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: opornik (pl) m, rezystor (pl) m
• Portuguese: resistor (pt) m
• Russian: рези́стор (ru) m (rezístor)
• Serbo-Croatian: отпорник m, otpornik (sh) m
• Slovak: odpor m
• Slovene: upornik (sl) m, upor (sl) m
• Spanish: resistencia (es) f, resistor m
• Swedish: resistor (sv) c, motstånd (sv) n
• Tagalog: panagwil, panakwil
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: điện trở (vi) 電阻

Anagrams

• Rossiter, Tres Rios, roisters, sorriest, storiers

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁaˈsisd̥ʌ]

Noun

resistor c (singular definite resistoren, plural indefinite resistorer)

1. (engineering) resistor (component with constant resistance)

Declension

Declension of resistor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	resistor	resistoren	resistorer	resistorerne
genitive	resistors	resistorens	resistorers	resistorernes

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Portuguese

Noun

resistor m (plural resistores)

1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)

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Spanish

Noun

resistor m (plural resistores)

1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)

   Synonym: resistencia

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Swedish

Noun

resistor c

1. (electronics) a resistor

Declension

Declension of resistor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	resistor	resistorn	resistorer	resistorerna
Genitive	resistors	resistorns	resistorers	resistorernas

Synonyms

• motstånd