transistor
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English transistor.
Noun edit
transistor m (invariable)
- transistor (device)
- transistor radio
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- 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 edit
Declension of transistor | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | transistor | transistorn | transistorer | transistorerna |
Genitive | transistors | transistorns | transistorers | transistorernas |