transistor
English
editEtymology
editBlend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittransistor (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.
- 2017 October, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits[1], Elenco, pages 9, 59:
- Switches and transistors control the flow of electricity like valves and faucets control water. Resistors limit the flow of electricity. […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).
- (dated, informal) A transistor radio.
- 1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:
- Turn your transistor on and let the music play
Usage notes
editTransistors, 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
editTranslations
editsolid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals
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small portable radio
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Further reading
edit- transistor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English transistor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittransistor m (plural transistors)
- transistor
- (metonymic) 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
editNoun
edittransistor m (plural transistores)
- a transistor (semiconductor device)
- a transistor radio
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInternationalism, borrowed from English transistor.
Noun
edittransistor (plural transistor-transistor)
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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English transistor.
Noun
edittransistor m (invariable)
- transistor (device)
- transistor radio
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor
Noun
edittransistor m (plural transistores)
- Brazilian Portuguese standard form of transístor
Romanian
editNoun
edittransistor n (plural transistoare)
- Alternative form of tranzistor
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | transistor | transistorul | transistoare | transistoarele | |
genitive-dative | transistor | transistorului | transistoare | transistoarelor | |
vocative | transistorule | transistoarelor |
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tɾansisˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.sisˈt̪oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: tran‧sis‧tor
Noun
edittransistor m (plural transistores)
Further reading
edit- “transistor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
editNoun
edittransistor c
- (electronics) a transistor (semiconductor component)
- (dated) a transistor, a transistor radio
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | transistor | transistors |
definite | transistorn | transistorns | |
plural | indefinite | transistorer | transistorers |
definite | transistorerna | transistorernas |
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