# generator
## English
### Etymology

From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

generator (plural generators)
* One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
** (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.
** (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
** (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
** (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.
** (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
** (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
    Synonym: semicoroutine
*** 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: […]
* A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
** Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
*** 1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383:Heating in the passenger sections is by electricity obtained from the main generator. When heating is dictated by the operation of a thermostat in the roof of the motor coach, engine idling speed is 600 r.p.m. instead of the normal 450 r.p.m. in order to produce a high enough generator voltage output at rest.
*** 2010, Taiwan: Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook‎, International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:WIND Since 2001, Taipower has installed eight wind-powered generators on Penghu, and in 2004 the main island's first commercial wind farm — located in Shihmen Township, Taipei County, and built by Taipower — went online.

#### Antonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* aerogenerator
* character generator
* chemical oxygen generator
* clock generator
* cogenerator
* diesel generator
* economic scenario generator
* engine generator
* engine-generator
* finite generator
* function generator
* gas generator
* hydroelectric generator
* Kipp generator
* linear congruential generator
* microgenerator
* nanogenerator
* pseudorandom number generator
* pseudo-random number generator
* random number generator
* steam generator
* traffic generator
* turbogenerator, turbo-generator
* Van de Graaff generator
* vortex generator
* wind generator

#### Translations
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Russian генера́тор (generátor).

### Noun

generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar)
* (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “generator” in Obastan.com.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin generare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡenəˈʁɑːtʌ/, /ɡɛnəˈʁɑːtʌ/

### Noun

generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer)
* generator (one that generates)
* (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

#### Declension
### References

* “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin generare.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive [please provide])
* generator (one that generates)
* (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

### References

* “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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡenəˈratɔr/
* Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
* Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧tor

### Noun

génêrator (plural generator-generator)
* (electricity) generator.

#### Synonyms

* penjana (Standard Malay)

#### Derived terms

* generator asetilena
* generator gas

### Further reading

* “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.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

generātor m (genitive generātōris, feminine generātrīx); third declension
* begetter, producer, generator, engenderer

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

generātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of generō

### References

* 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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin generare.

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* vindgenerator

### References

* “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin generare.

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* vindgenerator

### References

* “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English generator, French générateur, German Generator, ultimately from Latin generātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛ.nɛˈra.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tor

### Noun

generator m inan (related adjective generatorowy)
* (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
* (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request)
* (literary) generator (that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces social phenomena)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “generator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “generator”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Noun

generator n (plural generatoare)
* generator

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin generare.

### Noun

generator c
* a generator

#### References

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