transistor

== English == === Etymology === Blend of transfer +‎ resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947, who used transresistance as the basis for forming transistor. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ) Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor === Noun === 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, metonymic) A transistor radio. ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === transistor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English transistor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾən.zisˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tɾan.zisˈtoɾ] === Noun === transistor m (plural transistors) (semiconductors) transistor (semiconductor device) (metonymic) transistor radio === Further reading === “transistor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “transistor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “transistor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “transistor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English transistor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.zis.tɔʁ/ === Noun === transistor m (plural transistors) (semiconductors) transistor (metonymic) transistor radio === Further reading === “transistor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology === Borrowed from English transistor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾansisˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾan.s̺is̺ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor === Noun === transistor m (plural transistores) (semiconductors) transistor (semiconductor device) (metonymic) transistor radio === Further reading === “transistor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, borrowed from English transistor. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tranˈsistor/ [t̪ranˈsis.t̪ɔr] Rhymes: -istor Syllabification: tran‧sis‧tor === Noun === transistor (plural transistor-transistor) (electronics) transistor ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “transistor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English transistor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tranˈsis.tor/ Rhymes: -istor Hyphenation: tran‧sì‧stor === Noun === transistor m (invariable) (semiconductors) transistor (semiconductor device) (metonymic) transistor radio ==== Derived terms ==== fototransistor == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tran‧sis‧tor === Noun === transistor m (plural transistores) (Brazil) alternative form of transístor === Further reading === “transistor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “transistor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Noun === transistor n (plural transistoare) alternative form of tranzistor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾansisˈtoɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.sisˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: tran‧sis‧tor === Noun === transistor m (plural transistores) (semiconductors) transistor (semiconductor device) (metonymic) transistor radio === Further reading === “transistor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === transistor c (electronics) a transistor (semiconductor component) (dated) a transistor, a transistor radio ==== Declension ====