dynamo
US/ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/
dynamo noun: an electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
Noun
dynamo (plural dynamos)
- An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
- "As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 176
- The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
- An energetic person.
- That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.
Proper noun capitalized: Dynamo
Dynamo
- Dynamo Sports Club, a national sporting association in the Soviet Union, and other similiar organisations in other socialist countries and their successor states.
- Any of various football clubs and other sports teams linked to a Dynamo association, including Dynamo Berlin, Dynamo Dresden, Dynamo Kyiv and Dinamo Zagreb in soccer and HC Dynamo Moscow in ice hockey.
- The only Dynamo player to win the most valuable player award in Soviet hockey history was Maltsev.1990, Lawrence Martin, The Red Machine: The Soviet Quest to Dominate Canada's Game
- Following elimination at the hands of Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the same tournament two years later, Hänel lamented that the 'nervousness' of the Dynamo team allowed the English club to progress comfortably to the next round.2018 April 19, Paul Dietschy, Origins and Birth of the Europe of football, Routledge, →ISBN
dynamo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dynamo in Hindi
- डायनेमो, डायनामो, डायनमो
dynamo in Tamil
- மின்னாக்கி
dynamo in Marathi
- डायनेमो, डायनॅमो, डायनमो
dynamo in Urdu
- ڈائنامو, ڈائنمو, ڈائینامو
More languagesFewer languages
- dynamo in Bengali
- ডায়নামো, ডাইনামো
- dynamo in Telugu
- డైనమో, డైనామో, డయనామో
- dynamo in Malayalam
- വിദ്യുച്ഛക്തിജനകയന്ത്രം, ഡൈനാമോ
- dynamo in Kannada
- ವಿದ್ಯುಜ್ಜನಕ, ಒಳ್ಕುಹುಟ್ಟುಕ
- dynamo in Punjabi
- ਡਾਇਨਾਮੋ, ਡਾਈਨਾਮੋ
- dynamo in Gujarati
- ડાયનેમો, ડાયનમો, ડાયનામો
- dynamo in Odia
- ଡାଇନାମୋ, ଡାଯ଼ନାମୋ
- dynamo in Nepali
- डायनेमो, डायनामो, डाइनामो
- dynamo in Tagalog
- likhitab
- dynamo in Arabic
- دِينَامُو dināmū
- dynamo in Malay
- penjana
- dynamo in Indonesian
- dinamo
- dynamo in Thai
- ไดนาโม
- dynamo in Vietnamese
- máy phát điện
Forms of dynamo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dynamos |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Dinamo |
Origin of dynamo
A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
From Russian Динамо (Dinamo) and cognates in other languages, including Serbo-Croatian Dinamo and German Dynamo.
Words formed from dynamo
Phrases with dynamo
Questions about dynamo
- What does dynamo mean?
- Dynamo means an electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
- What is dynamo in Hindi?
- Dynamo in Hindi is डायनेमो, डायनामो, डायनमो. See Dynamo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dynamo?
- Dynamo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dynamo?
- Dynamo is pronounced /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of dynamo?
- The plural of dynamo is dynamos.
Words near dynamo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dynamo (page history and authors); Dynamo (page history and authors); dynamo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dynamo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dynamo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dynamo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dynamo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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