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dynamo¹
- /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/ US
Where it comes from
A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
noun 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."
- 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.
Dynamo²
Where it comes from
From Russian Динамо (Dinamo) and cognates in other languages, including Serbo-Croatian Dinamo and German Dynamo.
proper noun Dinamo
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: electric, motor, star, engine, impetus, dinamo, dyno, dynamimeter, dynamitard, dynamiter, dunamis, diesel generator, dynamite, dynamick, dynam, electric duster
Translations
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noun dynamo-electric machine
| Español | dínamo, dinamo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 발전기 baljeon'gi |
| 日本語 | ダイナモ dainamo, 発電機 hatsudenki |
| 中文 | 發電機 /发电机 fādiànjī |
| Português | dínamo |
| Français | dynamo |
| Deutsch | Dynamo |
| Italiano | dinamo |
| Ελληνικά | δυναμό dynamó |
| Русский | дина́мо dinámo, дина́мо-маши́на dinámo-mašína |
| Tiếng Việt | máy phát điện |
| العربية | دِينَامُو dināmū |
noun an energetic person
| Deutsch | Energiebündel |
|---|---|
| Русский | энерги́чный челове́к energíčnyj čelovék |
Talk about this word "dynamo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dynamo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dynamo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dynamo "dynamo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dynamo.Cite this
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title = {dynamo},
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