magneto

Clipping of magneto-electric (machine).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɡˈniːtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

magneto (plural magnetos)

1. A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft). [from 19th c.]

• → French: magnéto
• → Spanish: magneto

• Matengo, geomant, megaton, metagon, montage

• IPA^(key): [maɡˈneto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧to

magneto (accusative singular magneton, plural magnetoj, accusative plural magnetojn)

1. magnet

Borrowed from English magneto.

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈneto/ [maɣ̞ˈne.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: mag‧ne‧to

magneto m (plural magnetos)

1. magneto

• “magneto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16