dynamo
/ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/noun
dynamo is spelled D-Y-N-A-M-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dynamo means “An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dynamo is dynamos.
How many letters and syllables are in dynamo?
| Letters | 6: D-Y-N-A-M-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dynamo?
Dynamo appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dynamo?
- US /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/
Dynamo has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dynamo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dynamo
- dynamos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dynamo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
- 2
The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
- 3
An energetic person.
That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dynamo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dynamo come from?
A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).