dynamo
French, noun/di.na.mo/
dynamo is spelled D-Y-N-A-M-O (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dynamo is a French masculine noun meaning “dynamo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Machine à courant continu fonctionnant en générateur électrique”.
What does dynamo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedynamo
prefix
- 1
dynamo-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Machine à courant continu fonctionnant en générateur électrique. 2. Petit alternateur fixé à une roue de bicyclette produisant du courant alternatif.
prefix: 1. Préfixe signalant la notion de force.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dynamo
- dynamos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dynamo?
- /di.na.mo/
- \di.na.mo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dynamo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dynamo in French?
dynamo appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).