magnéto
French, noun/ma.ɲe.to/
magnéto is spelled M-A-G-N-É-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnéto is a French feminine noun meaning “magneto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil dont l’aimant permanent produit un champ inducteur et un courant électrique”.
What does magnéto mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemagneto
noun
- 1
masculinetape recorder
- 2
masculinevideocassette recorder
prefix
- 1
magneto-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Relatif au magnétisme.
noun: 1. Appareil dont l’aimant permanent produit un champ inducteur et un courant électrique. 2. Appareil électrique qui produit l'étincelle nécessaire à l'allumage de certains types de moteur à explosion.
noun: 1. Magnétophone. 2. Magnétoscope.
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 magnéto
- magnétos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnéto?
- /ma.ɲe.to/
- \ma.ɲe.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnéto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnéto in French?
magnéto appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).