resistor

From resist + -or.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)

resistor (plural resistors)

1. One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
3. (electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
   • 2021 December, “Snap Circuits Classic”, in Snap Circuits‎^[1], Elenco, pages 13, 27:

     The resistor limits the current and prevents damage to the LED. […] It is possible to pick resistors and capacitors that will make the pitch higher than humans can hear.

• tax resister

• Rossiter, Tres Rios, roisters, sorriest, storiers

• IPA^(key): [ʁaˈsisd̥ʌ]

resistor c (singular definite resistoren, plural indefinite resistorer)

1. (engineering) resistor (component with constant resistance)

Internationalism, from Dutch resistor.

• IPA^(key): /reˈsɪstɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: ré‧sis‧tor

résistor (plural resistor-resistor)

1. (electronics) resistor: an electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it

   Synonyms: hambatan, perintang (Standard Malay), tahanan

• “resistor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English resistor.

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tor

resistor m (plural resistores)

1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)

   Synonym: resistência

• “resistor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “resistor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “resistor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “resistor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /resisˈtoɾ/ [re.sisˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧sis‧tor

resistor m (plural resistores)

1. resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)

   Synonym: resistencia

• “resistor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

resistor c

1. (electronics) a resistor

   Synonym: motstånd

• “resistor”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “resistor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “resistor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)