English Explanatory Dictionary

synthesizer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.
  2. An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard.
  3. An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator.
  4. An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit.
  5. A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-synthesizer.wav

Word forms

synthesizer synthesizers synthesiser

Etymology

From synthesize + -er.

Derived words

biosynthesizer radiosynthesizer synthesist voice synthesizer

Translations

Albanian: sintetizues Arabic: سِنْثِسَيْزَر Arabic: سينثيسايزر Arabic: مُرَكِّب Arabic: جِهَاز مَزْج Armenian: սինթեզատոր Belarusian: сінтэзатар Bulgarian: синтеза́тор Catalan: sintetitzador Chinese Mandarin: 合成器 Corsican: sintetizatore Corsican: sintetizadore Czech: syntezátor Danish: synthesizer Dutch: synthesizer Esperanto: sintezilo Esperanto: sinto Estonian: süntesaator Finnish: syntetisaattori French: synthétiseur Galician: sintetizador Georgian: სინთეზატორი German: Synthesizer Greek: συνθετητής Hebrew: סינתיסייזר Hebrew: מְסַנְתֵּז Hebrew: סַנְתָז Hungarian: szintetizátor Indonesian: penyintesis Irish: sintéiseoir Italian: sintetizzatore Japanese: シンセサイザー Japanese: 音源 Kazakh: синтезатор Khmer: សង្គ្រោះ Korean: 합성기 Korean: 신시사이저 Lao: ການສັງເຄາະ Latin: synthetisator Macedonian: синтисајзер Malay: pensintesis Malayalam: പ്രയോഗങ്ങൾ Norwegian Bokmål: fjøl Occitan: sintetizador Polish: syntezator Polish: syntetyzator Polish: syntetyzer Portuguese: sintetizador Romanian: sintetizator Russian: синтеза́тор Sardinian: sintetizadore Sardinian: sintetitzadore
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