Meanings
nounamplifier (plural amplifiers)
plural amplifiers
- Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity.
2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian - human sciencesAn adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
- businessAn appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
- entertainmentA portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
- A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
- Proto-Italic*amlos?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Italic*amβi-
- Latinambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Italic*plēnos
- Latinplēnus?
- Latinambiplus?
- Latinamplus
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Latinamplificāre
- Old Frenchamplifier
- Middle Englishamplifiyen
- Englishamplify
- Englishamplifier
From amplify + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مضخم إلكتروني
- مضخم إلكترونيappliance or circuit
Bengali বিবর্ধক
- বিবর্ধক (bibordhok)appliance or circuit
Bulgarian усилвател, усилвател
- усилвател (usilvatel)anything that amplifies
- усилвател (usilvatel)appliance or circuit
- усилвател (usilvatel)in music
Catalan amplificador, amplificador
- amplificadoranything that amplifies
- amplificadorappliance or circuit
Chinese Mandarin 放大器, 放大器
- 放大器 (fàngdàqì)anything that amplifies
- 放大器 (fàngdàqì)appliance or circuit
Czech zesilovač
- zesilovačappliance or circuit
Danish forstærker
- forstærkeranything that amplifies
Dutch versterker
- versterkerappliance or circuit
Finnish vahvistin, vahvistava adverbi
- vahvistinanything that amplifies
- vahvistava adverbitype of adverb
- vahvistinappliance or circuit
- vahvariappliance or circuit
- vahvistinin music
- vahvariin music
French amplificateur, amplificateur
- amplificateuranything that amplifies
- amplificateurappliance or circuit
German Verstärker, Verstärker
- Verstärkeranything that amplifies
- Verstärkerappliance or circuit
Hebrew מַגְבֵּר
- מַגְבֵּרappliance or circuit
Hungarian erősítő, erősítő
- erősítőappliance or circuit
- erősítőin music
Indonesian amplifier, penguat
- amplifierappliance or circuit
- penguatappliance or circuit
Irish aimplitheoir, aimplitheoir
- aimplitheoiranything that amplifies
- aimplitheoirappliance or circuit
Italian amplificatore
- amplificatoreappliance or circuit
Japanese 増幅器, アンプ
- 増幅器 (zōfukuki)appliance or circuit
- アンプ (anpu)appliance or circuit
Korean 앰프, 증폭기
- 앰프 (aempeu)appliance or circuit
- 증폭기 (jeungpokgi)appliance or circuit
Māori whākaha oro
- whākaha oroappliance or circuit
Polish amplifikator, wzmacniacz
- amplifikatorappliance or circuit
- wzmacniaczappliance or circuit
Portuguese amplificador, amplificador
- amplificadoranything that amplifies
- amplificadorappliance or circuit
Punjabi ਐਂਪਲੀਫਾਇਰ
- ਐਂਪਲੀਫਾਇਰ (aimpalīphāira)appliance or circuit
Russian усили́тель, усили́тель
- усили́тель (usilítelʹ)anything that amplifies
- усили́тель (usilítelʹ)appliance or circuit
Slovak zosilňovač
- zosilňovačappliance or circuit
Spanish amplificador, amplificadora
- amplificadoranything that amplifies
- amplificadoraanything that amplifies
- amplificadorappliance or circuit
Swedish förstärkare, förstärkare
- förstärkareanything that amplifies
- förstärkareappliance or circuit
- förstärkarein music
Tagalog pangibayo
- pangibayoappliance or circuit
Thai ตัวขยายสัญญาณ
- ตัวขยายสัญญาณappliance or circuit
Turkish amplifikatör
- amplifikatörappliance or circuit
Vietnamese bộ khuếch đại, máy khuếch đại
- bộ khuếch đạianything that amplifies
- máy khuếch đạianything that amplifies
- thiết bị khuếch đạianything that amplifies
- khuếch đại điện tửappliance or circuit
Welsh mwyhadur, mwyhadur
- mwyhaduranything that amplifies
- mwyhadurappliance or circuit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with amplifier
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
amplifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amplifier
MLA
“amplifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amplifier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amplifier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amplifier.
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