Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/tɾansmiˈsoɾ/

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Translation

transmitter

Word origin

From Latin transmittere ('to send across'), from trans ('across') plus mittere ('to send'). The same root gives English 'transmit' and 'transmitter'.

Origin
Latin
Root
transmittere
English cognates
transmit, transmitter

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltransmisores

Examples

.

The transmitter sends the signal across the whole city.

mosquito .

A mosquito can be the transmitter of the disease.

.

The radio transmitter stopped working during the storm.

¿ ?

Where is the transmitter for this aerial?

.

They installed a new transmitter at the top of the mountain.

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This word is part of lesson 90.