synthesizer

See also: Synthesizer

English

Alternative forms

synthesiser (especially UK)

Etymology

synthesize +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zɚ/
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Noun

synthesizer (plural synthesizers)

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

Derived terms

synthesist

Descendants

→ Hebrew: סינתיסייזר‎ (síntesaizer)

Translations

music: an electronic keyboard instrument

Albanian: sintetizues (sq) m
Arabic: سِنْثِسَيْزَر‎ m (sinṯisayzar), مُرَكِّب‎ (ar) m (murakkib), جِهَاز مَزْج‎ m (jihāz mazj)
Armenian: սինթեզատոր (sintʿezator)
Bulgarian: синтеза́тор m (sintezátor)
Catalan: sintetitzador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合成器 (zh) (héchéngqì)
Czech: syntezátor m
Danish: synthesizer
Dutch: synthesizer (nl) m
Esperanto: sintezilo, sinto
Estonian: süntesaator
Finnish: syntetisaattori (fi)
French: synthétiseur (fr) m
German: Synthesizer (de) m
Greek: συνθετητής m (synthetitís)
Hebrew: סינתיסייזר‎ m
Hungarian: szintetizátor (hu)
Indonesian: penyintesis
Irish: sintéiseoir m
Italian: sintetizzatore (it) m
Japanese: シンセサイザー (ja) (shinsesaizā)
Kazakh: синтезатор (sintezator)
Khmer: សង្គ្រោះ (km) (sangkroh)
Korean: 합성기 (hapseonggi), 신시사이저 (sinsisaijeo)
Lao: ການສັງເຄາະ (kān sang khǫ)
Latin: synthetizator
Macedonian: синтисајзер m (sintisajzer)
Malay: pensintesis
Malayalam: പ്രയോഗങ്ങൾ (prayōgaṅṅaḷ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjøl m or f,
Polish: syntezator (pl) m, syntetyzator m, syntetyzer m
Portuguese: sintetizador (pt) m
Romanian: sintetizator (ro) m
Russian: синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: синтесајзер m

Roman: sintesajzer (sh) m
Slovak: sintetizator m
Spanish: sintetizador m
Swedish: synthesizer (sv)
Tajik: синтезатор (tg) (sintezator)
Thai: ซินธิไซเซอร์ (sin-tí-sai-sêr)
Vietnamese: bộ tổng hợp
Yiddish: סינטאַסייזער‎ (sintaseyzer)

music: an electronic instrument module without a keyboard

Arabic: سِنْثِسَيْزَر‎ m (sinṯisayzar), مُرَكِّب‎ (ar) m (murakkib), جِهَاز مَزْج‎ m (jihāz mazj)
Greek: συνθετητής m (synthetitís)
Indonesian: penyintesis
Irish: sintéiseoir m
Italian: sintetizzatore (it) m
Japanese: シンセサイザー (ja) (shinsesaizā), 音源 (ja) (ongen)
Malay: pensintesis
Romanian: sintetizator (ro)
Russian: синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)

electronics: an electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation

Indonesian: penyintesis
Irish: sintéiseoir m
Japanese: シンセサイザー (ja) (shinsesaizā)
Malay: pensintesis
Russian: синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)

electronics: an electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns

Indonesian: penyintesis
Irish: sintéiseoir m
Japanese: シンセサイザー (ja) (shinsesaizā)
Malay: pensintesis
Russian: синтеза́тор (ru) m (sintɛzátor)