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preamplifier

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h3emh3-der. Proto-Indo-European *h3emh3-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts? Proto-Indo-European *h2m̥bhíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English amplifier English preamplifier From pre- + amplifier.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предусилвател (predusilvatel) — voltage amplifier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前置放大器 (qiánzhì fàngdàqì) — voltage amplifier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前置放大電路 /前置放大电路 (qiánzhìfàng dàdiànlù) — voltage amplifier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前級放大器 /前级放大器 (qiánjí fàngdàqì) — voltage amplifier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前級擴大機 /前级扩大机 (qiánjí kuòdàjī) — voltage amplifier
  • Dutch: voorversterker — voltage amplifier
  • Esperanto: antaŭamplifilo — voltage amplifier
  • Finnish: esivahvistin — voltage amplifier
  • French: préamplificateur — voltage amplifier
  • French: préampli — voltage amplifier
  • Polish: przedwzmacniacz — voltage amplifier
  • Russian: предусили́тель (predusilítelʹ) — voltage amplifier
  • Swedish: förförstärkare — voltage amplifier