noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ɹɪˈzɪstə/
US:/ɹɪˈzɪstɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪstə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:R IH0 Z IH1 S T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English resistor From resist + -or.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
resistent
— one who resists
Chinese Mandarin:
反抗者
(fǎnkàngzhě)
— one who resists
Danish:
modstandsmand
— one who resists
Dutch:
verzetsstrijder
— one who resists
Faroese:
mótstøðumaður
— one who resists
Finnish:
vastarintamies
— one who resists
French:
résistant
— one who resists
German:
Widerstandskämpfer
— one who resists
German:
Widerständler
— one who resists
Greek:
αντιστασιακός
(antistasiakós)
— one who resists
Lithuanian:
pasipriešinimo narys
— one who resists
Portuguese:
resistente
— one who resists
Slovak:
odporca
— one who resists
Slovene:
upornik
— one who resists
Swedish:
motståndsman
— one who resists
Swedish:
motståndskämpe
— one who resists
Armenian:
ռեզիստոր
(ṙezistor)
— electric component
Asturian:
resistencia llétrica
— electric component
Bulgarian:
съпротивление
(sǎprotivlenie)
— electric component
Bulgarian:
резистор
(rezistor)
— electric component
Catalan:
resistència
— electric component
Catalan:
resistor
— electric component
Chinese Mandarin:
電阻 /电阻
(diànzǔ)
— electric component
Chinese Mandarin:
電阻器 /电阻器
(diànzǔqì)
— electric component
Czech:
rezistor
— electric component
Czech:
odpor
— electric component
Danish:
modstand
— electric component
Danish:
resistor
— electric component
Dutch:
weerstand
— electric component
Esperanto:
rezistilo
— electric component
Estonian:
takisti
— electric component
Finnish:
vastus
— electric component
Finnish:
resistori
— electric component
French:
résistance
— electric component
French:
résistor
— electric component
Galician:
resistencia
— electric component
Georgian:
რეზისტორი
(rezisṭori)
— electric component
German:
Widerstand
— electric component
Greek:
αντίσταση
(antístasi)
— electric component
Hebrew:
נגד
(nagad)
— electric component
Icelandic:
viðnám
— electric component
Icelandic:
viðnámstæki
— electric component
Icelandic:
mótstaða
— electric component
Indonesian:
resistor
— electric component
Italian:
resistore
— electric component
Japanese:
抵抗器
(teikōki)
— electric component
Khmer:
រេស៊ីស្ទ័រ
(reisiistɔə)
— electric component
Korean:
저항기
(jeohanggi)
— electric component
Lithuanian:
varžas
— electric component
Malay:
perintang
— electric component
Māori:
parenga iahiko
— electric component
Māori:
parenga
— electric component
Polish:
opornik
— electric component
Polish:
rezystor
— electric component
Portuguese:
resistor
— electric component
Romanian:
rezistor
— electric component
Russian:
рези́стор
(rezístor)
— electric component
