Leyden jar

English

Named after the city of Leiden (in the Netherlands), where it was invented.

Leyden jar (plural Leyden jars)

(electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.
Synonym: Leyden phial
Hypernym: capacitor
Hyponym: unit jar

glass jar used to accumulate static electricity

Arabic: قَارُورَة لَيْدَن‎ f (qārūra(t) laydan)
Basque: Leyden ontzi, Leyden botila
Belarusian: ле́йдэнскі слоі́к m (ljéjdenski sloík)
Bulgarian: лайденска стъкленица f (lajdenska stǎklenica)
Catalan: ampolla de Leiden f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 萊頓瓶, 莱顿瓶 (Láidùn píng), 來登瓶, 来登瓶 (Láidēng píng)
Czech: leidenská láhev f
Danish: leydnerflaske c, Leydens flaske c
Dutch: Leidse fles (nl) f
Esperanto: botelo de Leiden
Estonian: Leideni purk
Finnish: Leidenin pullo, Leydenin pullo
French: bouteille de Leyde (fr) f
Galician: botella de Leiden f
Georgian: ლეიდენის ქილა (leidenis kila)
German: Leidener Flasche f, Kleistsche Flasche f, Kondensationsflasche f, Flaschenkondensator m
Greek: φιάλη του Λέιντεν f (fiáli tou Léinten), λουγδουνική λάγηνος f (lougdounikí láginos)
Hungarian: leideni palack

Indonesian: Tabung Leyden, Tabung Leiden
Irish: crúsca Leyden m
Italian: bottiglia di Leida f
Japanese: ライデン瓶 (ライデンびん, Raiden-bin)
Korean: 라이덴병 (Raidenbyeong), 라이덴 병 (Raiden byeong)
Macedonian: лајденска тегла f (lajdenska tegla), Лајден тегла f (Lajden tegla)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leidnerflaske f or m, leydnerflaske f or m
Nynorsk: leidenflaske f, leidenerflaske f
Polish: butelka lejdejska f
Portuguese: garrafa de Leyden f, garrafa de Leiden f, garrafa de Leida f
Romanian: butelie de Leyda (ro) f
Russian: ле́йденская ба́нка (ru) f (léjdenskaja bánka)
Spanish: botella de Leyden f, botella de Leiden f
Swedish: leidenflaska c, kleistsk flaska c
Tamil: லேய்டின் கொள்கலன் (lēyṭiṉ koḷkalaṉ)
Turkish: Leyden kavanozu
Ukrainian: ле́йденська ба́нка (uk) f (léjdensʹka bánka)
Vietnamese: chai Leiden, chai Leyden