English Online Dictionary. What means radio? What does radio mean?
English
Etymology
Short for radiotelegraphy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ/, [ˈɹeɪɾiˌoʊ]
Noun
radio (countable and uncountable, plural radios)
- (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
- (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
- (countable) On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.
- (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
- (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
Synonyms
- (device to capture radio signal): tuner, wireless, receiver
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
radio (third-person singular simple present radios, present participle radioing, simple past and past participle radioed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
- I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates.
- (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
- 2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40:
- “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”
- 2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40:
Translations
Anagrams
- aroid, doira
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from English radio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑː.di.ʊə̯/
Noun
radio (plural radio's)
- radio
Asturian
Noun
radio f (plural radios)
- radio
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Compare English radio.
Noun
radio
- radio
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Danish
Noun
radio c (singular definite radioen, plural indefinite radioer)
- (technology) radio
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English radio, from Latin radius. Doublet of radius
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraːdijoː/
- Hyphenation: ra‧dio
Noun
radio m (plural radio's, diminutive radiootje n)
- radio, tuner
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈdio/
- Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o
- Rhymes: -io
- Audio:
Noun
radio (accusative singular radion, plural radioj, accusative plural radiojn)
- radio
Synonyms
- radiofonio
Derived terms
- radiado
- vekradio (“clock radio”)
Finnish
Etymology
< Swedish radio (“radio”) or English radio
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑdio/, [ˈrɑdio̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑdio
- Syllabification: ra‧di‧o
Noun
radio
- radio (technology)
- radio (receiver or transmitter)
- radio (type of media)
- (modifier) radio- (of or pertaining to radiowaves)
Declension
Synonyms
- sätiö (rare, archaic)
- (technology): radiotekniikka
- (receiver): radiovastaanotin, vastaanotin
- (transmitter): radiolähetin
Derived terms
- radioida
- radiointi
- radioitse
- radioteitse
Compounds
- See also Derived terms -section under the Finnish entry for radio-.
French
Etymology
An abbreviation of words like radiotélégramme, radiotélégraphiste, radiodiffusion, etc. Compare English radio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.djo/
Noun
radio f (plural radios)
- radio, tuner
Derived terms
- radiophonique
Further reading
- “radio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dorai, rodai, rôdai
Galician
Etymology 1
An abbreviation based on words beginning with the root radio-. Compare English radio.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- a radio
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- (uncountable) radium
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin radius.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- radius (of a circular object)
- (anatomy) radius (bone in the forearm)
Ido
Etymology
From radiar + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈradio/
Noun
radio (plural radii)
- ray, beam, gleam
- radio (device)
- (geometry) radius
- (of a wheel) spoke
- (ichthyology) ray, skate
Synonyms
- (5) rayo
Indonesian
Noun
radio (plural, first-person possessive radioku, second-person possessive radiomu, third-person possessive radionya)
- radio
Interlingua
Noun
radio
- radio
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin radius. Compare raggio, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rà‧dio
- IPA(key): /ˈradjo/
Noun
radio m (plural radi)
- (anatomy) radius
- Obsolete form of raggio.
Synonyms
- (radius): radiale, osso radiale
Related terms
- radiale
- radiante
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.
Noun
radio m (plural radi)
- (chemistry) radium
Etymology 3
Abbreviation. Compare English radio.
Noun
radio f (invariable)
- radio
Etymology 4
Verb
radio
- first-person singular present indicative of radiare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
radius (“spoke of a wheel”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈra.di.oː/, [ˈra.d̪i.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.di.o/, [ˈraː.d̪i.ɔ]
Verb
radiō (present infinitive radiāre, perfect active radiāvī, supine radiātum); first conjugation
- (active) I cause to radiate, irradiate.
- (passive) I radiate, emit beams.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- radiolus
- radiōsus
- radius
Descendants
- → Catalan: radiar
- → English: radiate
- French: rayer (possibly)
- → French: radier
- → Romanian: radia
- Italian: raggiare
- → Italian: radiare
- Old French: raier, rayer
- Old Occitan: rayar, rajar
- Catalan: rajar
- Portuguese: raiar
- → Portuguese: radiar
- Spanish: rayar
- → Spanish: radiar
Noun
radiō
- dative singular of radium
- ablative singular of radium
References
- radio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- radio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English radio.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- radio
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioer, definite plural radioene)
- (a) radio
Derived terms
References
- “radio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioar, definite plural radioane)
- (a) radio
- 1926, Olav Langeland, Rikare liv:
- Det vedunderet som me no kallar radio, hev synt det endå klårare. Det er ljosbylgjor som er so små og snøgge, og sume so langsame at ikkje noko menneskjeauga kann uppfanga dei.
- The miracle that we now call radio has shown this even clearer. It is light waves that are so small and fast, and some so slow that no human eye can perceive them.
- Det vedunderet som me no kallar radio, hev synt det endå klårare. Det er ljosbylgjor som er so små og snøgge, og sume so langsame at ikkje noko menneskjeauga kann uppfanga dei.
- 1926, Olav Langeland, Rikare liv:
Derived terms
References
- “radio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Compare English radio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrad.jɔ/
Noun
radio n
- radio (a device that can receive the signal sent over radio waves)
- radio station
Declension
Synonyms
- (radio): radioodbiornik, odbiornik radiowy
- (radio station): rozgłośnia, radiostacja, stacja radiowa
Derived terms
Further reading
- radio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French radio, German Radio; compare also English radio.
Noun
radio n (plural radiouri)
- radio
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /râːdio/
- Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o
Noun
rȃdio m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑дио)
- radio
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈra̠.ð̞jo̞], [ˈra̠.djo̞]
- See also: radón, rodio, diario
Etymology 1
Apocopic form of radiorreceptor
Noun
radio m or f (plural radios)
- (electronics, home appliance) radio (device)
Usage notes
Usually feminine, but often used as masculine in much of Latin America.
Etymology 2
Apocopic form of radiotransmisión and/or radiodifusora
Noun
radio f (plural radios)
- (communication) radio (industry, signal)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of rayo.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- (anatomy) radius
- (geometry) radius
Etymology 4
Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.
Noun
radio m (plural radios)
- (chemistry) radium
Etymology 5
Verb
radio
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of radiar.
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
From English radio
Pronunciation
Noun
radio c
- (uncountable) radio (communication using radio waves)
- radio; receiver (device for receiving broadcast radio signals)
Declension
Related terms
See also
- radio-
References
- radio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Uzbek
Noun
radio (plural radiolar)
- radio
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
radio
- radio
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “радио”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Etymology
From English radio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈradjɔ/
Noun
radio m (plural radios, not mutable)
- radio
Derived terms
- radio bro (“community radio”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “radio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies