bluetooth

English Online Dictionary. What means bluetooth‎? What does bluetooth mean?

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtuːt/, [ˈbluːt̪uːt̪]
• Rhymes: -uːtuːt
• Pronunciation as in English is also common

Noun

bluetooth

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbluˈtut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

bluetooth m (uncountable)

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Further reading

• bluetooth in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bluˈtuθ/ [bluˈt̪uθ]
  • Rhymes: -uθ
• IPA^(key): /bluˈtud/ [bluˈt̪uð̞]
  • Rhymes: -ud

Noun

bluetooth m (uncountable)

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.