radio

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English

Etymology

Short for radiotelegraphy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ/
• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

Noun

radio (countable and uncountable, plural radios)

2. (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

4. (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

5. (countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
6. (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
7. (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

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラジオ (rajio)
  • → Hokkien: la-jí-o͘h
• → Malay: radio
• → Hokkien: (Malaysia, Singapore) 黎撩 (lê-liô)

Translations

See also

• transceiver

Verb

radio (third-person singular simple present radios, present participle radioing, simple past and past participle radioed)

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.

Derived terms

• radio ahead

Translations

Anagrams

• aroid, doira

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English radio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.di.ʊə̯/

Noun

radio (plural radio's)

1. radio

Asturian

Noun

radio f (plural radios)

1. radio

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From English radio.

Pronunciation

Noun

radio (definite accusative radionu, plural radiolar)

1. radio

Declension

Further reading

• “radio” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radio/ [ra.ð̞i.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish radio (“radium”), from French radium.

Noun

radio inan

1. radium

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish radio (“radio”).

Noun

radio inan

1. Nonstandard form of erradio (“radius”).

Declension

Further reading

• “radio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “radio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Compare English radio.

Noun

radio

1. 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)

1. (technology) radio

Inflection

Derived terms

• radiobølge

Further reading

• “radio” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “radio” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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)

1. radio, tuner

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Aukan: ladio
• → Caribbean Hindustani: rádio
• → Caribbean Javanese: radio, radhio
• → Saramaccan: ládio
• → Trió: raarijon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raˈdio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

Noun

radio (accusative singular radion, plural radioj, accusative plural radiojn)

1. radio
2. radius
3. ray

Synonyms

• radiofonio

Derived terms

• radiado
• vekradio (“clock radio”)

Finnish

Etymology

< Swedish radio (“radio”) or English radio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑdio/, [ˈrɑ̝dio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑdio
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧dio

Noun

radio

1. radio (technology)
2. radio (receiver or transmitter)
3. radio (type of media)
4. (in compounds) radio- (of or pertaining to radiowaves)

Declension

Synonyms

• sätiö (rare, archaic)
• (technology): radiotekniikka
• (receiver): radiovastaanotin, vastaanotin
• (transmitter): radiolähetin

Derived terms

Further reading

• “radio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

An abbreviation of words like radiotélégramme, radiotélégraphiste, radiodiffusion, etc. Compare English radio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.djo/

Noun

radio f (plural radios)

1. radio, tuner
2. Short for radiographie.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. Short for radiotélégramme.

Noun

radio m or f by sense (plural radios)

1. Short for radiotélégraphiste.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Persian: رادیو (râdiyo)

Further reading

• “radio” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “radio” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “radio” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “radio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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)

1. radio

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. (uncountable) radium

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin radius.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. radius (of a circular object)
2. (anatomy) radius (bone in the forearm)

Ido

Etymology

From radiar +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈradio/

Noun

radio (plural radii)

1. ray, beam, gleam
2. radio (device)
3. (geometry) radius
4. spoke (of a wheel)
5. (ichthyology) ray, skate

Synonyms

• (5) rayo

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• radyo — informal

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾadjo/ [ˈɾɐ.d͡ʒo]
• Hyphenation: rad‧io

Noun

radio

1. radio

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch radio, from English radio, from Latin radius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrad̪io̯]
• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

Noun

radio (plural radio-radio)

1. radio

   Synonyms: peti bicara, peti ngomong

Derived terms

Further reading

• “radio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

radio

1. radio

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and rai, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Occitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.djo/
• Rhymes: -adjo
• Hyphenation: rà‧dio

Noun

radio m (plural radi)

1. (anatomy) radius

   Synonyms: radiale, osso radiale

2. (obsolete) Alternative form of raggio

Related terms

• radiale
• radiante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

Noun

radio m (plural radi)

1. (chemistry) radium

Etymology 3

Abbreviation. Compare English radio.

Noun

radio f (invariable)

1. radio

Etymology 4

Verb

radio

1. first-person singular present indicative of radiare

Anagrams

• Adrio, Dario, Doria, adiro, adirò, adori, arido, dorai, rioda, rodai

Latin

Etymology

From radius (“spoke of a wheel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.oː/, [ˈräd̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.o/, [ˈräːd̪io]

Verb

radiō (present infinitive radiāre, perfect active radiāvī, supine radiātum); first conjugation

1. (active voice) to cause to radiate, irradiate
2. (passive voice) to radiate, emit beams

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Noun

radiō

1. dative/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)

1. radio

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioer, definite plural radioene)

1. (a) radio

Derived terms

References

• “radio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioar, definite plural radioane)

1. radio

Derived terms

References

• “radio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French radio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.djɔ/
• Rhymes: -adjɔ
• Syllabification: ra‧dio
• Homophone: radio-

Noun

radio n (diminutive radyjko, related adjective radiowy)

1. radio (a device that can receive the signal sent over radio waves)

   Synonyms: radioodbiornik, odbiornik radiowy

2. radio station

   Synonyms: rozgłośnia, radiostacja, stacja radiowa

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• radio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• radio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French radio, German Radio; compare also English radio.

Pronunciation

Noun

radio n (plural radiouri)

1. radio

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râːdio/
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

Noun

rȃdio m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑дио)

1. radio

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

radio (Cyrillic spelling радио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of raditi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈradjo/ [ˈra.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -adjo
• Syllabification: ra‧dio

Etymology 1

Clipping of radiorreceptor.

Noun

radio m or f same meaning (plural radios)

1. (electronics, home appliance) radio (device)

Usage notes

• Usually feminine, but often used as masculine in much of Latin America.

Descendants

• Chavacano: radio
• → Cebuano: radyo
• → Hiligaynon: radyo
• → Ilocano: radio
• → Maguindanao: radiu
• → Maranao: radiyo
• → Tagalog: radyo
• → Ye'kwana: daadiyu

Etymology 2

Clipping of radiotransmisión and/or radiodifusora.

Noun

radio f (plural radios)

1. (communication) radio (industry, signal)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of rayo.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. (anatomy) radius
2. (geometry) radius

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. (chemistry) radium

Etymology 5

Verb

radio

1. first-person singular present indicative of radiar

Further reading

• “radio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

Swahili

Noun

radio class IX (plural radio class X)

1. Alternative form of redio

Swedish

Etymology

From English radio.

Pronunciation

Noun

radio c

1. (uncountable) radio (communication using radio waves)
2. radio; receiver (device for receiving broadcast radio signals)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• radio-

References

• radio in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• radio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• radio in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

Noun

radio (definite accusative radiony, plural radiolar)

1. radio

Declension

Further reading

• “radio” in Enedilim.com
• “radio” in Webonary.org

Uzbek

Noun

radio (plural radiolar)

1. radio

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

radio

1. radio

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “радио”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From English radio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈradjɔ/
• Rhymes: -adjɔ

Noun

radio m (plural radios, not mutable)

1. 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