different between echolocation vs rada

English

Etymology

From echo +? location.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??ko?lo??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

echolocation (countable and uncountable, plural echolocations)

1. The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish rada, from Middle Low German rât. Compare German Rat, Icelandic ráð. Doublet of rede.

Noun

rada (plural radas)

1. (politics) A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
2. A soviet, a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.

Translations

Anagrams

• ADAR, Adar, Dara, Draa, Drâa, Raad, arad, raad

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon r?d, from Proto-West Germanic *r?d.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rada]
• Rhymes: -ada

Noun

rada f

1. advice, counsel
2. council

Declension

Derived terms

• podniková rada

Related terms

• radit
• radní
• radnice
• porada
• bezradný

Further reading

• rada in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• rada in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trad? (“track, way”). Compare Low German trade (“track, rut”).

Noun

rada (genitive raja, partitive rada)

1. track, path

Declension

Italian

Noun

rada

1. (nautical) roadstead

Verb

rada

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of radere
2. third-person singular imperative of radere

Adjective

rada

1. feminine singular of rado

Anagrams

• arda
• darà

Latin

Noun

rada

1. nominative plural of radon
2. accusative plural of radon
3. vocative plural of radon

References

• rada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

rada

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of rast
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of rast

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) rad?

Etymology

Related to Estonian rada.

Noun

rada

1. path
2. way

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rada/

Predicative

rada

1. feminine singular of rad

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• raden

Noun

rada m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rad

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rada f

1. definite singular of rad

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.da/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German rât, whose inflected form was rade, from Old Saxon r?d, from Proto-West Germanic *r?d.

Noun

rada f

1. council
2. board

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) narada (“meeting, consultation”), porada, radca (“adviser”), radny (“councillor”), rad?ca, rajca (“councilman”)

Descendants

• ? English: [Term?]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *raditi

Noun

rada f

1. advice, counsel

Derived terms

• (verbs) doradza? (“to advise”), naradza? si? (“to confer, to deliberate”), radzi? si? (“to consult”), radzi? (“to advise”), radzi? sobie (“to cope”)
• (adjectives) bezradny (“helpless”), radziecki (“soviet”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

rada

1. feminine nominative singular of rad

Noun

rada m inan

1. genitive singular of rad ("rad", unit of absorbed radiation dose)

Further reading

• rada in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From French rade (“harbour”), from Middle English rade, from Old English r?d (“riding, hostile incursion”) and thus cognate of English road and raid; see the former for more.

Noun

rada f (plural radas)

1. bay, creek, cove