different between radio vs microwave
radio
English
Etymology
Short for radiotelegraphy.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??e?di???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??e?di?o?/, [??e??i?o?]
- Hyphenation: ra?dio
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): /?r??.di.???/
Noun
radio (plural radio's)
- radio
Asturian
Noun
radio f (plural radios)
- radio
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From English radio.
Noun
radio (definite accusative radionu, plural radiolar)
- radio
Declension
Further reading
- “radio” in Obastan.com.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Compare English radio.
Noun
radio
- radio
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj 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): /?ra?dijo?/
- Hyphenation: ra?dio
Noun
radio m (plural radio's, diminutive radiootje n)
- radio, tuner
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra?dio/
- 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): /?r?dio/, [?r?dio?]
- Rhymes: -?dio
- 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): /?a.djo/
Noun
radio f (plural radios)
- radio, tuner
Derived terms
- radiophonique
- station de radio
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): /?radio/
Noun
radio (plural radii)
- ray, beam, gleam
- radio (device)
- (geometry) radius
- (of a wheel) spoke
- (ichthyology) ray, skate
Synonyms
- (5) rayo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch radio, from English radio, from Latin radius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rad?io?]
- Hyphenation: ra?dio
Noun
radio (first-person possessive radioku, second-person possessive radiomu, third-person possessive radionya)
- radio
Derived terms
Further reading
- “radio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
radio
- radio
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin radius. Compare raggio, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rà?dio
- IPA(key): /?ra.djo/
Noun
radio m (plural radi)
- (anatomy) radius
- Synonyms: radiale, osso radiale
- Obsolete form of raggio.
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”) +? -?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ra.di.o?/, [?räd?io?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ra.di.o/, [?r??d?i?]
Verb
radi? (present infinitive radi?re, perfect active radi?v?, supine radi?tum); first conjugation
- (active) I cause to radiate, irradiate.
- (passive) I radiate, emit beams.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- radiolus
- radi?sus
- 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
radi?
- 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): /?rad.j?/
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): rozg?o?nia, 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): /râ?dio/
- Hyphenation: ra?di?o
Noun
r?dio m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- radio
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?radjo/, [?ra.ð?jo]
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) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Etymology
From English radio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?radj?/
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
radio From the web:
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- what radio station is the chiefs game on
- what radio station is the game on
- what radio station is the cowboys game on
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- what radio station is the browns game on
- what radio station is rush limbaugh on
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microwave
English
Etymology
micro- +? wave
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?'kr?-w?v", IPA(key): /?ma?k???we?v/
- enPR: m?'kr?-w?v", IPA(key): /?ma?k????we?v/
Noun
microwave (plural microwaves)
- An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
- Synonym: SHF
- Coordinate terms: longwave, mediumwave, shortwave, UHF
- Hypernyms: radio wave, wave
- Hyponyms: K band, Ka band, Ku band, X band
- Holonym: radio band
- (colloquial, very common) Ellipsis of microwave oven.
- Just put it in the microwave for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.
Derived terms
- microwavable, microwaveable
- microwave safe
Related terms
- convection microwave
- microwave spectroscopy
- microwaveguide
- radio frequency
Translations
Verb
microwave (third-person singular simple present microwaves, present participle microwaving, simple past and past participle microwaved)
- (transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
- Synonyms: (colloquial) nuke, microcook
- A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
Translations
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- what microwave to buy
- what microwave popcorn has the most butter
- what microwave wattage is best
- what microwave is the best
- what microwaves do to food
- what microwave popcorn is vegan
- what microwave wattage is best for popcorn
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