microwave

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mī'krə-wāv", IPA: /ˈmaɪkrəˌweɪv/, X-SAMPA: /"maIkr@%weIv/
• enPR: mī'krō-wāv", IPA: /ˈmaɪkrəʊˌweɪv/, X-SAMPA: /"maIkr@U%weIv/

Etymology

micro- +‎ wave

Noun

microwave (plural microwaves)

1. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
2. A microwave oven.

Derived terms

• convection microwave
• microwave-proof
• microwave-safe

Translations

wave

• Afrikaans: mikrogolf (af)
• Albanian: mikrovalë (sq) f
• Azeri: mikrodalga (az)
• Bulgarian: микровълнов (bg) (mikrovŭlnov) f
• Catalan: microona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微波 (cmn) (wēibō)

• Czech: mikrovlna (cs) f
• Danish: mikroovn (da) c
• Dutch: microgolf (nl) m (Flemish)
• Estonian: mikrolaine (et)
• Finnish: mikroaalto (fi)
• French: micro-onde (fr) f
• German: Mikrowelle (de) f
• Greek: μικροκύμα (el) (mikrokýma) n
• Hebrew: מיקרוגל (he)
• Hungarian: mikrohullám (hu)

• Icelandic: örbylgju (is) f
• Ido: mikro-ondi (io)
• Irish: micreathonn (ga) f
• Italian: microonda (it) f
• Japanese: マイクロ波 (ja) (maikuro-ha)
• Jèrriais: micro-onde f, micro-louême f
• Korean: 마이크 로파 (ko) (maikeu lopa)
• Macedonian: микробран (mk) (míkrobran) m
• Malay: gelombang mikro (ms)
• Polish: mikrofala (pl) f
• Portuguese: microonda (pt) f
• Romanian: microunde (ro) f
• Spanish: microonda (es) f
• Swedish: mikrovåg (sv) c
• Turkish: mikrodalga (tr)
• Ukrainian: мікрохвиля (uk) (mikrokhvylya) f
• Vietnamese: máy hâm nóng (vi)

microwave oven — see microwave oven

See also

• longwave, mediumwave, shortwave, radio wave
• radio frequency, UHF, SHF
• radio band, K band, Ka band, Ku band, X band

Verb

microwave (third-person singular simple present microwaves, present participle microwaving, simple past and past participle microwaved)

1. (transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     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.

Synonyms

• (cook in a microwave oven): nuke (colloquial)

Derived terms

• microwavable, microwaveable
• microwave-proof
• microwave-safe

Translations

cook in a microwave oven

• French: micro-onder (fr)

• Jèrriais: micro-louêmer

See also

• Wikipedia article on microwaves (the electromagnetic waves)
• Wikipedia article on microwave ovens