radio

See also Appendix:Variations of "radio"

English

Wikipedia

A radio receiver from 2000.

Etymology

From Latin radius (“ray”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"reIdi%@U/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"reIdi%oU/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

radio (countable and uncountable; plural radios)

1. (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
2. (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
3. (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
4. (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound recordings via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

Synonyms

• (device to capture radio signal): tuner, wireless, receiver

Related terms

• radiate
• radiation
• radiator
• radio documentary

• radio drama
• radio station
• radius
• ray

Translations

technology

• Afrikaans: radio (af)
• Albanian: radio (sq) m
• Amharic: ራዲዮ (am)
• Arabic: مذياع (ar) (midhyaa3) m, راديو (ar) (raadyu) m
• Armenian: ռադիո (hy) (ṙadio)
• Basque: irrati (eu)
• Belarusian: радыё (be) (rádyjo) n
• Bengali: রেডিও (bn) (reḑio)
• Breton: radio (br) m, skingomz (br) f
• Bulgarian: радио (bg) (rádio) n
• Burmese: ရေဒီယို (my) (rèi-dì-yò)
• Catalan: ràdio (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無線電 (cmn), 無綫電 (cmn), 无线电 (cmn) (wúxiàndiàn)

• Czech: rádio (cs) n, rozhlas (cs) m
• Danish: radiofoni (da), radio (da)
• Estonian: raadio (et)
• Finnish: radio (fi), radiotekniikka (fi)
• French: radio (fr) f, radiodiffusion (fr) f
• Georgian: რადიო (ka) (radio)
• German: Funk (de) m, Rundfunk (de) m, Radio (de) n, Hörfunk (de) m
• Greek: ραδιόφωνο (el) (radiófono) n, (colloquial) ράδιο (el) (rádio) n
• Hebrew: רדיו (he) (rá'dio) m
• Hindi: रेडियो (hi) (reḍiyo) m
• Hungarian: rádió (hu)
• Icelandic: útvarp (is) n
• Ido: radio (io)
• Indonesian: radio (id)
• Irish: raidió (ga) m
• Italian: radio f
• Japanese: ラジオ (ja) (rajio)
• Jèrriais: radio m
• Kannada: ರೇಡಿಯೋ (kn) (reḍiyo), ಬಾನುಲಿ (kn) (bānuli)
• Kazakh: радио (kk) (radio)
• Khmer: វិទ្យុ (km) (vittyuʔ)
• Korean: 라디오 (ko) (radio)
• Kyrgyz: радио (ky) (radio)

• Lao: ວິທະຍຸ (lo) (wīt-tʰā-ɲū)
• Latin: radiophonia (la) f
• Latvian: radio (lv)
• Lithuanian: radijas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Funk (lb) m
• Macedonian: радио (mk) (rádio) n
• Malay: radio (ms)
• Malayalam: റേഡിയോ (ml)
• Mongolian: радио (mn) (rádio)
• Navajo: níłchʼi bee haneʼé
• Pashto: راډيو (ps)
• Persian: رادیو (fa) (râdio)
• Polish: radio (pl) n
• Portuguese: rádio (pt) m
• Quechua: ankichiy (qu)
• Romanian: radio (ro)
• Russian: (indeclinable) радио (ru) (rádio) n, радиовещание (ru) (radioveščánije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: rèidio (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̑дио (sh) m

  Roman: rȃdio (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ගුවන්විදුලිය (si) (guvanviduliya)
• Slovak: rádio (sk) n
• Slovene: radio (sl) n
• Spanish: radio (es) f
• Swahili: redio (sw)
• Swedish: radio (sv) c
• Tagalog: radyo (tl)
• Tajik: радио (tg) (radio)
• Tamil: வானொலி (ta) (vaanoli)
• Telugu: రేడియో (te) (reḍiyo)
• Thai: วิทยุ (th) (wít-tá-yú)
• Turkish: radyo (tr), ünalgı (tr)
• Ukrainian: радіо (uk) (rádio) n
• Urdu: ریڈیو (ur) (reḍiyo) m, مشعہ (ur)
• Uzbek: radio (uz)
• Vietnamese: radio (vi), ra-đi-ô (vi), truyền thanh (vi), vô tuyến truyền thanh (vi)
• Yiddish: ראַדיאָ (yi) (radio) m

receiver

• Afrikaans: draadloos (af), radio (af), radio (af)
• Arabic: راديو (ar) (rádyo) m
• Armenian: ռադիո (hy) (ṙadio)
• Basque: irrati (eu)
• Breton: radio (br) m, skingomzer (br) m
• Burmese: ရေဒီယုိ (rè.dì.yò)
• Catalan: ràdio (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收音機 (cmn), 收音机 (cmn) (shōuyīnjī)

• Czech: rádio (cs) n
• Dutch: radio m
• Finnish: radio (fi), radiovastaanotin (fi)
• French: radio (fr) f
• German: Radio (de) n
• Greek: ραδιόφωνο (el) (radiófono) n, (colloquial) ράδιο (el) (rádio) n
• Hebrew: רדיו (he) (rá'dio) m
• Hindi: रेडियो (hi) (reḍiyo) m
• Hungarian: rádió (hu)
• Icelandic: útvarpstæki (is) n
• Italian: radio f
• Japanese: 無線 (ja) (むせん, musen), ラジオ (ja) (rajio)
• Jèrriais: radio m
• Korean: 라디오 (ko) (radio)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ڕادیۆ

• Latvian: radio, radiouztvērējs m
• Luxembourgish: Radio (lb) m
• Macedonian: радио (mk) (rádio) n, радиоприемник (mk) (radiopríemnik) m, радиоапарат (mk) (radioaparát) m
• Navajo: béésh halneʼé
• Polish: radio (pl), radioodbiornik (pl)
• Portuguese: rádio (pt) m
• Romanian: radio (ro) n, radioreceptor (ro) n, aparat de radio (ro) n
• Russian: радио (ru) (rádio) n, радиоприёмник (ru) (radioprijómnik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: rèidio (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радиопри́је̄мнӣк (sh) m, ра̑дио (sh) m

  Roman: radiopríjēmnīk (sh) m, rȃdio (sh) m

• Sinhalese: රේඩියෝ (si) (rēḍiyō)
• Spanish: radio (es) f
• Swahili: redio (sw)
• Swedish: radio (sv) c, radioapparat (sv) c
• Tagalog: radyo
• Tamil: வானொலி (ta) (vaanoli)
• Turkish: radyo (tr), ünalgı (tr)
• Urdu: ریڈیو (ur) (reḍiyo) m
• Vietnamese: ‎máy radio, ‎máy ra-đi-ô, ‎máy thu thanh

transmitter

• Afrikaans: radio (af)
• Basque: irrati (eu)
• Catalan: ràdio (ca) f
• Czech: rádio (cs) n
• Finnish: radio (fi), radiolähetin (fi)
• Greek: ραδιόφωνο (el) (radiófono) n
• Macedonian: радиопредавател (mk) (radiopredavátel) m, радиостаница (mk) (radostánica) f
• Navajo: béésh halneʼé
• Polish: radio (pl), radionadajnik (pl), * radiostacja (pl)

• Portuguese: rádio (pt) f
• Russian: радио (ru) (rádio) n, радиопередатчик (ru) (radiop'er'edátčik) m, радиостанция (ru) (radiostáncija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: rèidio (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: радиоодашиљач (sh) m, ра̑дио (sh) m

  Roman: radioodašiljač (sh) m, rȃdio (sh) m

• Tamil: வானொலி அலைபரப்பி (ta) (vaanoli alaiparappi)

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• Interlingua: radio
• Latin: radiophonium n
• Portuguese: rádio m
• Tagalog: radyo

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, transitive, 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.
   • 2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-21407-5, 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.”

   • 2006, Angie Morgan, Leading from the front: no excuse leadership tactics for women, page 111:

     When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.

   • 2006, Kimberly Johnson, Amy's Secret, page 14:

     When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.

Anagrams

• aroid

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin radius.

Noun

radio

1. radio

Declension

    declension of radio

nominative	radio
genitive	radionıñ
dative	radioğa
accusative	radionı
locative	radioda
ablative	radiodan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Noun

radio c (singular definite radioen, plural indefinite radioer)

1. (technology) radio

Inflection

    Inflection of radio

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	radio	radioen	radioer	radioerne
genitive	radios	radioens	radioers	radioernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈraːdijoˑ/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

radio m (plural radio's, diminutive radiootje)

1. radio, tuner

Derived terms

• radiogolf

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /raˈdi.o/

Noun

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

1. radio

Derived terms

• radiado
• vekradio (“clock radio”)

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Finnish

Noun

radio

1. radio

Declension

Declension of radio (type valtio) singular plural nominative radio radiot genitive radion radioiden radioitten partitive radiota radioita accusative radio radion radiot inessive radiossa radioissa elative radiosta radioista illative radioon radioihin adessive radiolla radioilla ablative radiolta radioilta allative radiolle radioille essive radiona radioina translative radioksi radioiksi instructive – radioin abessive radiotta radioitta comitative – radioineen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁa.djo/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

radio f (plural radios)

1. radio, tuner

Derived terms

• à la radio
• radiophonique

Anagrams

• dorai, rodai, rôdai

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Galician

Wikipedia ^gl

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. a radio
2. (uncountable) radium
3. radius (of a circular object)
4. (anatomy) radius (bone in the forearm)

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Ido

Noun

radio (plural radii)

1. radio

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Indonesian

Noun

radio

1. radio

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Interlingua

Noun

radio

1. radio

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radius.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ràdio, IPA: /ˈradjo/, X-SAMPA: /"radjo/

Noun

radio m (plural radi)

1. (anatomy) radius
2. radium
3. Variant of raggio.

Synonyms

• (radius): radiale, osso radiale

Related terms

• radiale

Noun

radio f (invariable)

1. radio

Verb

radio

1. first-person singular present indicative of radiare

Anagrams

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

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English radio.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. radio

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Latin

Etymology

From radius (“spoke of a wheel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈra.di.oː/

Verb

present active radiō, present infinitive radiāre, perfect active radiāvī, supine radiātum.

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

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	radiō	radiās	radiat	radiāmus	radiātis	radiant
	future	radiābō	radiābis	radiābit	radiābimus	radiābitis	radiābunt
	imperfect	radiābam	radiābās	radiābat	radiābāmus	radiābātis	radiābant
	perfect	radiāvī	radiāvistī	radiāvit	radiāvimus	radiāvistis	radiāvērunt
	future perfect	radiāverō	radiāveris	radiāverit	radiāverimus	radiāveritis	radiāverint
	pluperfect	radiāveram	radiāverās	radiāverat	radiāverāmus	radiāverātis	radiāverant
passive	present	radior	radiāris	radiātur	radiāmur	radiāminī	radiantur
	future	radiābor	radiāberis	radiābitur	radiābimur	radiābiminī	radiābuntur
	imperfect	radiābar	radiābāris	radiābātur	radiābāmur	radiābāminī	radiābantur
	perfect	Use radiātus m, radiāta f, radiātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use radiātus m, radiāta f, radiātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use radiātus m, radiāta f, radiātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	radiem	radiēs	radiet	radiēmus	radiētis	radient
	imperfect	radiārem	radiārēs	radiāret	radiārēmus	radiārētis	radiārent
	perfect	radiāverim	radiāverīs	radiāverit	radiāverīmus	radiāverītis	radiāverint
	pluperfect	radiāvissem	radiāvissēs	radiāvisset	radiāvissēmus	radiāvissētis	radiāvissent
passive	present	radier	radiēris	radiētur	radiēmur	radiēminī	radientur
	imperfect	radiārer	radiārēris	radiārētur	radiārēmur	radiārēminī	radiārentur
	perfect	Use radiātus m, radiāta f, radiātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use radiātus m, radiāta f, radiātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	radiā	radiātō	radiātō	radiāre	radiātor	radiātor
	plural	radiāte	radiātōte	radiantō	radiāminī	—	radiantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		radiāre	radiāvisse	radiātūrus esse	radiārī	radiātus esse	radiātum īrī
participles		radiāns (radiantis)	—	radiātūrus-ra, -rum	—	radiātus-a, -um	radiandus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• irradiō
• praeradiō
• obradiō
• radiāns

• radiātilis
• radiātiō
• radiātus
• surradiō

Related terms

• radiolus
• radiōsus
• radius

Descendants

• English: radiate
• French: radier, rayer
• Italian: radiare, raggiare
• Portuguese: radiar, raiar
• Spanish: radiar, rayar

Noun

radiō

1. dative singular of radium
2. ablative singular of radium

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Wikipedia ^no

radio

1. radio

Inflection

	singular	plural
indefinite	radio	radioer
definite	radioen	radioene

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin radius (“ray”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈradjɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

radio n

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

Declension

    declension of radio

	singular	plural
nominative	radio	radia
genitive	radia	(radiów)
dative	radiu	radiom
accusative	radio	radia
instrumental	radiem	radiami
locative	radiu (radio)	radiach
vocative	radio	radia

Synonyms

• (radio): radioodbiornik, odbiornik radiowy
• (radio station): rozgłośnia, radiostacja, stacja radiowa

Derived terms

radioabonent radioaktywność radioamator radioaparat radioastronomia radioautografia radiobiologia radiobusola radiochemia radiochronologia radiodewiacja radiodroma radioecho radioekologia radioelektronika radioelektryka radiofonia radiofonizacja radiofotografia radiogram radiografia radiointerferometr

radioizotop radiokompas radiokomunikacja radiola radiolatarnia radiolinia radioliza radiolog radiologia radiolokacja radioluminescencja radiomechanik radiometeorologia radiometr radiometria radiomigracyjny radiomonter radionawigacja radionuklid radioodbiornik radiooficer radiooperator

radiopajęczarz radiopeleng radioskop radioskopia radiosłuchacz radiosonda radiospektograf radiospektroskopia radiostacja radiotechnik radiotechnika radiotelefon radiotelefonia radiotelegraf radiotelegram radiotelekomunikacja radiotelemechanika radiotelemetria radioteleskop radioterapia radiowiec radiowy

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Romanian

Noun

radio n (plural radiouri)

1. radio

Declension

declension of radio

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un radio	radioul	niște radiouri	radiourile
genitive/dative	unui radio	radioului	unor radiouri	radiourilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /râːdio/
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

Noun

rȃdio m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑дио)

1. radio

Declension

    declension of radio

	singular	plural
nominative	rȃdio	radiji
genitive	rȃdija	radija
dative	radiju	radijima
accusative	radio	radije
vocative	radio	radiji
locative	radiju	radijima
instrumental	rȃdiom	radijima

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

radio f (plural radios)

1. radio

Etymology 2

From Latin radius.

Noun

radio m (plural radios)

1. (anatomy) radius
2. (chemistry) radium

Etymology 3

Verb

radio (infinitive radiar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of radiar.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

radio c

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

Declension

Declension of radio 1.

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	radio	radion
genitive	radios	radions

Declension of radio 2.

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	radio	radion	radior	radiorna
genitive	radios	radions	radiors	radiornas

Declension of radio 2.

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	radio	radion	radioapparater	radioapparaterna
genitive	radios	radions	radioapparaters	radioapparaternas

Related terms

amatörradio kommunikationsradio kortvågsradio piratradio polisradio privatradio radioamatör radioanläggning radioantenn radioapparat radioastronomi radiobil radiobolag radiobrus radiochef radiodebatt radiodokumentär radioefterlysning radiofrekvens radiofyr radioföljetong radioförbindelse radioföredrag radioföretag radiogrammofon

radiogudstjänst radiohandel radiohandlare radiohistorisk radiohytt radiohögtalare radioinspelning radiointervju radiojournalist radiokanal radiokommentar radiokommentator radiokommunikation radiokoncern radiokontakt radiokontroll radiokrönika radiokälla radiolag radiolicens radiolyssnande radiolyssnare radiolänk radioman radiomast

radiomeddelande radiomikrofon radiomonopol radiomottagare radionavigering radionyheter radionämnden radiopejl radiopejling radiopersonlighet radiopjäs radiopolis radioproducent radioprogram radioreklam radioreportage radioreporter radiorör radioröst radiosamtal radioserie radioshow radiosignal radiosignalering radioskugga

radiosond radiostation radiostrålning radiostudio radiostyrd radiostyrning radiostörning radiosändare radiosändning radiot radiotal radioteater radioteknik radiotelefon radiotelefoni radiotelegrafist radiotelegram radioteleskop radiotrafik radioutrustning radioutsändning radiovåg rundradio

See also

• radio-

References

• radio in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)