wireless

English

Etymology

wire +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwaɪ.ə(ɹ).ləs/

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Adjective

wireless (not comparable)

1. Not having any wires.
2. Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

Translations

not having any wires

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無線 (cmn), 无线 (cmn) (wǔxiàn)

• Danish: trådløs (da)
• Dutch: draadloos (nl)
• Esperanto: sendrata (eo)
• Finnish: langaton (fi)
• French: sans fil (fr)
• German: drahtlos (de)
• Greek: ασύρματος (el) (asýrmatos) m
• Hebrew: אלחוטי (he) (alkhutí)
• Indonesian: nirkabel (id)
• Japanese: 無線 (ja) (むせん, musen), ワイヤレス (ja) (waiyaresu)
• Macedonian: безжичен (mk) (bézžičen) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trådlaus (no), trådløs

  Nynorsk: trådlaus (no)

• Polish: bezprzewodowy m
• Portuguese: sem fio (pt)
• Russian: беспроводный (ru) (bespróvodnyj), беспроводной (ru) (besprovodnój), беспроволочный (ru) (bespróvoločnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: бежично (sh) (bežično) n
• Spanish: inalámbrico (es) m
• Swedish: trådlös (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kablosuz (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: diwifr (cy)

of or relating to wireless telegraphy

• Finnish: langaton (fi)
• German: drahtlos (de), Funk- (de), Radio- (de)
• Greek: ασύρματος (el) (asýrmatos) m
• Hebrew: אלחוטי (he)

• Japanese: ワイヤレス (ja) (waiyaresu), 無線 (ja) (むせん, musen)
• Russian: радио- (ru) (rádio-), беспроводной (ru) (besprovodnój)
• Welsh: diwifr (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: draadloos (nl)
• French: sans fil (fr)
• German: drahtlos (de)

• Persian: بی‌سیم (bisim)
• Sindhi: ريتار
• Spanish: inalámbrico (es)

Noun

Wikipedia wireless (plural wirelesses)

1. (uncountable) The medium of radio communication.

   Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.

2. (dated) A radio set.

   Let's switch on the wireless.

3. (uncountable) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

   If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

Related terms

• wireless operator

Translations

radio

• Catalan: ràdio (ca) f
• Finnish: radioaallot (fi) pl, radioviestintä (fi)
• Greek: ασύρματος (el) (asýrmatos) m
• Russian: радио (ru) (rádio) n

• Sindhi: ريتار
• Turkish: telsiz (tr)
• Welsh: radio (cy) m, weiarles (cy) m

Verb

wireless (third-person singular simple present wirelesses, present participle wirelessing, simple past and past participle wirelessed)

1. To send a message by wireless (by radio)
   • 1919, William Charles Henry Wood, Flag and Fleet:

     At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From English wireless.

Noun

wireless m (usually uncountable)

1. wireless, radio

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

wireless m (invariable)

1. wireless (transmission without wires)

Adjective

wireless (invariable)

1. wireless (computing)