Bluetooth

See also: bluetooth

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).
Sense 2 named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtuːθ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈblutuθ/

Proper noun

Bluetooth

1. The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
2. (networking) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

Derived terms

• bluejack
• bluejacker
• bluejacking
• bluesnarfing

 

Translations

nickname of a Danish king

• Belarusian: Сінязу́бы m (Sinjazúby)
• Czech: Modrozub m
• Danish: Blåtand c
• Dutch: Blauwtand m
• Estonian: Sinihammas
• Faroese: Blátonn m
• Finnish: Sinihammas
• German: Blauzahn m
• Greek: Κυανόδους m (Kyanódous)
• Hungarian: Kékfogú
• Icelandic: Blátönn m, Haraldur blátönn m
• Irish: Gormfhiacail m
• Italian: Dente Azzurro m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 青歯王 (せいしおう, Seishi-ō)
• Latvian: Zilzobis m
• Lithuanian: Mėlyndantis m
• Norwegian: blåtann m
• Old Norse: Blátǫnn m
• Polish: Sinozęby m
• Russian: Синезу́бый m (Sinezúbyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Модрозуби m, Плавозуби m

  Roman: Modrozubi m, Plavozubi m

• Slovak: Modrozubý m
• Swedish: Blåtand c
• Ukrainian: Синьозу́бий m (Synʹozúbyj)

personal area wireless network

• Arabic: بُلُوتُوث m (bulūtūṯ)
• Bulgarian: блуту́т m (blutút), блюту́т m (bljutút)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 藍牙／蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴), 蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴)

  Mandarin: 藍牙／蓝牙 (zh) (Lányá), 蓝牙 (zh) (Lányá)

• Czech: Bluetooth m
• Danish: Bluetooth c
• Dutch: Bluetooth n
• Finnish: bluetooth
• French: Bluetooth (fr) m
• Georgian: ბლუთუზი (blutuzi)
• German: Bluetooth (de) m or n
• Hebrew: בלוטות׳ m
• Hindi: ब्लूटूथ m (blūṭūth)
• Hungarian: Bluetooth (hu)
• Italian: bluetooth (it) m
• Japanese: ブルートゥース (ja) (Burūtūsu), (slang) 青歯 (あおば, Aoba)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 블루투스 (Beullutuseu)
• Macedonian: бљуту́т m (bljutút), блуту́т m (blutút)
• Malayalam: ബ്ലൂടൂത്ത് (blūṭūttŭ)
• Norwegian: Blåtann f
• Polish: Bluetooth m
• Portuguese: Bluetooth m
• Russian: блюту́с (ru) m (bljutús), блюту́з (ru) m (bljutúz), (colloquial) синезу́б (ru) m (sinezúb)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: блутут m, бљутут m

  Roman: blutut m

• Spanish: Bluetooth m
• Swedish: blåtand c
• Tamil: புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt), ^{(please verify)} புளூட்டூத்து (ta) (puḷūṭṭūttu)
• Thai: บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut)
• Uyghur: كۆكچىش (kökchish)
• Yiddish: בלו טוט (blu tut)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbluwˈtuf/, /bluˈtu/
• Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

o Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)