broadcaster

English

WOTD – 20 December 2022

From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).^[1]

broadcaster (plural broadcasters)

(agriculture)
1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
2. (obsolete) A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
  Antonym: driller
(broadcasting)
1. A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
2. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
  - 2017 August 23, “ESPN reassigns commentator Robert Lee over 'name coincidence'”, in BBC‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2024:
    Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.
  - 2025 January 10, Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Stine Jacobsen, “Denmark plans new ships, dog sled patrols in Greenland as Trump seeks control”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 January 2025:
    The government has also proposed upgrading the airport in Kangerlussuaq, a former U.S. military base in western Greenland, to accommodate F-35 fighter jets, broadcasters DR and TV2 said on Friday.
3. A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
(computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.

piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.

organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting

Arabic: إِذَاعَة f (ʔiḏāʕa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放送局 (zh) (fàngsòngjú) (dated, or referring to broadcasting in Japan or Korea)
Dutch: omroep (nl) m, zender (nl) m
Esperanto: elsendanto
Finnish: lähetystoiminnan harjoittaja, radioyhtiö (of radio), televisioyhtiö (of television)
French: radiodiffuseur m (of radio)
German: Rundfunksender (de) m
Greek: ραδιοφωνία (el) f (radiofonía)
Italian: telediffusore m (chiefly television)
Japanese: 放送局 (ja) (ほうそうきょく, hōsōkyoku)
Korean: 방송국(放送局) (ko) (bangsongguk)
Macedonian: емитувач m (emituvač), радиодифузе́р m (radiodifuzér)
Māori: rōpū whakapāho
Marathi: प्रसारक m (prasārak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kringkaster m
Polish: nadawca (pl) m
Scottish Gaelic: craoladair m
Spanish: emisora (es) f, televisora f (of television)
Turkish: yayımcı (tr)
Ukrainian: мо́вник (uk) m (móvnyk)
Urdu: ناشر (ur) (nāśir)

person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts

Arabic: مُذِيع m (muḏīʕ), مُذِيعَة f (muḏīʕa)
Cebuano: brodkaster, magsisibya
Chinese:
Mandarin: 播報員 / 播报员 (zh) (bōbàoyuán, bòbàoyuán), 播音員 / 播音员 (zh) (bōyīnyuán, bòyīnyuán), 廣播員 / 广播员 (zh) (guǎngbōyuán, guǎngbòyuán), 主播 (zh) (zhǔbō, zhǔbò)
Esperanto: elsendanto
Finnish: lähettäjä (fi) (sender), levittäjä (fi) (spreader)
German: Sender (de) m, Senderin f
Greek: εκφωνητής (el) m (ekfonitís)
Hebrew: שַׁדְרָן (he) m (šadrán), שַׁדְרָנִית (he) f (šadranít)
Hungarian: műsorvezető (hu)
Indonesian: angkasawan (id) (of radio)
Macedonian: емитувач m (emituvač), радиодифузе́р m (radiodifuzér)
Maltese: xandar m, xandara f
Manx: ym-skeaylleyder m
Māori: kaiwhakapaoho
Marathi: प्रसारक m (prasārak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kringkaster m

Nynorsk: kringkastar m
Polish: nadawca (pl) m, nadawczyni f
Romanian: crainic (ro) m, spicher (ro) m
Russian: ди́ктор (ru) m (díktor), ди́кторша (ru) f (díktorša), телевизио́нщик (ru) m (televiziónščik) (of television, informal), телевизио́нщица (ru) f (televiziónščica) (of television, informal)
Scottish Gaelic: craoladair m
Tagalog: bródkaster
Thai: ผู้ประกาศ (pûu-bprà-gàat)
Turkish: yayımcı (tr)
Urdu: نَشر کار (naśar kār)
Vietnamese: phát thanh viên (of radio)

one who presents radio or television programmes — see presenter

piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network