microwave

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ wave

Pronunciation

• enPR: mī'krə-wāv", IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌweɪv/
• enPR: mī'krō-wāv", IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəʊˌweɪv/

Noun

microwave (plural microwaves)

1. An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.

   Synonym: SHF

   Coordinate terms: longwave, mediumwave, shortwave, UHF

   Hypernyms: radio wave, wave

   Hyponyms: K band, Ka band, Ku band, X band

   Holonym: radio band

2. Ellipsis of microwave oven..

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• convection microwave
• microwave spectroscopy
• microwaveguide
• radio frequency

Translations

electromagnetic wave

• Afrikaans: mikrogolf
• Albanian: mikrovalë f
• Armenian: միկրոալիք (mikroalikʻ)
• Azerbaijani: mikrodalga
• Basque: mikrouhin
• Belarusian: мікрахва́ля f (mikraxválja)
• Bulgarian: микровълна́ (bg) f (mikrovǎlná)
• Catalan: microona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微波 (zh) (wēibō)

• Czech: mikrovlna f
• Danish: mikrobølge c
• Dutch: microgolf (nl) m
• Esperanto: mikroondo
• Estonian: mikrolaine
• Finnish: mikroaalto (fi)
• French: micro-onde (fr) f
• Georgian: მიკროტალღა (miḳroṭalɣa)
• German: Mikrowelle (de) f
• Greek: μικροκύμα n (mikrokýma)
• Hebrew: מִיקְרוֹגַל (he) (mikrogál)
• Hungarian: mikrohullám (hu)
• Icelandic: örbylgja f
• Ido: mikro-ondi
• Irish: micreathonn f
• Italian: microonda (it) f
• Japanese: マイクロ波 (マイクロは, maikuroha)
• Khmer: រលកខ្លីហួសកំរិត (rɔlɔɔk khləy huəh kɑmrɨt)
• Korean: 마이크로파 (maikeuropa)
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• Lao: ຈຸນລະຄື້ນ (chun la khư̄n)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ми́кробран m (míkrobran)
• Malay: gelombang mikro
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: micro-onde f, micro-louême f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikrobølge m or f

  Nynorsk: mikrobylgje f, mikrobølgje f

• Occitan: microonda f
• Polish: mikrofala f
• Portuguese: micro-onda f
• Romanian: microunde f
• Russian: микроволна́ (ru) f (mikrovolná)
• Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-thonn
• Slovak: mikrovlna f
• Spanish: microonda (es) f
• Sundanese: ᮌᮨᮜᮧᮙ᮪ᮘᮀ ᮙᮤᮊᮢᮧ (gelombang mikro)
• Swedish: mikrovåg (sv) c
• Tagalog: mikliboy
• Tajik: майкровейв (tg) (maykroveyv)
• Thai: ไมโครเวฟ (th) (mai-kroo-wéep)
• Turkish: mikrodalga (tr)
• Ukrainian: мікрохви́ля f (mikroxvýlja)
• Uzbek: mikrodalga (uz)
• Vietnamese: vi ba (微波), vi sóng (微㳥)

microwave oven — see microwave oven

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.

   Synonym: (colloquial) nuke

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

cook in a microwave oven

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咪 (mai¹), 叮 (ding¹), 叮熱／叮热 (ding¹ jit⁶), 叮热 (ding¹ jit⁶)

  Mandarin: 微波加熱／微波加热 (wēibō jiārè), 微波加热 (wēibō jiārè)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: valmistaa mikrossa
• French: micro-onder (fr)
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• Japanese: チンする (chinsuru)
• Norman: micro-louêmer
• Russian: гото́вить в микроволно́вой печи́ impf (gotóvitʹ v mikrovolnóvoj pečí)
• Swedish: mikra (sv), värma (sv)
• Thai: เวฟ (wêef)

Further reading

• microwave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• microwave oven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia