walkie-talkie

See also: walkie talkie

English

Alternative forms

• walkie talkie
• walky-talky

Etymology

From walking +‎ talking.

Noun

walkie-talkie (plural walkie-talkies)

walkie-talkie

1. A portable, bi-directional radio transceiver, usually as a pair.
   • 2009, L. K. Bandyopadhyay, ‎S. K. Chaulya, ‎P. K. Mishra, Wireless Communication in Underground Mines: RFID-based Sensor Networking, Springer, →ISBN

     A walkie-talkie is a handheld, portable, two-way radio transceiver. It includes a half-duplex channel (only one radio transmits at a time, though any number can listen) and a push-to-talk switch that starts transmission.

2. (rare) A walk and talk.
   • 1947, Nero Wolfe, Too Many Women: A Nero Wolfe Novel:

     It could be that her walkie-talkie with Naylor had concerned a private matter not connected with what was about to happen to him, ...

   • 1993, B. Kaye Olson, Energy Secrets for Tired Mothers on the Run, Health Communications, →ISBN, page 153:

     Go on a walkie-talkie. Everyone goes on a 15-minute brisk walk and talks about their day.

Translations

portable radio

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 步話機／步话机 (zh) (bùhuàjī), 步话机 (zh) (bùhuàjī), 對講機／对讲机 (zh) (duìjiǎngjī), 对讲机 (zh) (duìjiǎngjī)

• Czech: vysílačka f
• Danish: walkie-talkie c
• Dutch: walkie-talkie
• Finnish: radiopuhelin (fi)
• French: talkie-walkie (fr) m
• Galician: walkie-talkie m
• Greenlandic: radioaraq angallattagaq
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• Hungarian: adóvevő (hu)
• Japanese: トランシーバー (toranshībā), ウォーキートーキー (wōkītōkī)
• Malay: walkie-talkie
• Polish: krótkofalówka f
• Portuguese: walkie-talkie m
• Russian: ра́ция (ru) f (rácija), приёмопереда́тчик (ru) m (prijomoperedátčik), уо́ки-то́ки (ru) n (uóki-tóki), во́ки-то́ки (ru) n (vóki-tóki)
• Spanish: walkie-talkie m, radio portátil m

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Danish

Etymology

From English walkie-talkie, from walk and talk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːrkitɔːrki/, [ˌwɒːɡ̊iˈtˢɒːɡ̊i]

Noun

walkie-talkie c (singular definite walkie-talkien, plural indefinite walkie-talkier)

1. walkie-talkie

Inflection

Declension of walkie-talkie

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	walkie-talkie	walkie-talkien	walkie-talkier	walkie-talkierne
genitive	walkie-talkies	walkie-talkiens	walkie-talkiers	walkie-talkiernes

Synonyms

• walkie

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Galician

Etymology

From English walkie-talkie.

Noun

walkie-talkie m (plural walkie-talkies)

1. walkie-talkie

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English walkie-talkie.

Noun

walkie-talkie m (plural s)

1. walkie-talkie (portable communication radio)