radio

Short for radiotelegraphy.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

radio (countable and uncountable, plural radios)

1. (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

   send a message by radio

2. (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

   We heard a lovely song on the radio.

3. (countable) On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.
   • 2018 February 6, Jonathan Amos, “Elon Musk's huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch”, in BBC News‎, London, United Kingdom: BBC, retrieved 2018-02-07:

     David Bowie's classic hit Space Oddity will be looping on the radio as the car is hurled into an elliptical orbit that stretches out to Mars' orbit around the Sun.

4. (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
5. (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

• (device to capture radio signal): tuner, wireless, receiver

radio (third-person singular simple present radios, present participle radioing, simple past and past participle radioed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).

   I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates.

2. (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
   • 2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40:

     “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”

   • 2006, Angie Morgan, Leading from the front: no excuse leadership tactics for women, page 111:

     When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.

   • 2006, Kimberly Johnson, Amy's Secret, page 14:

     When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.

• aroid, doira

Borrowed from English radio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑː.di.ʊə̯/

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radio (plural radio's)

1. radio

radio f (plural radios)

1. radio

From English radio.

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radio (definite accusative radionu, plural radiolar)

1. radio

• “radio” in Obastan.com.

From Spanish radio (“radium”), from French radium.

• IPA^(key): /radjo/, [ra.ð̞jo̞]

radio inan

1. radium

From Spanish radio (“radio”).

• IPA^(key): /radio/, [ra.ð̞i.o̞]

radio inan

1. Nonstandard form of erradio (“radio”).

• "radio" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “radio” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Compare English radio.

radio

1. radio

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

radio c (singular definite radioen, plural indefinite radioer)

1. (technology) radio

• radiobølge

• “radio” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “radio” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from English radio, from Latin radius. Doublet of radius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːdijoː/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

radio m (plural radio's, diminutive radiootje n)

1. radio, tuner

• → Aukan: ladio
• → Caribbean Hindustani: rádio
• → Caribbean Javanese: radio, radhio
• → Saramaccan: ládio
• → Trió: raarijon

• IPA^(key): [raˈdio]
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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

radio (accusative singular radion, plural radioj, accusative plural radiojn)

1. radio
2. radius
3. ray

• radiofonio

• radiado
• vekradio (“clock radio”)

< Swedish radio (“radio”) or English radio

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑdio/, [ˈrɑdio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑdio
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧di‧o

radio

1. radio (technology)
2. radio (receiver or transmitter)
3. radio (type of media)
4. (modifier) radio- (of or pertaining to radiowaves)

• sätiö (rare, archaic)
• (technology): radiotekniikka
• (receiver): radiovastaanotin, vastaanotin
• (transmitter): radiolähetin

• radioida
• radiointi
• radioitse
• radioteitse

• See also Derived terms -section under the Finnish entry for radio-.

An abbreviation of words like radiotélégramme, radiotélégraphiste, radiodiffusion, etc. Compare English radio.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.djo/

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radio f (plural radios)

1. radio, tuner

• alphabet radio
• radiophonique
• silence radio
• station de radio

• “radio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• dorai, rodai, rôdai

An abbreviation based on words beginning with the root radio-. Compare English radio.

radio m (plural radios)

1. a radio

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

radio m (plural radios)

1. (uncountable) radium

Borrowed from Latin radius.

radio m (plural radios)

1. radius (of a circular object)
2. (anatomy) radius (bone in the forearm)

From radiar +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈradio/

radio (plural radii)

1. ray, beam, gleam
2. radio (device)
3. (geometry) radius
4. (of a wheel) spoke
5. (ichthyology) ray, skate

• (5) rayo

• radyo (informal)

Borrowed from Spanish radio.

• Hyphenation: rad‧io
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾadjo/, [ˈɾɐ.d͡ʒo]

radio

1. radio

From Dutch radio, from English radio, from Latin radius.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrad̪io̯]
• Hyphenation: ra‧dio

radio (first-person possessive radioku, second-person possessive radiomu, third-person possessive radionya)

1. radio

• “radio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

radio

1. radio

Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and rai, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Occitan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.djo/
• Rhymes: -adjo
• Hyphenation: rà‧dio

radio m (plural radi)

1. (anatomy) radius

   Synonyms: radiale, osso radiale

2. (obsolete) Alternative form of raggio

• radiale
• radiante

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

radio m (plural radi)

1. (chemistry) radium

Abbreviation. Compare English radio.

radio f (invariable)

1. radio

radio

1. first-person singular present indicative of radiare

• Adrio, Dario, Doria, adiro, adirò, adori, arido, dorai, rioda, rodai

radius (“spoke of a wheel”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.oː/, [ˈräd̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.di.o/, [ˈräːd̪io]

radiō (present infinitive radiāre, perfect active radiāvī, supine radiātum); first conjugation

1. (active) I cause to radiate, irradiate.
2. (passive) I radiate, emit beams.

• radiolus
• radiōsus
• radius

• → Catalan: radiar
• → English: radiate
• French: rayer (possibly)
• → French: radier
  • → Romanian: radia
• Italian: raggiare
• → Italian: radiare
• Old French: raier, rayer
• Old Occitan: rayar, rajar
  • Catalan: rajar
• Portuguese: raiar
• → Portuguese: radiar
• Spanish: rayar
• → Spanish: radiar

radiō

1. dative/ablative singular of radium

• "radio", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "radio", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Borrowed from English radio.

radio m (plural radios)

1. radio

radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioer, definite plural radioene)

1. (a) radio

• “radio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

radio m (definite singular radioen, indefinite plural radioar, definite plural radioane)

1. (a) radio
   • 1926, Olav Langeland, Rikare liv:

     Det vedunderet som me no kallar radio, hev synt det endå klårare. Det er ljosbylgjor som er so små og snøgge, og sume so langsame at ikkje noko menneskjeauga kann uppfanga dei.

     The miracle that we now call radio has shown this even clearer. It is light waves that are so small and fast, and some so slow that no human eye can perceive them.

• “radio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French radio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.djɔ/

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• Rhymes: -adjɔ
• Syllabification: ra‧dio

radio n (diminutive radyjko)

1. radio (a device that can receive the signal sent over radio waves)

   Synonyms: radioodbiornik, odbiornik radiowy

2. radio station

   Synonyms: rozgłośnia, radiostacja, stacja radiowa

• radio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• radio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French radio, German Radio; compare also English radio.

radio n (plural radiouri)

1. radio

• IPA^(key): /râːdio/
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧o

rȃdio m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑дио)

1. radio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

radio (Cyrillic spelling радио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of raditi

• IPA^(key): /ˈradjo/ [ˈra.ð̞jo]
• Rhymes: -adjo
• Syllabification: ra‧dio

Apocopic form of radiorreceptor

radio m or f (plural radios)

1. (electronics, home appliance) radio (device)

Usually feminine, but often used as masculine in much of Latin America.

• → Maquiritari: daadiyu

Apocopic form of radiotransmisión and/or radiodifusora

radio f (plural radios)

1. (communication) radio (industry, signal)

Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of rayo.

radio m (plural radios)

1. (anatomy) radius
2. (geometry) radius

• radio de acción

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.

radio m (plural radios)

1. (chemistry) radium

radio

1. first-person singular present indicative of radiar

• “radio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From English radio.

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radio c

1. (uncountable) radio (communication using radio waves)
2. radio; receiver (device for receiving broadcast radio signals)