radar
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally spelled RADAR; an acronym of radio detection and ranging. Coined by the United States Navy in 1940.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑɹ/, [ˈɹeɪ.ɾɑɹ]
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]radar (countable and uncountable, plural radars)
- (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
- The enemy fleet was able to be found using radar.
- (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
- (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
- (countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.
- His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
- 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back's cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.
Synonyms
[edit]- RADAR (acronym of radio detection and ranging)
Derived terms
[edit]- below the radar
- bistatic radar
- -dar
- Doppler radar
- drop off the radar
- fly under the radar
- gaydar
- multifunction array radar
- off the radar
- on someone's radar
- on someone's radar screen
- on the radar
- passive radar
- precision approach radar
- primary radar
- primary surveillance radar, PSR
- radar altimeter
- radar astronomy
- radar chart
- radar cross section
- radar detector
- radar dome
- radar gun
- radar horizon
- radar image
- radar meteorology
- radar picket
- radar reflector
- radar telescope
- radar trap
- radome
- secondary radar
- secondary surveillance radar, SSR
- slip under the radar
- under the radar
- weather radar
Related terms
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Verb
[edit]radar (third-person singular simple present radars, present participle radaring, simple past and past participle radared)
- To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- erradar (nonstandard)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar inan
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | radar | radarra | radarrak |
ergative | radarrek | radarrak | radarrek |
dative | radarri | radarrari | radarrei |
genitive | radarren | radarraren | radarren |
comitative | radarrekin | radarrarekin | radarrekin |
causative | radarrengatik | radarrarengatik | radarrengatik |
benefactive | radarrentzat | radarrarentzat | radarrentzat |
instrumental | radarrez | radarraz | radarrez |
inessive | radarretan | radarrean | radarretan |
locative | radarretako | radarreko | radarretako |
allative | radarretara | radarrera | radarretara |
terminative | radarretaraino | radarreraino | radarretaraino |
directive | radarretarantz | radarrerantz | radarretarantz |
destinative | radarretarako | radarrerako | radarretarako |
ablative | radarretatik | radarretik | radarretatik |
partitive | radarrik | — | — |
prolative | radartzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radars)
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar
References
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m inan
Declension
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radars, diminutive radartje n)
- radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radars)
- radar
- a device that takes pictures of vehicles violating traffic laws, especially a speed camera
- Synonym: radar automatique
- 2022 February 14, “Pollution sonore : les premiers radars antibruit testés à Paris”, in Le Monde:
- Inauguré lundi 14 février, ce radar sonore est le premier du genre installé dans la capitale, à titre expérimental.
- Inaugurated on Monday the 14th of February, this sound-radar is the first of its kind installed in the capital, on an experimental basis.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radares)
- radar
- speed camera
- Synonym: radar de tráfico
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)
- radar device
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (radar device): ratsjá
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar (first-person possessive radarku, second-person possessive radarmu, third-person possessive radarnya)
Hyponyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “radar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (invariable)
Related terms
[edit]- radarastronomia
- radarfaro
- radarista
- radaristica
- radarriflettente
- radarsonda
- radarspoletta
- radartachimetro
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]rādar
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarer, definite plural radarene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “radar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarar, definite plural radarane)
References
[edit]- “radar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m inan (related adjective radarowy)
- radar (method of detecting distant objects)
- radar (installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- radar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- radar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ra‧dar
Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radares)
- radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
- Short for radar de velocidade (“speed camera”).
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:radar.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar n (plural radare)
Declension
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rȁdār m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏да̄р)
Declension
[edit]Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rādar m inan
Inflection
[edit]Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | rádar | ||
gen. sing. | rádarja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
rádar | rádarja | rádarji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
rádarja | rádarjev | rádarjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
rádarju | rádarjema | rádarjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
rádar | rádarja | rádarje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
rádarju | rádarjih | rádarjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
rádarjem | rádarjema | rádarji |
Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “radar”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar m (plural radares)
- radar
- BBC Mundo. Desaparece avión sobre el Atlántico 2009-06-01.
- Un avión ... desapareció este lunes del control de los radares.
- A plane ... disappeared this Monday from control of radars.
- BBC Mundo. Desaparece avión sobre el Atlántico 2009-06-01.
- speed camera
- Synonyms: radar de tráfico, radar de velocidad
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar c
Usage notes
[edit]- Plural forms are rare.
Declension
[edit]Declension of radar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | radar | radarn | radarer | radarerna |
Genitive | radars | radarns | radarers | radarernas |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]radar
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English radar, originally an acronym for “radio detection and ranging”, with the stress influenced by Spanish radar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɾaˈdaɾ/ [ɾɐˈd̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ra‧dar
Noun
[edit]radár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇᜇ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “radar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English radar, attested from 1945.
Noun
[edit]radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “radar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Uzbek
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar (plural radarlar)
Zazaki
[edit]Noun
[edit]radar (f)
- English acronyms
- English coinages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English palindromes
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English terms suffixed with -dar
- en:Radar
- Basque terms borrowed from Spanish
- Basque terms derived from Spanish
- Basque terms derived from English
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/adar
- Rhymes:Basque/adar/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque palindromes
- Basque inanimate nouns
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan palindromes
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish palindromes
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/adar
- Rhymes:Czech/adar/2 syllables
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech palindromes
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch palindromes
- Dutch masculine nouns
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French palindromes
- French masculine nouns
- French terms with quotations
- Galician terms derived from English
- Galician terms with audio links
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician palindromes
- Galician masculine nouns
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːtar
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic palindromes
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Indonesian palindromes
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/adar
- Rhymes:Italian/adar/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian palindromes
- Italian masculine nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Latin palindromes
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål palindromes
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk palindromes
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/adar
- Rhymes:Polish/adar/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish palindromes
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Devices
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese palindromes
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese short forms
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian palindromes
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian palindromes
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene palindromes
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns
- Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns with j-infix
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish palindromes
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with quotations
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish palindromes
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɾ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aɾ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog palindromes
- Turkish terms borrowed from English
- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish palindromes
- tr:Aviation
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek nouns
- Uzbek palindromes
- Zazaki lemmas
- Zazaki nouns
- Zazaki palindromes