radar

See also: RADAR, Radar, raðar, and rådar

English

Etymology

Originally spelled RADAR; an acronym of radio detection and ranging. Coined by the United States Navy in 1940.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑɹ/, [ˈɹeɪ.ɾɑɹ]
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

radar (countable and uncountable, plural radars)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
  3. (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
  4. (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:
      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
  • RADAR (acronym of radio detection and ranging)

Derived terms
Terms derived from radar

Translations

Verb

radar (third-person singular simple present radars, present participle radaring, simple past and past participle radared)

  1. To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
    • 2002, Brian Jonathan Wolk, Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds‎, →ISBN, page 156:
      He radars you while he's sitting in his patrol vehicle under a bridge.

Anagrams

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /radar/, [ra.ð̞ar]

Noun

radar inan

  1. radar

Declension
Declension of radar (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
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
  • "radar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Noun

radar m (plural radars)

  1. radar

Cornish

Noun

radar

  1. radar

References

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈradar]
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun

radar m inan

  1. radar
  2. speed camera

Declension
Declension of radar (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative radar radary
genitive radaru radarů
dative radaru radarům
accusative radar radary
vocative radare radary
locative radaru radarech
instrumental radarem radary

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈraː.dɑr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun

radar m (plural radars, diminutive radartje n)

  1. radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁa.daʁ/

Noun

radar m (plural radars)

  1. radar
  2. 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

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

radar m (plural radares)

  1. radar
  2. speed camera
    Synonym: radar de tráfico

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈraːtar/
  • Rhymes: -aːtar
  • Homophone: ratar

Noun

radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)

  1. radar device

Declension
declension of radar
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative radar radarinn radarar radararnir
accusative radar radarinn radara radarana
dative radar radarnum radörum radörunum
genitive radars radarsins radara radaranna

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈradar]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun

radar (first-person possessive radarku, second-person possessive radarmu, third-person possessive radarnya)

  1. radar

Hyponyms
  • radar bistatis
  • radar cuaca
  • radar pelacak awan
  • radar pendaratan
  • radar pengawas permukaan laut
  • radar pengawasan udara

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dar/
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: rà‧dar

Noun

radar m (invariable)

  1. radar

Latin

Verb

rādar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of rādō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English radar.

Noun

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarer, definite plural radarene)

  1. radar

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English radar.

Noun

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarar, definite plural radarane)

  1. radar

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dar/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Syllabification: ra‧dar

Noun

radar m inan

  1. radar (method of detecting distant objects)
  2. radar (installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus)

Declension
Declension of radar
singular plural
nominative radar radary
genitive radaru radarów
dative radarowi radarom
accusative radar radary
instrumental radarem radarami
locative radarze radarach
vocative radarze radary

Derived terms
adjective
  • radarowy
noun

Further reading
  • radar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • radar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈda(ʁ)/ [haˈda(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁaˈda(ɾ)/ [haˈda(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈda(ʁ)/ [χaˈda(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈda(ɻ)/ [haˈda(ɻ)]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈdaɾ/ [ʁɐˈðaɾ]

Noun

radar m (plural radares)

  1. radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
  2. speed camera
    Synonym: radar de velocidade

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radar.

Romanian

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈra.dar/

Noun

radar n (plural radare)

  1. radar

Declension
Declension of radar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) radar radarul (niște) radare radarele
genitive/dative (unui) radar radarului (unor) radare radarelor
vocative radarule radarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /râdaːr/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar

Noun

rȁdār m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏да̄р)

  1. radar

Declension
Declension of radar
singular plural
nominative radar radari
genitive radara radara
dative radaru radarima
accusative radar radare
vocative radaru / radare radari
locative radaru radarima
instrumental radarom radarima

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ràːdar/, /ráːdar/

Noun

rādar m inan

  1. radar

Inflection
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
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

Spanish

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /raˈdaɾ/ [raˈð̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ra‧dar

Noun

radar m (plural radares)

  1. 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.
  2. speed camera
    Synonyms: radar de tráfico, radar de velocidad

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑːdar/

Noun

radar c

  1. radar

Usage notes
  • Plural forms are rare.

Declension
Declension of radar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative radar radarn radarer radarerna
Genitive radars radarns radarers radarernas

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from English radar, possibly through Spanish radar.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dar
  • IPA(key): /ɾaˈdaɾ/, [ɾɐˈdaɾ]

Noun

radár

  1. radar
    Synonym: siglap

Derived terms
  • magradar
  • radarin

Turkish

Etymology

From English radar, attested from 1945.

Noun

radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)

  1. (aviation) radar

Declension
Inflection
Nominative radar
Definite accusative radarı
Singular Plural
Nominative radar radarlar
Definite accusative radarı radarları
Dative radara radarlara
Locative radarda radarlarda
Ablative radardan radarlardan
Genitive radarın radarların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarım radarlarım
2nd singular radarın radarların
3rd singular radarı radarları
1st plural radarımız radarlarımız
2nd plural radarınız radarlarınız
3rd plural radarları radarları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımı radarlarımı
2nd singular radarını radarlarını
3rd singular radarını radarlarını
1st plural radarımızı radarlarımızı
2nd plural radarınızı radarlarınızı
3rd plural radarlarını radarlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarıma radarlarıma
2nd singular radarına radarlarına
3rd singular radarına radarlarına
1st plural radarımıza radarlarımıza
2nd plural radarınıza radarlarınıza
3rd plural radarlarına radarlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımda radarlarımda
2nd singular radarında radarlarında
3rd singular radarında radarlarında
1st plural radarımızda radarlarımızda
2nd plural radarınızda radarlarınızda
3rd plural radarlarında radarlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımdan radarlarımdan
2nd singular radarından radarlarından
3rd singular radarından radarlarından
1st plural radarımızdan radarlarımızdan
2nd plural radarınızdan radarlarınızdan
3rd plural radarlarından radarlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular radarımın radarlarımın
2nd singular radarının radarlarının
3rd singular radarının radarlarının
1st plural radarımızın radarlarımızın
2nd plural radarınızın radarlarınızın
3rd plural radarlarının radarlarının

References

Uzbek

Noun

radar (plural radarlar)

  1. radar

Zazaki

Noun

radar (f)

  1. radar
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