radiator

See also: radiátor

English

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radiator

Wikipedia

Etymology

From radiate +‎ -or. Doublet of radiatori.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛjdɪjɛjtə/
• (MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈreːdijeː(j)tɐ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈɹadieːtɚ(ɹ)], [ˈɹeːɾieːɾɚ(ɹ)]
  • (Ottawa-Valley dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈɹadɪɛ(ː)təɹ], [ˈɹɛːɾiɛ(ː)təɹ]

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Noun

radiator (plural radiators)

1. Anything which radiates or emits rays.
3. (automotive, mechanical) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
5. (of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
6. (electronics) A type of antenna.

Derived terms

• honeycomb radiator
• radiator hose
• radiator plant

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: راديتر (rādētar)

Translations

anything which radiates or emits rays

Bulgarian: излъчвател m (izlǎčvatel) Crimean Tatar: radiator Finnish: säteilijä (fi), radiaattori, säteilylähde German: Strahler m, Radiator (de) m Polish: emiter m Portuguese: irradiador m Russian: излуча́тель (ru) m (izlučátelʹ)

device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air

Apache: Western Apache: bijííʼizólé Arabic: مِشْعاع m (mišʕāʕ) Gulf Arabic: راديتر m (rādētar) Armenian: ռադիատոր (hy) (ṙadiator) Belarusian: радыя́тар m (radyjátar) Bulgarian: радиа́тор (bg) m (radiátor) Catalan: radiador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 散熱器 / 散热器 (zh) (sànrèqì) Crimean Tatar: radiator Czech: chladič m Danish: vandtank (da) c Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Faroese: kølari m Finnish: jäähdytin (fi); syylari (fi) (colloquial) French: radiateur (fr) m Galician: radiador m Georgian: რადიატორი (radiaṭori) German: Kühler (de) m Greek: ψυγείο (el) n (psygeío) Haitian Creole: radyatè Hungarian: hűtő (hu), autóhűtő (hu) Icelandic: vatnskassi m Ido: radiatoro (io) Italian: radiatore (it) m Japanese: ラジエーター (rajiētā) Khmer: រ៉ាឌីយ៉ាទ័រ (raadiiyaatɔə) Korean: 라디에이터 (ko) (radieiteo), 라지에타 (ko) (rajieta) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: radiator m, banntank Nynorsk: radiator m, vasstank Polish: radiator (pl) m Portuguese: radiador (pt) m Romanian: radiator (ro) Russian: радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor) Spanish: radiador (es) m Swedish: kylare (sv) c Tagalog: tungalat Thai: รังผึ้ง (th) (rang-pʉ̂ng), หม้อน้ำ (th) (mɔ̂ɔ-náam) Turkish: radyatör (tr) Ukrainian: радіа́тор m (radiátor) Vietnamese: ra-đi-a-tơ (in cars), cái lò sưởi Volapük: koldülüköm

finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room

Arabic: مِشْعاع m (mišʕāʕ) Armenian: ռադիատոր (hy) (ṙadiator) Bulgarian: радиатор (bg) m (radiator) Catalan: radiador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 暖氣 / 暖气 (zh) (nuǎnqì) Crimean Tatar: radiator, batareya Czech: radiátor (cs) m Dutch: radiator (nl) Esperanto: radiatoro Finnish: lämpöpatteri (fi) French: radiateur (fr) m German: Heizkörper (de) m Greek: καλοριφέρ (el) n (kalorifér) Hebrew: מַקְרֵן (he) m (maqrén), רדיאטור m (radiátor) Hungarian: radiátor (hu), fűtőtest (hu) Icelandic: ofn (is) m Ido: radiatoro (io) Irish: radaitheoir m Italian: radiatore (it) m, calorifero (it) m, termosifone (it) m Latvian: radiators m Luxembourgish: Heizkierper m Norwegian: Bokmål: radiator m Nynorsk: radiator m Polish: kaloryfer (pl) m, grzejnik (pl) m (colloquial) Portuguese: radiador (pt) m, aquecedor (pt) m Romanian: calorifer (ro) n Russian: радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor), батаре́я (ru) f (bataréja), обогрева́тель (ru) m (obogrevátelʹ) Slovak: radiátor (sk) m Swedish: element (sv) n, värmeelement Turkish: kalorifer (tr)

type of antenna

Bulgarian: предавателна антена f (predavatelna antena) Finnish: säteilijä (fi)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

radiator

1. radiator

Declension

Declension of radiator

nominative	radiator
genitive	radiatornıñ
dative	radiatorğa
accusative	radiatornı
locative	radiatorda
ablative	radiatordan

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

radiator m (plural radiators or radiatoren, diminutive radiatortje n)

1. radiator (device to emit heat)

Indonesian

Noun

radiator (plural radiator-radiator)

1. radiator

Latin

Verb

radiātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of radiō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorer, definite plural radiatorene)

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

• “radiator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorar, definite plural radiatorane)

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

• “radiator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French radiateur or German Radiator. Equivalent to radia +‎ -tor.

Noun

radiator n (plural radiatoare)

1. radiator

Declension

Declension of radiator

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	radiator	radiatorul		radiatoare	radiatoarele
genitive-dative	radiator	radiatorului		radiatoare	radiatoarelor
vocative	radiatorule			radiatoarelor

Swedish

Noun

radiator c

1. (construction) a radiator (heater)
2. (automotive) a radiator (on a car)

Declension

Declension of radiator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	radiator	radiators
	definite	radiatorn	radiatorns
plural	indefinite	radiatorer	radiatorers
	definite	radiatorerna	radiatorernas

Synonyms

heater

• element
• värmeelement
• värmeledningselement

on a car

• kylare

Related terms

• radiatorventil

References

• radiator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)