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)

(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:
  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

bistatic radar
-dar
Doppler radar
gaydar
monopulse radar
off the radar
passive radar
precision approach radar
primary radar
primary surveillance radar, PSR
radar altimeter
radar astronomy
radar dome
radar gun
radar image
radar meteorology
radar picket
radar reflector
radar telescope
radar trap
radome
secondary radar
secondary surveillance radar, SSR
under the radar
weather radar

Related terms

lidar
sonar

Translations

method of detecting distant objects

Albanian: radar (sq) m
Arabic: رَادَار‎ m (rādār)
Armenian: ռադար (hy) (ṙadar), ռադիոլոկատոր (hy) (ṙadiolokator)
Azerbaijani: radar
Belarusian: рада́р m (radár), радыёлака́тар m (radyjolakátar)
Bengali: রাডার (raḍar)
Bulgarian: ра́дар m (rádar), радиолока́тор m (radiolokátor)
Burmese: ရေဒါ (my) (reda)
Catalan: radar (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雷達, 雷达 (leoi⁴ daat⁶)
Mandarin: 雷達／雷达 (zh) (léidá)
Min Nan: 雷達 (zh-min-nan), 雷达 (lûi-ta̍t)
Czech: radar (cs) m
Danish: radar c
Dutch: radar (nl) m
Estonian: radar (et)
Finnish: tutka (fi)
French: radar (fr) m
Georgian: რადარი (radari)
German: Radar (de) m, Funkmessgerät n
Greek: ραδιοεντοπιστής (el) m (radioentopistís), ραντάρ (el) n (rantár)
Gujarati: સર્વદર્ચિત્ર (sarvadarcitra)
Hebrew: מַכָּ״ם‎, רָדָאר‎ (he) m (radár)
Hindi: तेजोंवेश (tejomveś), तेजोन्वेष (tejonveṣ), रडार (raḍār)
Hungarian: radar (hu), rádiólokátor (hu)
Icelandic: ratsjá f
Ido: radaro (io)
Indonesian: radar (id)
Italian: radiotelemetro m, radar (it) m
Japanese: 電波探知機 (でんぱたんちき, denpa tanchiki), レーダー (rēdā)
Kazakh: радар (radar)
Khmer: រ៉ាដា (raadaa)
Korean: 레이다 (ko) (reida), 탐지기(探知機) (ko) (tamjigi)
Kyrgyz: радар (ky) (radar)
Lao: ລາດາ (lo) (lā dā)
Latvian: radars m
Lithuanian: radaras m
Macedonian: радар m (radar)
Malay: radar
Maori: hihiani
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: радар (mn) (radar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: radar (no) m
Nynorsk: radar m
Persian: رادار‎ (fa) (râdâr), ردیاب‎ (fa) (radyâb)
Polish: radar (pl) m, radiolokator m
Portuguese: radar (pt) m
Romanian: radar (ro) n
Russian: рада́р (ru) m (radár), радиолока́тор (ru) m (radiolokátor), РЛС (ru) f (RLS)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏да̄р m
Roman: rȁdār (sh) m
Slovak: radar m
Slovene: radar (sl) m
Spanish: radar (es) m
Swedish: radar (sv) c
Tagalog: siglap, radar
Tajik: радар (radar)
Thai: เรดาร์ (ree-dâa)
Turkish: radar (tr)
Turkmen: radar
Ukrainian: рада́р m (radár), радіолока́тор m (radiolokátor)
Uzbek: radar (uz)
Yiddish: ראַדאַר‎ m (radar)

Verb

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.
- 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

Ardra

Basque

Alternative forms

erradar (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /radar/, [ra.ð̞ar]

Noun

radar inan

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	—	—

Catalan

Noun

radar m (plural radars)

radar

Cornish

Noun

radar

radar

References

http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

radar m inan

radar
speed camera

Declension

Declension of radar

	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)

radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)

Derived terms

dopplerradar
neerslagradar

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.daʁ/

Noun

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

radar automatique
radar tourelle

Galician

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

radar m (plural radares)

radar
speed camera
Synonym: radar de tráfico

Derived terms

antirradar
radar de tráfico

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Noun

radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)

radar device

Declension

declension of radar

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

Synonyms

(radar device): ratsjá

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)

radar

Hyponyms

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

radar m (invariable)

radar

Related terms

radarastronomia
radarfaro
radarista
radaristica
radarriflettente
radarsonda
radarspoletta
radartachimetro

Latin

Verb

rādar

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)

radar

Derived terms

radarbilde
værradar

References

“radar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English radar.

Noun

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

radar

References

“radar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

radar m inan

radar (method of detecting distant objects)
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

antyradar
radaroskop
radaryzacja
radarzysta

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)

radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
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)

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)

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

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)

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

Derived terms

antirradar
radar de tráfico
radar de velocidad

Swedish

Etymology

From English radar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑːdar/

Noun

radar c

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

darra

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from English radar, possibly through Spanish radar.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ra‧dar

IPA^(key): /ɾaˈdaɾ/, [ɾɐˈdaɾ]

Noun

radár

radar
Synonym: siglap

Derived terms

magradar
radarin

Turkish

Etymology

From English radar, attested from 1945.

Noun

radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)

(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

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “radar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uzbek

Noun

radar (plural radarlar)

radar

Zazaki

Noun

radar (f)

radar

radar

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

Anagrams

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Catalan

Noun

Cornish

Noun

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hyponyms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Latin

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun