wireless

wireless

English

Etymology

wire +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪə.ləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/

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• Hyphenation: wire‧less

Adjective

wireless (not comparable)

1. Not having any wires.
2. Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

Synonyms

• cordless

Antonyms

• wired

Translations

not having any wires

Arabic: لَاسِلْكِيّ‎ (lāsilkiyy) Bulgarian: безжичен (bezžičen) Catalan: sense fil Chinese: Mandarin: 無線／无线 (zh) (wǔxiàn) Czech: bezdrátový (cs) Danish: trådløs (da) Dutch: draadloos (nl) Elfdalian: tråðlos Esperanto: sendrata Finnish: langaton (fi) French: sans fil (fr) Georgian: უსადენო (usadeno), უკაბელო (uḳabelo) German: drahtlos (de) Greek: ασύρματος (el) m (asýrmatos) Hebrew: אַלְחוּטִי‎ m (alẖutí) Hindi: बेतार (hi) (betār) Indonesian: nirkabel (id) Japanese: 無線 (ja) (むせん, musen), ワイヤレス (waiyaresu) Macedonian: безжичен (bezžičen) Malay: wayarles, nirwayar Norwegian: Bokmål: trådlaus, trådløs (no) Nynorsk: trådlaus Polish: bezprzewodowy (pl), bezsznurowy (pl) (less common) Portuguese: sem fio Romanian: fără fir Russian: беспро́водный (ru) (bespróvodnyj), беспроводно́й (ru) (besprovodnój), беспро́волочный (ru) (bespróvoločnyj) Serbo-Croatian: бежично, bežično (sh) Spanish: inalámbrico (es) Swedish: trådlös (sv) Tagalog: awangkawad, walang-kawad Telugu: తీగెలేని (tīgelēni) Thai: ไร้สาย (rái-sǎai) Turkish: kablosuz (tr) Vietnamese: không dây Welsh: diwifr

of or relating to wireless telegraphy

Arabic: لَاسِلْكِيّ‎ (lāsilkiyy) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: langaton (fi) German: drahtlos (de), Funk- (de), Radio- (de) Greek: ασύρματος (el) m (asýrmatos) Hebrew: אַלְחוּטִי‎ m (alẖutí) Hindi: बेतार (hi) (betār) Japanese: ワイヤレス (waiyaresu), 無線 (ja) (むせん, musen) Polish: radiowy (pl) Portuguese: sem fio Romanian: radio- (ro) Russian: ра́дио- (ru) (rádio-), беспроводно́й (ru) (besprovodnój) Tagalog: awangkawad, walang-kawad Vietnamese: không dây, vô tuyến (vi) Welsh: diwifr

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Dutch: (please verify) draadloos (nl) French: (please verify) sans fil (fr) German: (please verify) drahtlos (de) Persian: (please verify) بی‌سیم‎ (fa) (bi-sim) Sindhi: (please verify) ريتار‎ (sd) Spanish: (please verify) inalámbrico (es)

Noun

wireless (usually uncountable, plural (dated) wirelesses)

1. (uncountable) The medium of radio communication.

   Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:

     It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

2. (uncountable, networking) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

   If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.

3. (dated, chiefly Britain) A radio set.

   Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.

   • 1979, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley, “Video Killed the Radio Star”:

     I heard you on my wireless back in '52

Derived terms

• wirelessless
• wireless operator

Translations

radio

Bulgarian: радио (bg) (radio) Catalan: ràdio (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 無線電／无线电 (zh) (wúxiàndiàn) Finnish: radio (fi), radioviestintä French: radio (fr) f German: Funk (de) m, Rundfunk (de) m, Radio (de) n Greek: ασύρματος (el) m (asýrmatos) Hebrew: אַלְחוּט‎ m (alẖút) Hindi: रेडियो (hi) (reḍiyo) Japanese: 無線機 (むせんき, musenki), ワイヤレス (waiyaresu) Polish: radio (pl) n Portuguese: tecnologia sem fio f, tecnologia wireless f Russian: ра́дио (ru) n (rádio) Sindhi: ريتار‎ (sd) Turkish: telsiz (tr) Welsh: radio (cy) m, weiarles m

wireless connectivity to a computer network

Bulgarian: безжично свързване n (bezžično svǎrzvane) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: langaton (fi) German: WLAN (de) m Portuguese: wireless (pt) f

Verb

wireless (third-person singular simple present wirelesses, present participle wirelessing, simple past and past participle wirelessed)

1. To send a message by wireless (by radio)
   • 1919, William Charles Henry Wood, Flag and Fleet:

     At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.

   • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1,

     Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wireless.

Noun

wireless m (invariable)

1. wireless (transmission without wires)

Adjective

wireless (invariable)

1. (computing) wireless

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English wireless.

Noun

wireless m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) wireless, radio

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wireless.

Noun

wireless f (invariable)

1. (networking) wireless (wireless connectivity to a computer network)

Adjective

wireless (invariable)

1. (of hardware) wireless (communicating without wired connections)

Synonyms

• sem fio (Brazil) / sem fios (Portugal)