noun
Meaning 1
A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
Motorola
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/
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rhymes with -əʊlə
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CMU ARPABET: M OW2 T ER0 OW1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
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