noun
Meaning 1
Anything which radiates or emits rays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
radiator
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈrɛjdɪjɛjtə/
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Multicultural-London-English: /ˈreːdijeː(j)tɐ/
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General-American: /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/
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Canada: [ˈɹadieːtɚ(ɹ)]
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Canada: [ˈɹeːɾieːɾɚ(ɹ)]
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[ˈɹadɪɛ(ː)təɹ] Ottawa-Valley dialect
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[ˈɹɛːɾiɛ(ː)təɹ] Ottawa-Valley dialect
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CMU ARPABET: R EY1 D IY0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, transport, vehicles
Examples
- The car overheated because of a broken radiator.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The radiator kept the apartment warm during winter.
- Steam hissed from the old iron radiator.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A type of antenna.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanism
noun
Meaning 6
heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heater, warmer
noun
Meaning 7
any object that radiates energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural object
Narrower terms: radio source
History
Etymology
From radiate + -or. Doublet of radiatori.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: излъчвател (izlǎčvatel) — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Crimean Tatar: radiator — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Finnish: säteilijä — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Finnish: radiaattori — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Finnish: säteilylähde — anything which radiates or emits rays
- German: Strahler — anything which radiates or emits rays
- German: Radiator — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Polish: emiter — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Portuguese: irradiador — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Russian: излуча́тель (izlučátelʹ) — anything which radiates or emits rays
- Western Apache: bijííʼizólé — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Arabic: مِشْعاع (mišʕāʕ) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Arabic: راديتر (rādētar) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Armenian: ռադիատոր (ṙadiator) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Belarusian: радыя́тар (radyjátar) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Bulgarian: радиа́тор (radiátor) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Catalan: radiador — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Chinese Mandarin: 散熱器 /散热器 (sànrèqì) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Crimean Tatar: radiator — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Czech: chladič — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Danish: vandtank — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Faroese: kølari — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Finnish: jäähdytin — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Finnish: syylari — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- French: radiateur — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Galician: radiador — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Georgian: რადიატორი (radiaṭori) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- German: Kühler — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Greek: ψυγείο (psygeío) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Haitian Creole: radyatè — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Hungarian: hűtő — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Hungarian: autóhűtő — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Icelandic: vatnskassi — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Ido: radiatoro — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Italian: radiatore — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Japanese: ラジエーター (rajiētā) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Khmer: រ៉ាឌីយ៉ាទ័រ (raadiiyaatɔə) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Korean: 라디에이터 (radieiteo) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Korean: 라지에타 (rajieta) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Norwegian Bokmål: radiator — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Norwegian Bokmål: banntank — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Norwegian Nynorsk: radiator — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vasstank — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Polish: radiator — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Portuguese: radiador — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Romanian: radiator — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Russian: радиа́тор (radiátor) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Spanish: radiador — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Swedish: kylare — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Tagalog: radyador — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Tagalog: radyetor — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Thai: รังผึ้ง (rang-pʉ̂ng) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Thai: หม้อน้ํา (mɔ̂ɔ-náam) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Turkish: radyatör — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Ukrainian: радіа́тор (radiátor) — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Vietnamese: ra-đi-a-tơ — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Vietnamese: cái lò sưởi — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Volapük: koldülüköm — device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air
- Arabic: مِشْعاع (mišʕāʕ) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Armenian: ռադիատոր (ṙadiator) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Bulgarian: радиатор (radiator) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Catalan: radiador — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Chinese Mandarin: 暖氣 /暖气 (nuǎnqì) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Crimean Tatar: radiator — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Crimean Tatar: batareya — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Czech: radiátor — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Dutch: radiator — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Esperanto: radiatoro — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Finnish: lämpöpatteri — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- French: radiateur — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- German: Heizkörper — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Greek: καλοριφέρ (kalorifér) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Hebrew: מַקְרֵן (maqrén) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Hebrew: רדיאטור (radiátor) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Hungarian: radiátor — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Hungarian: fűtőtest — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Icelandic: ofn — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Ido: radiatoro — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Irish: radaitheoir — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Italian: radiatore — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Italian: calorifero — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Italian: termosifone — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Latvian: radiators — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Luxembourgish: Heizkierper — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Norwegian Bokmål: radiator — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Norwegian Nynorsk: radiator — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Polish: kaloryfer — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Polish: grzejnik — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Portuguese: radiador — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Portuguese: aquecedor — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Romanian: calorifer — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Russian: радиа́тор (radiátor) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Russian: батаре́я (bataréja) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Russian: обогрева́тель (obogrevátelʹ) — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Slovak: radiátor — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Swedish: element — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Swedish: värmeelement — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Turkish: kalorifer — finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room
- Bulgarian: предавателна антена (predavatelna antena) — type of antenna
- Finnish: säteilijä — type of antenna
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