Phrase guide

radio button

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of a line of preset buttons on a car radio used to select the station to be listened to; pressing one releases the others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of a group of widgets in a graphical user interface that is used to select one of a group of options; the selection of any one deselects the others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kanavanvalintanäppäin — preset button on a radio
  • French: bouton radio — preset button on a radio
  • German: Radiotaste — preset button on a radio
  • German: Schaltknopf — preset button on a radio
  • Polish: przycisk radiowy — preset button on a radio
  • Turkish: radyo düğmesi — preset button on a radio
  • Azerbaijani: seçim düyməsi — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選擇鈕 /选择钮 (xuǎnzé niǔ) — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Czech: výběrové tlačítko — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Dutch: keuzerondje — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Dutch: radioknop — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Finnish: valintanappi — selction button in graphical user interface
  • French: bouton radio — selction button in graphical user interface
  • German: Funkknopf — selction button in graphical user interface
  • German: Optionsfeld — selction button in graphical user interface
  • German: Optionsschaltfläche — selction button in graphical user interface
  • German: Radiobutton — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Japanese: ラジオボタン (rajio botan) — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Polish: przycisk opcji — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Portuguese: botão de rádio — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Portuguese: botão de opção — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Russian: радиокно́пка (radioknópka) — selction button in graphical user interface
  • Turkish: seçenek düğmesi — selction button in graphical user interface