adj · 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.
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:R EY2 D IY0 AH0 L AA1 JH IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to radiology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English radiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English radiological From radiology + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
radiològic
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
French:
radiologique
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Galician:
radiolóxico
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Georgian:
რადიოლოგიური
(radiologiuri)
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
German:
radiologisch
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Irish:
raideolaíoch
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Italian:
radiologico
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Polish:
radiologiczny
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Portuguese:
radiológico
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Romanian:
radiologic
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Spanish:
radiológico
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons
Turkish:
radyolojik
— pertaining to radiation, radioactivity or nuclear weapons