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transistor radio

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 晶體管收音機 /晶体管收音机 (jīngtǐguǎn shōuyīnjī) — a small radio having transistors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電晶體收音機 /电晶体收音机 (diànjīngtǐ shōuyīnjī) — a small radio having transistors
  • Czech: tranzistor — a small radio having transistors
  • Czech: tranďák — a small radio having transistors
  • Danish: transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Danish: transistor — a small radio having transistors
  • Dutch: transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Dutch: transistor — a small radio having transistors
  • Finnish: transistoriradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Finnish: matkaradio — a small radio having transistors
  • French: transistor — a small radio having transistors
  • German: Transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Italian: radiolina — a small radio having transistors
  • Japanese: トランジスタラジオ (toranjisuta rajio) — a small radio having transistors
  • Korean: 트랜지스터 라디오 — a small radio having transistors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transistor — a small radio having transistors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: transistor — a small radio having transistors
  • Polish: tranzystor — a small radio having transistors
  • Russian: транзи́сторный радиоприёмник (tranzístornyj radioprijómnik) — a small radio having transistors
  • Russian: транзи́стор (tranzístor) — a small radio having transistors
  • Swedish: transistorradio — a small radio having transistors
  • Swedish: transistor — a small radio having transistors