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English

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Etymology

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Latin radius (ray)

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radio-

  1. radiation, radioactive
    e.g. radiotherapy, radioactinium, radiolucent
  2. radio (broadcasting)
    e.g. radiotelemetry, radioacoustics, radiotelegraph
  3. (anatomy) radius (bone)
    e.g. radiobicipital
  4. (geometry) radius
    radiosymmetrical

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Catalan

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radio-

  1. radio-

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Corsican

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from French radio-. Akin to Italian radio- and Spanish radio-.

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radio-

  1. radio-

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Dutch

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radio-

  1. radio-

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English radio-).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑdio-/, [ˈrɑ̝dio̞-]

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radio-

  1. radio- (radiation)

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See also the compounds under radio.

French

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radio-

  1. radio-

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin radius (ray of light).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒdijo], [ˈraːdijoː]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧dio

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radio-

  1. radio-

Usage notes

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The radio- prefix is written with short a and o in Hungarian compound words. However, it can be pronounced both short and long. The long pronunciation is influenced by the noun rádió.

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

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radio-

  1. radio- (all senses)

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin radio-.

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radio-

  1. radio-
    radio- + ‎-grafia → ‎radiografia

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Further reading

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  • radio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o/ [ˌha.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo/ [ˌha.d͡ʒjo]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁa.d͡ʒi.o/ [ˌχa.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁa.d͡ʒjo/ [ˌχa.d͡ʒjo]

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radio-

  1. radio-

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French radio-.

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radio-

  1. radio-

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