radiator

See also: radiátor

English

Etymology

From radiate +‎ -or. Doublet of radiatori.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛjdɪjɛjtə/
(MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈreːdijeː(j)tɐ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈɹadieːtɚ(ɹ)], [ˈɹeːɾieːɾɚ(ɹ)]
- (Ottawa-Valley dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈɹadɪɛ(ː)təɹ], [ˈɹɛːɾiɛ(ː)təɹ]
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

radiator (plural radiators)

Anything which radiates or emits rays.
(automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
(of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
(electronics) A type of antenna.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Gulf Arabic: راديتر (rādētar)

Translations

anything which radiates or emits rays

Bulgarian: излъчвател m (izlǎčvatel)
Crimean Tatar: radiator
Finnish: säteilijä (fi), radiaattori, säteilylähde
German: Strahler m, Radiator (de) m
Polish: emiter m
Portuguese: irradiador m
Russian: излуча́тель (ru) m (izlučátelʹ)

device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air

Apache:
Western Apache: bijííʼizólé
Arabic: مِشْعاع m (mišʕāʕ)
Gulf Arabic: راديتر m (rādētar)
Armenian: ռադիատոր (hy) (ṙadiator)
Belarusian: радыя́тар m (radyjátar)
Bulgarian: радиа́тор (bg) m (radiátor)
Catalan: radiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 散熱器 / 散热器 (zh) (sànrèqì)
Crimean Tatar: radiator
Czech: chladič m
Danish: vandtank (da) c
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: kølari m
Finnish: jäähdytin (fi); syylari (fi) (colloquial)
French: radiateur (fr) m
Galician: radiador m
Georgian: რადიატორი (radiaṭori)
German: Kühler (de) m
Greek: ψυγείο (el) n (psygeío)
Haitian Creole: radyatè
Hungarian: hűtő (hu), autóhűtő (hu)
Icelandic: vatnskassi m
Ido: radiatoro (io)
Italian: radiatore (it) m
Japanese: ラジエーター (rajiētā)
Khmer: រ៉ាឌីយ៉ាទ័រ (raadiiyaatɔə)
Korean: 라디에이터 (ko) (radieiteo), 라지에타 (ko) (rajieta)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: radiator m, banntank

Nynorsk: radiator m, vasstank
Polish: radiator (pl) m
Portuguese: radiador (pt) m
Romanian: radiator (ro)
Russian: радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor)
Spanish: radiador (es) m
Swedish: kylare (sv) c
Tagalog: tungalat
Thai: รังผึ้ง (th) (rang-pʉ̂ng), หม้อน้ำ (th) (mɔ̂ɔ-náam)
Turkish: radyatör (tr)
Ukrainian: радіа́тор m (radiátor)
Vietnamese: ra-đi-a-tơ (in cars), cái lò sưởi
Volapük: koldülüköm

finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room

Arabic: مِشْعاع m (mišʕāʕ)
Armenian: ռադիատոր (hy) (ṙadiator)
Bulgarian: радиатор (bg) m (radiator)
Catalan: radiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暖氣 / 暖气 (zh) (nuǎnqì)
Crimean Tatar: radiator, batareya
Czech: radiátor (cs) m
Dutch: radiator (nl)
Esperanto: radiatoro
Finnish: lämpöpatteri (fi)
French: radiateur (fr) m
German: Heizkörper (de) m
Greek: καλοριφέρ (el) n (kalorifér)
Hebrew: מַקְרֵן (he) m (maqrén), רדיאטור m (radiátor)
Hungarian: radiátor (hu), fűtőtest (hu)
Icelandic: ofn (is) m
Ido: radiatoro (io)
Irish: radaitheoir m
Italian: radiatore (it) m, calorifero (it) m, termosifone (it) m
Latvian: radiators m
Luxembourgish: Heizkierper m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: radiator m

Nynorsk: radiator m
Polish: kaloryfer (pl) m, grzejnik (pl) m (colloquial)
Portuguese: radiador (pt) m, aquecedor (pt) m
Romanian: calorifer (ro) n
Russian: радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor), батаре́я (ru) f (bataréja), обогрева́тель (ru) m (obogrevátelʹ)
Slovak: radiátor (sk) m
Swedish: element (sv) n, värmeelement
Turkish: kalorifer (tr)

type of antenna

Bulgarian: предавателна антена f (predavatelna antena)
Finnish: säteilijä (fi)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

radiator

radiator

Declension

Declension of *radiator*
nominative	radiator
genitive	radiatornıñ
dative	radiatorğa
accusative	radiatornı
locative	radiatorda
ablative	radiatordan

References

Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

radiator m (plural radiators or radiatoren, diminutive radiatortje n)

radiator (device to emit heat)

Indonesian

Noun

radiator (plural radiator-radiator)

radiator

Latin

Verb

radiātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of radiō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorer, definite plural radiatorene)

a radiator (heater, in buildings)
a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

“radiator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorar, definite plural radiatorane)

a radiator (heater, in buildings)
a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

“radiator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French radiateur or German Radiator. Equivalent to radia +‎ -tor.

Noun

radiator n (plural radiatoare)

radiator

Declension

Declension of **radiator**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	radiator	radiatorul	radiatoare	radiatoarele
genitive-dative	radiator	radiatorului	radiatoare	radiatoarelor
vocative	radiatorule		radiatoarelor

Swedish

Noun

radiator c

(construction) a radiator (heater)
(automotive) a radiator (on a car)

Declension

Declension of *radiator*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	radiator	radiators
singular	definite	radiatorn	radiatorns
plural	indefinite	radiatorer	radiatorers
plural	definite	radiatorerna	radiatorernas

Synonyms

heater

element
värmeelement
värmeledningselement

on a car

kylare

Related terms

radiatorventil

References

radiator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)