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Bluetooth en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbluː.tuːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈblu.tuθ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth ▲ Old Norse Blátǫnncalq. English Bluetooth From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Meanings

  1. The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
  2. (qualifier:trademark) An short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bluetooth alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bluesnarfing · bluebugging · bluejacker · BLE · bluejack · bluejacking

Descendants

блуту́т · بْلُوتُوث · bluetooth · بلوتوث · blåtand · блюту́с · บลูทูธ · Bludento · नीलादाँत · Bluetooth · блюту́т · Bluetooth · Bluetooth · Bluetooth · bluetooth · Bluetooth · Bluetooth · Bluetooth · Bluetooth · синезу́б · ブルートゥース · புளுடூத் · ब्लूटूथ · 青歯 · блюту́з · bluetooth · בלוטות׳ · بُلُوتُوث · m · كۆكچىش · Bluetooth · блүтүүт · בלו טוט · m · ბლუთუზი

Translations (74)

ta புளுடூத் (short-range wireless technology standard) · nl Blauwtand (Danish king) · mn блүтүүт (short-range wireless technology standard) · hi ब्लूटूथ (short-range wireless technology standard) · sk Modrozubý (Danish king) · eo Bludento (short-range wireless technology standard) · bg блуту́т (short-range wireless technology standard) · sv Blåtand (Danish king) · ja 青歯王 (Danish king) · ja ブルートゥース (short-range wireless technology standard) · ru блюту́з (short-range wireless technology standard) · be Сінязу́бы (Danish king) · hu Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · lv Zilzobis (Danish king) · th บลูทูธ (short-range wireless technology standard) · es Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · pl Sinozęby (Danish king) · bg блюту́т (short-range wireless technology standard) · nl Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · da Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · mk бљуту́т (short-range wireless technology standard) · ar بُلُوتُوث (short-range wireless technology standard) · pt Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · nn blåtann (short-range wireless technology standard) · ga Gormfhiacail (Danish king) · cmn 藍牙 /蓝牙 (short-range wireless technology standard) · it Dente Azzurro (Danish king) · hi नीलादाँत (short-range wireless technology standard) · de Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · ka ლურჯკბილა (Danish king) · de Blauzahn (Danish king) · cs Modrozub (Danish king) · fo Blátonn (Danish king) · pl Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · sh blutut (short-range wireless technology standard) · yue 藍牙 /蓝牙 (short-range wireless technology standard) · non Blátǫnn (Danish king) · nn Blåtann (Danish king) · et Sinihammas (Danish king) · sv blåtand (short-range wireless technology standard) · fa بلوتوث (short-range wireless technology standard) · da Blåtand (Danish king) · uk Синьозу́бий (Danish king) · sh Плавозуби (Danish king) · cs Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · ug كۆكچىش (short-range wireless technology standard) · ru синезу́б (short-range wireless technology standard) · fi bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · is Blátönn (Danish king) · ar بْلُوتُوث (short-range wireless technology standard) · ja 青歯 (short-range wireless technology standard) · sh блутут (short-range wireless technology standard) · mr ब्ल्यूटूथ (short-range wireless technology standard) · afb بلوتوث (short-range wireless technology standard) · ko 블루투스 (short-range wireless technology standard) · el Κυανόδους (Danish king) · sh Модрозуби (Danish king) · ko 푸른 이빨 (Danish king) · sh Modrozubi (Danish king) · sh Plavozubi (Danish king) · ml ബ്ലൂടൂത്ത് (short-range wireless technology standard) · he בלוטות׳ (short-range wireless technology standard) · fr Bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · ka ბლუთუზი (short-range wireless technology standard) · hu Kékfogú (Danish king) · fi Sinihammas (Danish king) · yi בלו טוט (short-range wireless technology standard) · ru блюту́с (short-range wireless technology standard) · vi bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · ru Синезу́бый (Danish king) · mk блуту́т (short-range wireless technology standard) · it bluetooth (short-range wireless technology standard) · sh бљутут (short-range wireless technology standard) · lt Mėlyndantis (Danish king)

Bluetooth en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbluː.tuːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈblu.tuθ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth ▲ Old Norse Blátǫnncalq. English Bluetooth From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
    • Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever. 2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92:
    • The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets. 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bluetooth alternative lexicographic
Bluetoothing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Bluetoothed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Bluetoothed Tense=Past lexicographic
Bluetooths Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic