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wireless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English wire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wireless From wire + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not having any wires.
2. (not-comparable) Functioning without an external wired connection.
   • Ozma, observing this action in her Magic Picture, at once caught up a similar instrument from a table beside her and held it to her own ear. The two instruments recorded the same delicate vibrations of sound and formed a wireless telephone, an invention of the Wizard. Those separated by any distance were thus enabled to converse together with perfect ease. 1914, L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz:
   • wireless headphones
   • wireless charging

Antonyms

wired

Deriveds

wireless telephony · wireless fidelity · wireless telegraph · wireless cable · wireless adapter · wireless modem · wireless network · wireless broadband · wireless telegraphy · wireless phone · wireless Internet

Synonyms

cordless

Translations (71)

pt sem fio (not having any wires) · af draadloos (not having any wires) · ms nirwayar (not having any wires) · eo sendrata (not having any wires) · te తీగెలేని (not having any wires) · nn trådlaus (not having any wires) · ja ワイヤレス (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · cs bezdrátový (not having any wires) · tl awangkawad (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · hi बेतार (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · cmn 無線 /无线 (not having any wires) · ur بے تار (not having any wires) · ar لَاسِلْكِيّ (not having any wires) · ka უკაბელო (not having any wires) · sh бежично (not having any wires) · he אַלְחוּטִי (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · pl bezprzewodowy (not having any wires) · th ไร้สาย (not having any wires) · nb trådlaus (not having any wires) · vi không dây (not having any wires) · ka უსადენო (not having any wires) · de drahtlos (not having any wires) · ro fără fir (not having any wires) · mi waeakore (not having any wires) · pl bezsznurowy (not having any wires) · ru беспро́волочный (not having any wires) · la sine filo (not having any wires) · hi बेतार (not having any wires) · tr kablosuz (not having any wires) · uk бездрото́вий (not having any wires) · pl radiowy (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · ru беспроводно́й (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · vi vô tuyến (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · uz simsiz (not having any wires) · ms wayarles (not having any wires) · ovd tråðlos (not having any wires) · nl draadloos (not having any wires) · el ασύρματος (not having any wires) · es inalámbrico (not having any wires) · he אַלְחוּטִי (not having any wires) · cy diwifr (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · de Funk- (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · tl awangkawad (not having any wires) · ja 無線 (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · ja 無線 (not having any wires) · sh bežično (not having any wires) · ru ра́дио- (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · de Radio- (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · id nirkabel (not having any wires) · ru беспро́водный (not having any wires) · ja ワイヤレス (not having any wires) · vi không dây (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · de drahtlos (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · fi langaton (not having any wires) · el ασύρματος (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · ur لا سلکی (not having any wires) · fr sans fil (not having any wires) · ca sense fil (not having any wires) · fi langaton (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · bg безжичен (not having any wires) · nb trådløs (not having any wires) · tl walang-kawad (not having any wires) · da trådløs (not having any wires) · tl walang-kawad (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · mk безжичен (not having any wires) · ar لَاسِلْكِيّ (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · pt sem fio (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · cy diwifr (not having any wires) · ru беспроводно́й (not having any wires) · ro radio- (of or relating to wireless telegraphy) · sv trådlös (not having any wires)

wireless en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English wire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wireless From wire + -less.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The medium of radio communication.
   • It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]” 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
   • Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.
2. (uncountable, usually) A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
   • If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.
3. (UK, dated, uncountable, usually) A radio set.
   • Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.
   • I heard you on my wireless back in '52 1979, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, Bruce Woolley, “Video Killed the Radio Star”:
   • In the corner of that dark back room stood a black and white television—their one nod to modernity—and beside it, two old wirelesses and a headset that had not seen action since the TV arrived. 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 2:

Forms

Deriveds

mukluk wireless · wireless operator · wirelessless · coconut wireless

Translations (29)

de WLAN (wireless connectivity to a computer network) · sd ريتار (radio) · ms wayarles (radio) · cy radio (radio) · pl radio (radio) · he אַלְחוּט (radio) · fr TSF (radio) · de Radio (radio) · pt tecnologia sem fio (radio) · de Rundfunk (radio) · pt tecnologia wireless (radio) · cy weiarles (radio) · pt wireless (wireless connectivity to a computer network) · fr radio (radio) · ru ра́дио (radio) · fi radioviestintä (radio) · ms radio (radio) · cmn 無線電 /无线电 (radio) · el ασύρματος (radio) · tr telsiz (radio) · fi radio (radio) · bg радио (radio) · hi रेडियो (radio) · ja ワイヤレス (radio) · ja 無線機 (radio) · bg безжично свързване (wireless connectivity to a computer network) · de Funk (radio) · fi langaton (wireless connectivity to a computer network) · ca ràdio (radio)

wireless en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English wire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wireless From wire + -less.

Meanings

1. (dated, obsolete, transitive) To send (a message) by wireless or radio.
   • Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland. 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1:
   • At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home. 1919, William Charles Henry Wood, Flag and Fleet:

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