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radio
radio (the device or the medium of broadcasting) /raˈdi.o/
noun#1186 most common
Also: radio station, radio broadcasting
Example sentences
Ascult radio dimineața.
I listen to the radio in the morning.
Radioul este pe masă.
The radio is on the table.
Am auzit știrile la radio.
I heard the news on the radio.
Vocea ei se aude des la radio.
Her voice is often heard on the radio.
Postul de radio a difuzat un reportaj despre schimbările climatice.
The radio station broadcast a report about climate change.
Radiourile vechi din anii '60 sunt căutate acum de colecționari.
Old radios from the '60s are sought after by collectors now.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | radio | radiouri |
| Genitive | radioului | radiourilor |
| Accusative | radio | radiouri |
| Vocative | radio | radiouri |
Word family
a radiodifuzato broadcast
radiofonicradiophonic, relating to radio broadcasting
radioamatorradio amateur, ham radio operator
radioastronomieradio astronomy
post de radioradio station
Etymology
Romanian took "radio" from French in the early twentieth century, when the word spread across Europe as the short form of "radiotélégraphie" (wireless telegraphy). The French coinage itself drew on the Latin noun "radius", meaning ray or beam, since early wireless technology was described in terms of radiating waves. Romanian simply adopted the international form as a neuter noun.
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