radiator

See also: radiátor

English

A radiator (3)

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):

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Noun

radiator (plural radiators)

1. Anything which radiates or emits rays.
3. (automotive, mechanical) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.

   The car overheated because of a broken radiator.

5. (of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.

   The radiator kept the apartment warm during winter.

   Steam hissed from the old iron radiator.

6. (electronics) A type of antenna.

Derived terms

• honeycomb radiator
• information radiator
• radiator hose
• radiatorless
• radiator plant

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: راديتر (rādētar)

Translations

anything which radiates or emits rays

• Bulgarian: излъчвател m (izlăčvatel)
• 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 (ja) (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: radyador, radyetor
• 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

1. 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:

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Noun

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

1. radiator (device to emit heat)

Indonesian

Noun

radiator (plural radiator-radiator)

1. radiator

Latin

Verb

radiātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of radiō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. 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)

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

• “radiator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese rádio

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin āctus

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin actorslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese abtor

Portuguese ator

Portuguese radiator

From rádio + ator.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒi.aˈtoʁ/ [ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈtoh], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.d͡ʒjaˈtoʁ/ [ha.d͡ʒjaˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒi.aˈtoʁ/ [ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈtoh], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.d͡ʒjaˈtoʁ/ [ha.d͡ʒjaˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒi.aˈtoɾ/ [ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈtoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.d͡ʒjaˈtoɾ/ [ha.d͡ʒjaˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒi.aˈtoʁ/ [χa.d͡ʒɪ.aˈtoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.d͡ʒjaˈtoʁ/ [χa.d͡ʒjaˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁa.d͡ʒi.aˈtoɻ/ [ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈtoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁa.d͡ʒjaˈtoɻ/ [ha.d͡ʒjaˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɐˈtoɾ/ [ʁa.ðjɐˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɐˈtoɾ/ [ʁa.ðjɐˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɐˈto.ɾi/ [ʁa.ðjɐˈto.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧a‧tor

Noun

radiator m (plural radiatores, feminine radiatriz, feminine plural radiatrizes)

1. (Brazil) alternative form of radioator

See also

• radiador

Further reading

• “radiator”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “radiator”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “radiator”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “radiator”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

radiator n (plural radiatoare)

1. radiator

Declension

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

Swedish

Noun

radiator c

1. (construction) a radiator (heater)
2. (automotive) a radiator (on a car)

Declension

Declension of radiator

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

Synonyms

heater

• element
• värmeelement
• värmeledningselement

on a car

• kylare

Related terms

• radiatorventil

References

• “radiator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)