radar

By anacronymic evolution from RADAR.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑː(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪ.dɑɹ/, [ˈɹeɪ.ɾɑɹ]

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radar (countable and uncountable, plural radars)

2. (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

   Alternative form: RADAR (all-caps form, dated)

   Hypernym: imaging

   Hyponyms: active radar, Doppler radar

   Coordinate terms: lidar (uses light waves), sodar (uses sound waves), sonar (uses sound waves)

   They were able to find the enemy fleet using radar.

3. (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.

   The Ministry of Defence funded the development of an entirely new radar and improved avionics.

5. (countable) An installation or instance of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

   Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.

6. (countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.

   Hyponym: gadar

   His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.

   • 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back's cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.

• lidar
• sonar

radar (third-person singular simple present radars, present participle radaring, simple past and past participle radared)

1. To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
   • 2002, Brian Jonathan Wolk, Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds‎^[2], →ISBN, page 156:

     He radars you while he's sitting in his patrol vehicle under a bridge.

• Ardra

• erradar (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /radar/ [ra.ð̞ar]
• Rhymes: -adar, -ar
• Hyphenation: ra‧dar

radar inan

1. radar

• “radar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈðar]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈðar]

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radar m (plural radars)

1. radar

radar

1. radar

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

• IPA^(key): [ˈradar]
• Rhymes: -adar
• Hyphenation: ra‧dar

radar m inan

1. radar
2. speed camera

Borrowed from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraː.dɑr/

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• Hyphenation: ra‧dar

radar m (plural radars, diminutive radartje n)

1. radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)

• dopplerradar
• neerslagradar

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.daʁ/

radar m (plural radars)

1. radar
2. a device that takes pictures of vehicles violating traffic laws, especially a speed camera

   Synonym: radar automatique

   • 2022 February 14, “Pollution sonore : les premiers radars antibruit testés à Paris”, in Le Monde:

     Inauguré lundi 14 février, ce radar sonore est le premier du genre installé dans la capitale, à titre expérimental.

     Inaugurated on Monday the 14th of February, this sound-radar is the first of its kind installed in the capital, on an experimental basis.

• radar automatique
• radar tourelle

• “radar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From English radar.

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radar m (plural radares)

1. radar
2. speed camera

   Synonym: radar de tráfico

• antirradar
• radar de tráfico

• “radar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːtar/
• Rhymes: -aːtar
• Homophone: ratar

radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)

1. radar device

   Synonym: ratsjá

From English radar.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈradar/ [ˈra.dar]
• Rhymes: -adar
• Syllabification: ra‧dar

radar (plural radar-radar)

1. radar (method of detecting distant objects)

• “radar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.dar/
• Rhymes: -adar
• Hyphenation: rà‧dar

radar m (invariable)

1. radar

rādar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of rādō

From English radar.

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarer, definite plural radarene)

1. radar

• radarbilde
• værradar

• “radar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English radar.

radar m (definite singular radaren, indefinite plural radarar, definite plural radarane)

1. radar

• “radar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.dar/

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• Rhymes: -adar
• Syllabification: ra‧dar

radar m inan (related adjective radarowy)

1. radar (method of detecting distant objects)
2. radar (installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus)

• radar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• radar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: ra‧dar

radar m (plural radares)

1. radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
2. ellipsis of radar de velocidade (“speed camera”)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radar.

Borrowed from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.dar/

radar n (plural radare)

1. radar

• IPA^(key): /râdaːr/
• Hyphenation: ra‧dar

rȁdār m inan (Cyrillic spelling ра̏да̄р)

1. radar

• IPA^(key): /ràːdar/, /ráːdar/

rādar m inan

1. radar

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	rádar
gen. sing.	rádarja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rádar	rádarja	rádarji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rádarja	rádarjev	rádarjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	rádarju	rádarjema	rádarjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rádar	rádarja	rádarje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rádarju	rádarjih	rádarjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rádarjem	rádarjema	rádarji

• “radar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “radar”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Borrowed from English radar.

• IPA^(key): /raˈdaɾ/ [raˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧dar

radar m (plural radares)

1. radar
   • BBC Mundo. Desaparece avión sobre el Atlántico 2009-06-01.

     Un avión ... desapareció este lunes del control de los radares.

     A plane ... disappeared this Monday from control of radars.

2. speed camera

   Synonyms: radar de tráfico, radar de velocidad

• “radar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From English radar.

• IPA^(key): /¹rɑːdar/

radar c

1. radar

• Plural forms are rare.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

radar

1. present of rada

• radar in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• darra

Borrowed from English radar, originally an acronym for “radio detection and ranging”, with the stress influenced by Spanish radar.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾaˈdaɾ/ [ɾɐˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧dar

radár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇᜇ᜔)

1. radar

   Synonym: siglap

• “radar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From English radar, attested from 1945.

radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)

1. (aviation) radar

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “radar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

radar (plural radarlar)

1. radar

radar f

1. radar