Relay

//ˈɹiːleɪ//

Synonyms for "relay" (216 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Noun(1 words)
relay race
Verb(1 words)
convey

Strong matches (64)

Noun(1 words)
electrical relay

Related words (108)

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Verb(1 words)
onpass

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Translations

94 translations across 36 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀγγέλλω verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Arabic

1 entries
  • سِبَاق تَتَابُع noun (athletics discipline)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • реле noun (electrical actuator)
  • смяна noun (a new set of anything that can be used to relieve the existing set when worn out)
  • щафета noun (athletics discipline)
  • ретранслирам verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Catalan

3 entries
  • relleus noun (athletics discipline)
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • rellevar verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 繼電器 /继电器 noun (electrical actuator)

Czech

3 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • štafeta noun (athletics discipline)
  • předat verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Dutch

1 entries
  • doorgeven verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • relajso noun (electrical actuator)

Estonian

1 entries
  • relee noun (electrical actuator)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rele noun (electrical actuator)
  • viesti noun (athletics discipline)
  • viestijuoksu noun (athletics discipline)
  • kertoa eteenpäin verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

French

4 entries
  • relai noun (electrical actuator)
  • relais noun (electrical actuator)
  • relayer verb (to place (people or horses) in relays)
  • transmettre verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Galician

4 entries
  • carreira de remudas noun (athletics discipline)
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • remudas noun (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race)
  • remudas noun (athletics discipline)

German

3 entries
  • Relais noun (electrical actuator)
  • Staffellauf noun (athletics discipline)
  • weitergeben verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Greek

4 entries
  • ηλεκτρονόμος noun (electrical actuator)
  • σκυταλοδρομία noun (athletics discipline)
  • αναμεταδίδω verb (to pass on or transfer (information))
  • αντικαθιστώ verb (to place (people or horses) in relays)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • staféta noun (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race)
  • váltó noun (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race)
  • váltófutás noun (athletics discipline)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • boðhlaup noun (athletics discipline)
  • liði noun (electrical actuator)
  • rafliði noun (electrical actuator)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • relai noun (electrical actuator)
  • merelai verb (to place (people or horses) in relays)
  • relai verb (to place (people or horses) in relays)

Italian

3 entries
  • relè noun (electrical actuator)
  • staffetta noun (athletics discipline)
  • comunicare verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Japanese

1 entries
  • リレー noun (athletics discipline)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • estafètė noun (athletics discipline)

Māori

1 entries
  • tānga noun (a new set of anything that can be used to relieve the existing set when worn out)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • stafett noun (athletics discipline)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • stafett noun (athletics discipline)

Persian

1 entries
  • رله noun (electrical actuator)

Polish

4 entries
  • przekaźnik noun (electrical actuator)
  • sztafeta noun (competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action — see also relay race)
  • sztafeta noun (athletics discipline)
  • przekazać verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Portuguese

2 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • revezamento noun (athletics discipline)

Romanian

3 entries
  • releu noun (electrical actuator)
  • ștafetă noun (athletics discipline)
  • transmite verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Russian

4 entries
  • реле́ noun (electrical actuator)
  • эстафе́та noun (athletics discipline)
  • переда́ть verb (to pass on or transfer (information))
  • передава́ть verb (to pass on or transfer (information))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • rèlēj noun (electrical actuator)
  • štaféta noun (athletics discipline)
  • рѐле̄ј noun (electrical actuator)
  • штафе́та noun (athletics discipline)

Slovak

1 entries
  • štafeta noun (athletics discipline)

Slovene

2 entries
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)
  • štaféta noun (athletics discipline)

Spanish

4 entries
  • actuador noun (electrical actuator)
  • carrera de relevos noun (athletics discipline)
  • relevos noun (athletics discipline)
  • relé noun (electrical actuator)

Swedish

2 entries
  • relä noun (electrical actuator)
  • stafett noun (athletics discipline)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • abutan noun (athletics discipline)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • реле́ noun (electrical actuator)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • rơ-le noun (electrical actuator)

Sample sentences

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A runner must pass the baton in a relay race.

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She thought of the fine autumn day when she had rushed home from school with the good news; she was chosen to be on the relay team.

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We're one baton short for the relay.

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Data from Hubble are relayed to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) that is in a geosynchronous orbit above Earth. This satellite relays the data to a terminal in White Sands, New Mexico.

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