Tom listens to the news on a shortwave radio.
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Shortwave
//ˈʃɔːtˌweɪv//
Synonyms for "shortwave" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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9 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 29 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- караткахва́левы adj (of radio waves)
- караткахва́левы adj (of radio equipment)
Burmese
1 entries- လှိုင်းတို noun (wave)
Catalan
2 entries- ona curta adj (of radio waves)
- ona curta noun (wave)
Chinese
1 entries- 短波 noun (wave)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 短波 noun (wave)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 短波 adj (of radio waves)
- 短波 noun (wave)
Danish
2 entries- kortbølge adj (of radio waves)
- kortbølge noun (wave)
Dutch
2 entries- kortegolf adj (of radio waves)
- kortegolf noun (wave)
Finnish
4 entries- lyhytaalto adj (of radio equipment)
- lyhytaaltoinen adj (of radio waves)
- lyhytaallot noun (frequency)
- lyhytaalto noun (wave)
French
2 entries- onde courte adj (of radio waves)
- onde courte noun (wave)
Georgian
2 entries- მოკლეტალღიანი adj (of radio waves)
- მოკლეტალღური adj (of radio waves)
German
2 entries- kurzwellig adj (of radio waves)
- Kurzwelle noun (wave)
Greek
1 entries- βραχέα κύματα noun (frequency)
Gujarati
1 entries- લઘુ તરંગ noun (wave)
Italian
3 entries- onda corta adj (of radio equipment)
- onde corte adj (of radio waves)
- onda corta noun (wave)
Japanese
2 entries- 短波 adj (of radio waves)
- 短波 noun (wave)
Korean
2 entries- 단파 adj (of radio waves)
- 단파 noun (wave)
Latvian
4 entries- īsie viļņi adj (of radio waves)
- īsviļņi adj (of radio waves)
- īsie viļņi noun (wave)
- īsviļņi noun (wave)
Malay
1 entries- gelombang pendek adj (of radio waves)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kortbølge noun (wave)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kortbølgje noun (wave)
Portuguese
1 entries- onda curta noun (wave)
Romanian
2 entries- undă scurtă adj (of radio waves)
- undă scurtă noun (wave)
Russian
4 entries- коротково́лновый adj (of radio waves)
- коротково́лновый adj (of radio equipment)
- коротковолно́вый adj (of radio waves)
- коротковолно́вый adj (of radio equipment)
Spanish
1 entries- onda corta noun (wave)
Swedish
2 entries- kortvågig adj (of radio waves)
- kortvåg noun (wave)
Thai
2 entries- คลื่นสั้น adj (of radio waves)
- คลื่นสั้น noun (wave)
Ukrainian
2 entries- короткохвильови́й adj (of radio waves)
- короткохвильови́й adj (of radio equipment)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sóng ngắn adj (of radio waves)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Shortwaves are longer than microwaves.
Source: wiktionary
Many stations broadcast on shortwaves.
Source: wiktionary
The fun of listening to shortwave while in a car or boat is diminished by spark-plug noise created while the engine is running.
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