# radar
## English
### Etymology

Originally spelled RADAR; an acronym of radio detection and ranging. Coined by the United States Navy in 1940.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹeɪ.dɑː(ɹ)/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɹeɪ.dɑɹ/, [ˈɹeɪ.ɾɑɹ]
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

radar (countable and uncountable, plural radars)
* (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
    The enemy fleet was able to be found using radar.
* (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
* (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
* (countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.
    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: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.

#### Synonyms

* RADAR (acronym of radio detection and ranging)

#### Derived terms

* active radar
* below the radar
* bistatic radar
* -dar
* Doppler radar
* drop off the radar
* fall off the radar
* fly under the radar
* gaydar
* multifunction array radar
* off the radar
* on someone's radar
* on someone's radar screen
* on the radar
* passive radar
* precision approach radar
* primary radar
* primary surveillance radar, PSR
* radar altimeter
* radar astronomy
* radar chart
* radar cross section
* radar detector
* radar dome
* radar gun
* radar horizon
* radar image
* radar meteorology
* radar picket
* radar reflector
* radar telescope
* radar trap
* radome
* secondary radar
* secondary surveillance radar, SSR
* slip under the radar
* under the radar
* weather radar

#### Related terms

* lidar
* sonar

#### Translations
### Verb

radar (third-person singular simple present radars, present participle radaring, simple past and past participle radared)
* To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
** 2002, Brian Jonathan Wolk, Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds‎, →ISBN, page 156:He radars you while he's sitting in his patrol vehicle under a bridge.

### Anagrams

* Ardra

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* erradar (nonstandard)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radar, from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /radar/ [ra.ð̞ar]
* Rhymes: -adar, -ar
* Hyphenation: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar inan
* radar

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəˈðar]
* IPA: (Valencia) [raˈðar]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Noun

radar m (plural radars)
* radar

## Cornish
### Noun

radar
* radar

### References

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈradar]
* Rhymes: -adar
* Hyphenation: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar m inan
* radar
* speed camera

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraː.dɑr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar m (plural radars, diminutive radartje n)
* radar (detection system operating by means of radio waves)

#### Derived terms

* dopplerradar
* neerslagradar

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁa.daʁ/

### Noun

radar m (plural radars)
* radar
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* radar automatique
* radar tourelle

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From English radar.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

radar m (plural radares)
* radar
* speed camera
    Synonym: radar de tráfico

#### Derived terms

* antirradar
* radar de tráfico

### Further reading

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

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraːtar/
* Rhymes: -aːtar
* Homophone: ratar

### Noun

radar m (genitive singular radars, nominative plural radarar)
* radar device
    Synonym: ratsjá

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English radar.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

radar (plural radar-radar)
* radar (method of detecting distant objects)

#### Hyponyms

* radar bistatis (“bistatic radar”)
* radar cuaca (“weather radar”)
* radar pelacak awan
* radar pendaratan
* radar pengawas permukaan laut
* radar pengawasan udara

### Further reading

* “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.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.dar/
* Rhymes: -adar
* Hyphenation: rà‧dar

### Noun

radar m (invariable)
* radar

#### Related terms

* radarastronomia
* radarfaro
* radarista
* radaristica
* radarriflettente
* radarsonda
* radarspoletta
* radartachimetro

## Latin
### Verb

rādar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of rādō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English radar.

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* radarbilde
* værradar

### References

* “radar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English radar.

### Noun

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

### References

* “radar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.dar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adar
* Syllabification: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar m inan (related adjective radarowy)
* radar (method of detecting distant objects)
* radar (installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus)

#### Derived terms

* antyradar
* radaroskop
* radaryzacja
* radarzysta

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈda(ʁ)/ [haˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈda(ʁ)/ [haˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁaˈda(ɾ)/ [haˈda(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁaˈda(ʁ)/ [χaˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈda(ɻ)/ [haˈda(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈdaɾ/ [ʁaˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈdaɾ/ [ʁaˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈda.ɾi/ [ʁaˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar m (plural radares)
* radar (radio device for detecting distant objects)
* Ellipsis of radar de velocidade (“speed camera”).

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:radar.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.dar/

### Noun

radar n (plural radare)
* radar

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /râdaːr/
* Hyphenation: ra‧dar

### Noun

rȁdār m (Cyrillic spelling ра̏да̄р)
* radar

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ràːdar/, /ráːdar/

### Noun

rādar m inan
* radar

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English radar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈdaɾ/ [raˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ra‧dar

### Noun

radar m (plural radares)
* 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.
* speed camera
    Synonyms: radar de tráfico, radar de velocidad

#### Derived terms

* antirradar
* radar de tráfico
* radar de velocidad

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From English radar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹rɑːdar/

#### Noun

radar c
* radar

##### Usage notes

* Plural forms are rare.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

radar
* present of rada

### Further reading

* radar in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

### Anagrams

* darra

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

radár (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇᜇ᜔)
* radar
    Synonym: siglap

#### Derived terms

* magradar
* radarin

### Further reading

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

From English radar, attested from 1945.

### Noun

radar (definite accusative radarı, plural radarlar)
* (aviation) radar

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
radar
radarlar
definite accusative
radarı
radarları
dative
radara
radarlara
locative
radarda
radarlarda
ablative
radardan
radarlardan
genitive
radarın
radarların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
radarım
radarlarım
2nd singular
radarın
radarların
3rd singular
radarı
radarları
1st plural
radarımız
radarlarımız
2nd plural
radarınız
radarlarınız
3rd plural
radarları
radarları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
radarımı
radarlarımı
2nd singular
radarını
radarlarını
3rd singular
radarını
radarlarını
1st plural
radarımızı
radarlarımızı
2nd plural
radarınızı
radarlarınızı
3rd plural
radarlarını
radarlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
radarıma
radarlarıma
2nd singular
radarına
radarlarına
3rd singular
radarına
radarlarına
1st plural
radarımıza
radarlarımıza
2nd plural
radarınıza
radarlarınıza
3rd plural
radarlarına
radarlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
radarımda
radarlarımda
2nd singular
radarında
radarlarında
3rd singular
radarında
radarlarında
1st plural
radarımızda
radarlarımızda
2nd plural
radarınızda
radarlarınızda
3rd plural
radarlarında
radarlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
radarımdan
radarlarımdan
2nd singular
radarından
radarlarından
3rd singular
radarından
radarlarından
1st plural
radarımızdan
radarlarımızdan
2nd plural
radarınızdan
radarlarınızdan
3rd plural
radarlarından
radarlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
radarımın
radarlarımın
2nd singular
radarının
radarlarının
3rd singular
radarının
radarlarının
1st plural
radarımızın
radarlarımızın
2nd plural
radarınızın
radarlarınızın
3rd plural
radarlarının
radarlarının :

### References

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

## Uzbek
### Noun

radar (plural radarlar)
* radar

## Zazaki
### Noun

radar f
* radar