Bluetooth

See also: bluetooth

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).
Sense 2 named after the king because the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtuːθ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblutuθ/

Proper noun

Bluetooth

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
(networking) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

Derived terms

Translations

nickname of a Danish king

Belarusian: Сінязу́бы m (Sinjazúby)
Czech: Modrozub m
Danish: Blåtand c
Dutch: Blauwtand m
Estonian: Sinihammas
Faroese: Blátonn m
Finnish: Sinihammas
German: Blauzahn m
Greek: Κυανόδους m (Kyanódous)
Hungarian: Kékfogú
Icelandic: Blátönn m, Haraldur blátönn m
Irish: Gormfhiacail m
Italian: Dente Azzurro m

Japanese: 青歯王 (せいしおう, Seishi-ō)
Latvian: Zilzobis m
Lithuanian: Mėlyndantis m
Norwegian: blåtann m
Old Norse: Blátǫnn m
Polish: Sinozęby m
Russian: Синезу́бый m (Sinezúbyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Модрозуби m, Плавозуби m

Roman: Modrozubi m, Plavozubi m
Slovak: Modrozubý m
Swedish: Blåtand c
Ukrainian: Синьозу́бий m (Synʹozúbyj)

personal area wireless network

Arabic: بُلُوتُوث‎ m (bulūtūṯ)
Bulgarian: блуту́т m (blutút), блюту́т m (bljutút)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 藍牙, 蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴)

Mandarin: 藍牙 (zh), 蓝牙 (zh) (Lányá)
Czech: Bluetooth m
Danish: Bluetooth c
Dutch: Bluetooth n
Finnish: bluetooth
French: Bluetooth (fr) m
Georgian: ბლუთუზი (blutuzi)
German: Bluetooth (de) m or n
Hebrew: בלוטות׳‎ m
Hindi: ब्लूटूथ m (blūṭūth)
Hungarian: Bluetooth (hu)
Italian: bluetooth (it) m
Japanese: ブルートゥース (ja) (Burūtūsu), (slang) 青歯 (あおば, Aoba)

Korean: 블루투스 (Beullutuseu)
Macedonian: бљуту́т m (bljutút), блуту́т m (blutút)
Malayalam: ബ്ലൂടൂത്ത് (blūṭūttŭ)
Norwegian: Blåtann f
Polish: Bluetooth m
Portuguese: Bluetooth m
Russian: блюту́с (ru) m (bljutús), блюту́з (ru) m (bljutúz), (colloquial) синезу́б (ru) m (sinezúb)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: блутут m, бљутут m

Roman: blutut m
Spanish: Bluetooth m
Swedish: blåtand c
Tamil: புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt), ^{(please verify)} புளூட்டூத்து (ta) (puḷūṭṭūttu)
Thai: บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut)
Uyghur: كۆكچىش‎ (kökchish)
Yiddish: בלו טוט‎ (blu tut)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbluwˈtuf/, /bluˈtu/
Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

o Bluetooth m

(networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

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