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feminine

ʁadjo

Line drawing of radio
Coloured illustration of radio
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Translation

radio; X-ray

Word origin

A twentieth-century shortening based on Latin radius ('ray, beam'), via terms such as radiotelegraphy. English radio comes from the same source, as do radius and radiation.

Origin
Latin
Root
radius
English cognates
radio, radius, radiation

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralradios

Examples

J' .

I listen to the radio in the morning while cooking.

.

The doctor ordered an X-ray of the hand.

Cette .

This station plays classical music.

J' tous .

I listen to the radio every morning in the kitchen.

.

The doctor asked for an X-ray of my knee.

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This word is part of lesson 19.