Bluetooth

See also: bluetooth

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ tooth, calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (modern Danish Blåtand).

• (networking): The networking standard is 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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblutuθ/

Proper noun

Bluetooth

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

Hyponyms

networking

• BLE

Derived terms

• BLE
• bluebugging
• bluejack
• bluejacker
• bluejacking
• bluesnarfing

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
• 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:

  Nynorsk: 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), بْلُوتُوث m (blūtūṯ)

  Gulf Arabic: بلوتوث m (blūtūṯ)

• Bulgarian: блуту́т m (blutút), блюту́т m (bljutút)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴)

  Mandarin: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (zh) (Lányá)

• Czech: Bluetooth m
• Danish: Bluetooth c
• Dutch: Bluetooth n
• Esperanto: Bludento
• 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)
• Marathi: ब्ल्यूटूथ m (blyūṭūth)
• Mongolian: блүтүүт (blütüüt)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: blåtann f

• Persian: بلوتوث
• 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 (es) m
• Swedish: blåtand c
• Tamil: புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt), ^{(please verify)} புளூட்டூத்து (ta) (puḷūṭṭūttu)
• Thai: บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut)
• Uyghur: كۆكچىش (kökchish)
• Vietnamese: bluetooth
• Yiddish: בלו טוט (blu tut)

Verb

Bluetooth (third-person singular simple present Bluetooths, present participle Bluetoothing, simple past and past participle Bluetoothed)

1. (transitive, intransitive, networking) To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
   • 2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303:

     The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.

   • 2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92:

     Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, a calque from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu.tus/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, a calque from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblu.tuf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -utuf
• Syllabification: Blue‧tooth

Proper noun

Bluetooth n (indeclinable)

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)

Further reading

• Bluetooth in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bluetooth, calqued from Old Norse Blátǫnn.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

o Bluetooth m

1. (networking) Bluetooth (personal area wireless network)