wireless

== English == === Etymology === From wire + -less. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwaɪə.ləs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ Hyphenation: wire‧less === Adjective === wireless (not comparable) Not having any wires. Functioning without an external wired connection. ==== Synonyms ==== cordless ==== Antonyms ==== wired ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === wireless (usually uncountable, plural (dated) wirelesses) (uncountable) The medium of radio communication. (uncountable, networking) A wireless connectivity to a computer network. (chiefly UK, dated) A radio set. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wireless (third-person singular simple present wirelesses, present participle wirelessing, simple past and past participle wirelessed) (dated or obsolete, transitive) To send (a message) by wireless or radio. === Anagrams === weirless == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English wireless. === Noun === wireless m (invariable) wireless (transmission without wires) === Adjective === wireless (invariable) (computing) wireless == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English wireless. === Noun === wireless m (uncountable) (Guernsey) wireless, radio == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English wireless. === Pronunciation === === Noun === wireless m (invariable) (networking) wireless (wireless connectivity to a computer network) === Adjective === wireless (invariable) (of hardware) wireless (communicating without wired connections) Synonyms: (Brazil) sem fio, (Portugal) sem fios === Further reading === “wireless”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “wireless”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “wireless”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026