remote control

Language

English

A remote control (1).

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Noun

remote control (countable and uncountable, plural remote controls)Category:English lemmas#REMOTECONTROL Category:English nouns#REMOTECONTROL Category:English uncountable nouns#REMOTECONTROL Category:English countable nouns#REMOTECONTROL Category:English countable nouns#REMOTECONTROL Category:English multiword terms#REMOTECONTROL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#REMOTECONTROL Category:Pages with entries#REMOTE%20CONTROL Category:Pages with 1 entry#REMOTE%20CONTROL

(countable Category:English countable nouns#REMOTECONTROL) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.
Hyponyms: buttons, channel changer, clicker, remote, zapper, channel flicker, flickerCategory:English links with manual fragments#REMOTE%20CONTROL
- 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian‎:
  A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
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(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#REMOTECONTROL) A means of operating a device from a distance, such as radio control or wire-guided control.
Synonym: telearchics

The bomb was detonated by remote control.Category:English terms with usage examples#REMOTECONTROL

Descendants

→ Japanese: リモートコントロール (rimōto kontorōru), リモートコントローラー (rimōto kontorōrā)

Translations

device used to operate an appliance from a short distance

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Afrikaans: afstandsbeheerderCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#REMOTECONTROL
Albanian: pult (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#REMOTECONTROL, telekomandë fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#REMOTECONTROL, digitron mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Arabic: تَحَكُّم مِن بُعْد m (taḥakkum min buʕd)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#REMOTECONTROL
Armenian: հեռակառավարման վահանակ (hy) (heṙakaṙavarman vahanak)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Asturian: mandu a distancia mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#REMOTECONTROL, control remotu mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Azerbaijani: uzaqdan idarəCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#REMOTECONTROL
Basque: urrutiko kontrolCategory:Terms with Basque translations#REMOTECONTROL, urrutiko aginteCategory:Terms with Basque translations#REMOTECONTROL, telekomandoCategory:Terms with Basque translations#REMOTECONTROL
Belarusian: пульт дыстанцы́йнага кірава́ння m (pulʹt dystancýjnaha kiravánnja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL, пульт дыстанцы́йнага кірава́ньня m (pulʹt dystancýjnaha kiravánʹnja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL, дыстанцы́йнае кірава́нне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL, дыстанцы́йнае кірава́ньне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánʹnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL, пульт m (pulʹt)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Bengali: দূরবর্তী নিয়ন্ত্রণ (durborti niẏontron)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#REMOTECONTROL
Bulgarian: дистанцио́нно управле́ние n (distanciónno upravlénie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Catalan: comandament a distància mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#REMOTECONTROL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遙控器 / 遥控器 (zh) (yáokòngqì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#REMOTE%20CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#REMOTECONTROL, 遙控板 / 遥控板 (zh) (yao² kong⁴ ban³)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#REMOTE%20CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#REMOTECONTROL
Czech: dálkový ovladač mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#REMOTECONTROL
Danish: fjernbetjening (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Dutch: afstandsbediening (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#REMOTECONTROL
Esperanto: teleregiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#REMOTECONTROL
Estonian: kaugjuhtimispult (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Finnish: kauko-ohjainCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#REMOTECONTROL, kaukosäädin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#REMOTECONTROL
French: télécommande (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#REMOTECONTROL, (Quebec) manette (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#REMOTECONTROL
Georgian: პულტი (ṗulṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#REMOTECONTROL, გადასართველი (gadasartveli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#REMOTECONTROL, დისტანციური მართვის მოწყობილობა (disṭanciuri martvis moc̣q̇obiloba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#REMOTECONTROL
German: Fernsteuerung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#REMOTECONTROL; (with non-vehicles more often) Fernbedienung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#REMOTECONTROL
Greek: τηλεχειριστήριο (el) n (tilecheiristírio)Category:Terms with Greek translations#REMOTECONTROL
Hebrew: שלט (he)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#REMOTECONTROL-רחוק (he) m (shlat-rakhók)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#REMOTECONTROL, שלט (he) m (shalát)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#REMOTECONTROL
Hindi: दूरस्थ नियंत्रण m (dūrasth niyantraṇ)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#REMOTECONTROL, रिमोट कंट्रोल m (rimoṭ kaṇṭrol)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#REMOTECONTROL
Hungarian: távirányító (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Icelandic: fjarstýring (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#REMOTECONTROL
Indonesian: pengendali jarak jauhCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#REMOTECONTROL, remotCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Irish: cianrialtán mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Italian: telecomando (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Japanese: リモートコントロール (ja) (rimōto kontorōru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#REMOTECONTROL, リモコン (ja) (rimokon)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Javanese: rémotCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#REMOTECONTROL, rémot kontrolCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Kannada: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Kannada#REMOTECONTROL
Kazakh: пульт (pult)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#REMOTECONTROL
Arabic: پۋلتCategory:Terms with Kazakh translations#REMOTECONTROL

Latin: pwlʹtCategory:Terms with Kazakh translations#REMOTECONTROL
Khmer: ទូរបញ្ជា (tuu bɑñciə)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#REMOTECONTROL
Korean: 리모트 컨트롤 (rimoteu keonteurol)Category:Terms with Korean translations#REMOTECONTROL, 리모컨 (ko) (rimokeon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#REMOTECONTROL, 원격조종(遠隔操縱) (ko) (won'gyeokjojong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#REMOTECONTROL
Kyrgyz: пульт (pult)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#REMOTECONTROL
Latvian: tālvadība fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#REMOTECONTROL, tālvadības pults mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Lithuanian: distancinis valdymas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Macedonian: далечински управувач (mk) m (dalečinski upravuvač)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Malay: alat kawalan jauhCategory:Terms with Malay translations#REMOTECONTROL
Maltese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Maltese#REMOTECONTROL
Māori: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Māori#REMOTECONTROL
Marathi: रिमोट n (rimoṭ)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#REMOTECONTROL
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: алсын удирдлага (alsyn udirdlaga)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Norman: téléc'mande fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#REMOTECONTROL
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjernkontroll (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#REMOTECONTROL

Nynorsk: fjernkontroll mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#REMOTECONTROL
Occitan: telecomenda fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#REMOTECONTROL
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کُنْتُرُل (fa) (kontorol)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL Category:Terms with Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL, کُنْتُرُلِ اَز راهِ دور (kontorol-e az râh-e dur)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL Category:Terms with Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL, ریموت کُنْتُرُل (rimot kontorol)Category:Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#REMOTE%20CONTROL Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL Category:Terms with Persian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Polish: pilot (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#REMOTECONTROL, pilot zdalnego sterowania mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Portuguese: controle (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL, controle remoto mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL, controlo remoto mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL, comando (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL, telecomando mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Romanian: telecomandă (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Romansh: telecumond mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#REMOTECONTROL, cumond a distanza mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#REMOTECONTROL
Russian: пульт дистанцио́нного управле́ния (ru) m (pulʹt distanciónnovo upravlénija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REMOTECONTROL, ПДУ (ru) m (PDU)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REMOTECONTROL, пульт (ru) m (pulʹt)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REMOTECONTROL, дистанцио́нное управле́ние (ru) n (distanciónnoje upravlénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Sardinian: telecuntrollu mCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Scottish Gaelic: uidheam-smachd cèin mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#REMOTECONTROL
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: да̀љӣнскӣ упра̀вља̄ч mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#REMOTECONTROL

Latin: dàljīnskī upràvljāč mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Slovak: diaľkový ovládač mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#REMOTECONTROL
Slovene: daljinec mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#REMOTECONTROL
Spanish: (Latin America) control remoto (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL, control (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL; (Spain) mando a distancia mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL, mando (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL; telemando mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Swahili: kidhibitimbaliCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#REMOTECONTROL, kitanzambaliCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#REMOTECONTROL
Swedish: fjärrkontroll (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#REMOTECONTROL, dosa (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Tagalog: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Tagalog#REMOTECONTROL
Tajik: пулт (pult)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#REMOTECONTROL, пулти телевизор (pult-i televizor)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#REMOTECONTROL
Tamil: தொலையியக்கி (tolaiyiyakki)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#REMOTECONTROL, ரிமோட் (rimōṭ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#REMOTECONTROL
Thai: รีโมตคอนโทรล (rii-mòot-kɔn-trool)Category:Terms with Thai translations#REMOTECONTROL, รีโมต (rii-mòot)Category:Terms with Thai translations#REMOTECONTROL
Tibetan: ཐག་རིང་ནས་ཁ་ལོ་སྒྱུར་པ (thag ring nas kha lo sgyur pa)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#REMOTECONTROL, ཐག་རིང་ཚད་འཛིན (thag ring tshad 'dzin)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#REMOTECONTROL
Turkish: kumanda (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#REMOTECONTROL, uzaktan kumanda (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#REMOTECONTROL, televizyon kumandası (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Ukrainian: пульт дистанці́йного керува́ння m (pulʹt dystancíjnoho keruvánnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#REMOTECONTROL, дистанці́йне керува́ння n (dystancíjne keruvánnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#REMOTECONTROL, пульт m (pulʹt)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Urdu: ریموٹ کَنْٹْرول m (remoṭ kanṭrol)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#REMOTECONTROL
Uzbek: pult (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#REMOTECONTROL, masofaviy boshqarishCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#REMOTECONTROL
Venetan: tełecomàndo mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#REMOTECONTROL
Vietnamese: điều khiển từ xa (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#REMOTECONTROL, điều khiển (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#REMOTECONTROL (abbreviation), rì-mốtCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Walloon: telecmande (wa) fCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#REMOTECONTROL, zapete (wa) fCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#REMOTECONTROL (familiar)
Welsh: teclyn troi (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#REMOTECONTROL, teclyn (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#REMOTECONTROL, rheolydd pell mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#REMOTECONTROL
Zulu: isiqhebezakude class 7/8Category:Terms with Zulu translations#REMOTECONTROL

doing something from a distance

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Armenian: հեռակառավարում (hy) (heṙakaṙavarum)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Belarusian: дыстанцы́йнае кірава́нне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL, дыстанцы́йнае кірава́ньне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánʹnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Bulgarian: дистанцио́нно управле́ние n (distanciónno upravlénie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Catalan: control remot mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#REMOTECONTROL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遙控 / 遥控 (zh) (yáokòng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#REMOTECONTROL, 遠程控制 / 远程控制Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#REMOTECONTROL
Czech: dálkové ovládáníCategory:Terms with Czech translations#REMOTECONTROL
Danish: fjernstyring (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#REMOTECONTROL, fjernbetjening (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Finnish: kauko-ohjaus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Georgian: დისტანციური მართვა (disṭanciuri martva)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#REMOTECONTROL
German: Fernsteuerung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#REMOTECONTROL
Hungarian: távirányítás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#REMOTECONTROL, távvezérlés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Japanese: 遠隔操作 (ja) (えんかくそうさ, enkaku sōsa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Korean: 원격조작(遠隔操作) (ko) (won'gyeokjojak)Category:Terms with Korean translations#REMOTECONTROL
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjernkontroll (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#REMOTECONTROL fjernstyring m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#REMOTECONTROL

Nynorsk: fjernkontroll mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#REMOTECONTROL
Polish: zdalne sterowanie nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Portuguese: controle remoto mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#REMOTECONTROL
Romanian: teleghidaj (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Russian: дистанцио́нное управле́ние (ru) n (distanciónnoje upravlénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Spanish: control remoto (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Swedish: fjärrstyrning (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#REMOTECONTROL
Ukrainian: дистанці́йне керува́ння n (dystancíjne keruvánnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#REMOTECONTROL
Welsh: rheolaeth bell fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#REMOTECONTROL

Further reading

remote control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Category:en:Electronics#REMOTECONTROL

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