radar – English noun declension

English noun forms of radar

Noun: radar
Singularradar
Pluralradars

Sample Sentences

  • They were able to find the enemy fleet using radar.
  • Although operational environments profoundly differ, both kinds of autonomous vehicles, groundcraft and aircraft, will still rely on conceptually the same sorts of sensors — cameras, radar and lidar — to perceive surroundings in real time. [2020 January 1, Adam Hadhazy, “Achieving autonomy”, in Aerospace America, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025:]
  • The Ministry of Defence funded the development of an entirely new radar and improved avionics.
  • Evidence as to the audio monitor's reading is required to prove the [police] officer used the radar unit properly, and must be shown in order to secure a conviction for speeding when using radar. [2002, Brian Jonathan Wolk, “Producing Inconsistencies in Various Cases”, in Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds: A Practical Defense Manual for Juveniles and Adults, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, section 4 (Producing Inconsistencies), page 145:]
  • Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.
  • [T]he [depth] bombs must be tied to a grid of listening devices, radars and plotting instruments. [1941 October 2, Arthur Krock, “The value of armament to merchant ships”, in The New York Times (C section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2025, page 24, column 5:]
  • His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
  • Stanley: Geez, how'd ya know? / Happy: I got radar or something. [1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations […], New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, Act II, page 100:]
  • It [a goal] came inside 50 minutes and moments later [Edinson] Cavani should have had a 12th. [Paul] Pogba and [Luke] Shaw combined before the left-back's cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry. [2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2025:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Latin radiusder.
3. English radio-
4. Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
5. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
6. French télé-
7. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
8. Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
9. Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
10. Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor.
11. Latin -graphuslbor.
12. French -graphe
13. French télégraphebor.
14. English telegraph
15. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
16. Proto-Italic *-ijos
17. Proto-Italic *-ios
18. Old Latin -ios
19. Latin -ius
20. Latin -ia
21. Old French -ieder.
22. Middle English -ie
23. Middle English -y
24. English -y
25. English telegraphy
26. English radiotelegraphyclip.
27. English radio
28. Proto-Indo-European *de
29. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
30. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
31. Proto-Italic *dē
32. Latin dē
33. Latin dē-
34. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der.
35. Proto-Italic *tegō
36. Latin tegō
37. Latin dētegō
38. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
39. Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
40. Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
41. Proto-Italic *-tiō
42. Latin -tio
43. Latin dētēctiōder.
44. Latin dētēctiōnembor.
45. English detection
46. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
47. Proto-Indo-European *-s
48. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
49. Proto-Indo-European *-i
50. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
51. Proto-Germanic *andi
52. Old English and
53. Middle English and
54. English and
55. Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der.
56. Proto-Celtic *reketi
57. Gaulish *rekosbor.?
58. Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der.
59. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder.
60. Proto-Germanic *rankaz
61. Frankish *rankbor.?
62. Vulgar Latin *rencus
63. Old French reng
64. Proto-Italic *-āzi
65. ▲
66. Latin -ereinflu.
67. Latin -āre
68. Old French -ier
69. Old French rengierbor.
70. Middle English rengen
71. English range
72. Proto-Germanic *-ungō
73. Old English -ung
74. Middle English -ynge
75. English -ing
76. English ranging
77. English RADAR
78. English radar
79. The noun is derived from RADAR by anacronymic evolution. RADAR is an acronym of ra(dio) d(etection) a(nd) r(anging) which was coined by Lieutenant-Commander Samuel M. Tucker and Lieutenant-Commander F. R. Furth of the United States Navy in November 1940.
80. The verb is probably derived from the noun.

Verbs referencing "radar"

Danish Nouns radar, Dutch Nouns radar, Galician Nouns radar, Italian Nouns radar, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns radar, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns radar, Portuguese Nouns radar, Romanian Nouns radar, Spanish Nouns radar, Swedish Nouns radar, German Nouns Radar, Russian Nouns радар.