Bluetooth

See also: bluetooth

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Alternative forms

bluetooth

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos

Proto-Germanic *blēwaz

Proto-West Germanic *blāubor.

Late Latin blāvus

Anglo-Norman bleubor.

Middle English blew

English blue

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Proto-West Germanic *tanþ

Old English tōþ

Middle English toth

English tooth

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Old Norse Blátǫnncalq.

English Bluetooth

From blue +‎ tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand).

The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbluː.tuːθ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblu.tuθ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: Blue‧tooth

Proper noun

Bluetooth

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
(networking, trademark) An short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.
Hyponym: BLE

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: بُلُوتُوث (bulūtūṯ), بْلُوتُوث (blūtūṯ)
Gulf Arabic: بلوتوث (blūtūṯ)
→ Bulgarian: блуту́т (blutút), блюту́т (bljutút)
Chinese:
→ Cantonese: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴) (calque)

→ Mandarin: 藍牙 / 蓝牙 (Lányá) (calque)
→ Czech: Bluetooth
→ Danish: Bluetooth
→ Dutch: Bluetooth
→ Esperanto: Bludento (calque)
→ Finnish: bluetooth
→ French: Bluetooth
→ Georgian: ბლუთუზი (blutuzi)
→ German: Bluetooth
→ Hebrew: בלוטות׳
→ Hindi: ब्लूटूथ (blūṭūth), → नीलादाँत (nīlādā̃t) (calque)
→ Hungarian: Bluetooth
→ Italian: bluetooth
→ Japanese: ブルートゥース (Burūtūsu), → 青歯 (Aoba) (calque)
→ Mongolian: блүтүүт (blütüüt)
Norwegian:
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blåtann (calque)
→ Persian: بلوتوث
→ Polish: Bluetooth, m
→ Portuguese: Bluetooth, m
→ Russian: блюту́с (bljutús), блюту́з (bljutúz), → синезу́б (sinezúb) (calque)
Serbo-Croatian:
→ Cyrillic script: блутут, бљутут

→ Latin script: blutut
→ Spanish: Bluetooth
→ Swedish: blåtand (calque)
→ Tamil: புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt)
→ Thai: บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut)
→ Uyghur: كۆكچىش (kökchish) (calque)
→ Vietnamese: bluetooth
→ Yiddish: בלו טוט (blu tut)

Translations

Danish king

Belarusian: Сінязу́бы m (Sinjazúby)
Czech: Modrozub m
Danish: Blåtand c
Dutch: Blauwtand m
Estonian: Sinihammas
Faroese: Blátonn m
Finnish: Sinihammas
Georgian: ლურჯკბილა (lurǯḳbila)
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)
Korean: 푸른 이빨 (pureun ippal)
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

Latin: Modrozubi m, Plavozubi m
Slovak: Modrozubý m
Swedish: Blåtand c
Ukrainian: Синьозу́бий m (Synʹozúbyj)

short-range wireless technology standard

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), नीलादाँत m (nīlādā̃t)
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

Latin: 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)

(ambitransitive, 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.