remote control

English

A remote control

Noun

remote control (plural remote controls)

1. A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television) or mechanical toy from a short distance away.
   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, 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.

Synonyms

• remote
• zapper

Translations

A device used to operate an appliance or mechanical toy from a short distance away

• Arabic: تحكم من بعد (ar) (taHákkum min bu3d) m
• Catalan: comandament a distància (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遙控器 (cmn), 遥控器 (cmn) (yáokòngqì), 遠程控制 (cmn), 远程控制 (cmn) (yuǎnchéng kòngzhì)

• Czech: dálkový ovladač (cs) m
• Danish: fjernbetjening (da) c
• Dutch: afstandsbediening (nl) f
• Finnish: kauko-ohjain (fi), kaukosäädin (fi)
• French: télécommande (fr) f
• German: Fernbedienung (de) f
• Greek: τηλεχειριστήριο (el) (tilecheiristírio) n 
• Hungarian: távirányító (hu)
• Icelandic: fjarstýring (is) f
• Italian: telecomando (it) m
• Japanese: 遠隔操作 (ja) (えんかくそうさ, enkaku sōsa), リモートコントロール (ja) (rimōtokontorōru), リモコン (ja) (rimokon)

• Jèrriais: téléc'mande f
• Korean: 원격 조종 (ko) (wongyeok jojong)
• Macedonian: далечински управувач (mk) (daléčinski uprávuvač) m
• Malay: alat kawalan jauh (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjernkontroll (nb) m

  Nynorsk: fjernkontroll (nn) m

• Polish: pilot (pl) m
• Portuguese: controle remoto m
• Russian: дистанционное управление (ru) (distanciónnoje upravlénije) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: daljinski upravljač (sh) m
• Spanish: telemando m, control remoto m, mando a distancia (es) m, control (es) m, mando (es) m
• Swedish: fjärrkontroll (sv) c
• Turkish: kumanda (tr), uzaktan kumanda (tr), televizyon kumandası (tr)
• Welsh: teclyn troi (cy)

External links

• Remote control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia