microwave oven

English

A microwave oven, manufactured c. 1988.

Etymology

From microwave and oven.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)ˌweɪv ˈʌv(ə)n/
enPR: mī'krōwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n, mī'krəwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n
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Noun

microwave oven (plural microwave ovens)

An oven that uses microwave energy to heat food or other items placed within it.
- 1985, Dire Straits (lyrics and music), “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms:
  We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries. We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color TVs.
Synonym: microwave

Meronym: carousel

Coordinate terms: conventional oven, convection oven, induction oven

Derived terms

convection microwave oven

Translations

oven using microwave energy

Afrikaans: mikrogolfoond
Albanian: mikrovalë
Arabic: مَيْكْرُووَيْف m (maykrūwayf), فُرْن مَيْكْرُووَيْف m (furn maykrūwayf), فُرْن كَهْرُومَغْنَاطِيسِيّ m (furn kahrūmaḡnāṭīsiyy)
Armenian: միկրոալիքային վառարան (hy) (mikroalikʻayin vaṙaran)
Azerbaijani: mikrodalğalı soba
Basque: mikrouhin labe
Belarusian: мікрахва́левая печ f (mikraxváljevaja pječ), мікрахва́леўка f (mikraxváljeŭka) (colloquial)
Bengali: মাইক্রোওয়েভ ওভেন (maikrōōẇebh ōbhen)
Bulgarian: микровъ́лнова фу́рна f (mikrovǎ́lnova fúrna)
Burmese: မိုက်ခရိုဝေ့မီးဖို (muikhka.ruiwe.mi:hpui)
Catalan: forn de microones (ca) m, forn microones m, microones (ca) m
Cheyenne: nêševâhá'eneo'o
Chinese:
Cantonese: 微波爐／微波炉 (mei⁴ bo¹ lou⁴)

Hakka: 微波爐／微波炉 (mì-pô-lù)

Hokkien: 微波爐／微波炉 (zh-min-nan) (bî‑pho‑lôo)

Mandarin: 微波爐／微波炉 (zh) (mainland China: wēibōlú; Taiwan: wéibōlú), 微波烤箱 (mainland China: wēibō kǎoxiāng; Taiwan: wéibō kǎoxiāng)
Cornish: forn gorrdon f
Czech: mikrovlnná trouba (cs) f, mikrovlnka (cs) f
Danish: mikrobølgeovn c, mikroovn c
Dutch: magnetron (nl) m (Netherlands), magnetronoven (nl) m (Netherlands), microgolf (nl) m (Flanders), microgolfoven (nl) m (Flanders)
Esperanto: mikroondilo
Estonian: mikrolaineahi
Finnish: mikroaaltouuni (fi), mikro (fi)
French: four à micro-ondes (fr) m, micro-ondes (fr) m
Georgian: მიკროტალღური ღუმელი (miḳroṭalɣuri ɣumeli)
German: Mikrowellenherd (de) m, Mikrowelle (de) f, Mikrowellenofen m
Greek: φούρνος μικροκυμάτων (el) m (foúrnos mikrokymáton)
Hebrew: מִיקְרוֹגַל (he) m (mikrogál)
Hindi: सूक्ष्मतरंग चूल्हा m (sūkṣmatraṅg cūlhā), माइक्रोवेव चूल्हा m (māikrovev cūlhā)
Hungarian: mikrohullámú sütő (hu), mikró (hu)
Icelandic: örbylgjuofn (is) m
Indonesian: oven gelombang mikro
Irish: oigheann micreathonnach m, micreathonnán m
Italian: forno a microonde m, microonde (it) m
Japanese: 電子レンジ (ja) (でんしレンジ, denshi renji), 電子レンジオーブン (でんしレンジオーブン, denshi renji-ōbun), レンジ (ja) (renji), チン (ja) (chin) (colloquial)
Kannada: ಮೈಕ್ರೋವೇವ್ ಓವನ್ (maikrōvēv ōvan)
Kazakh: микротолқынды пеш (mikrotolqyndy peş)
Khmer: មីក្រូវ៉េវ (miikrouveew)
Korean: 전자레인지 (jeonjareinji)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mîkrofirne, mîkro (ku)
Lao: ເຕົາອົບໄມໂຄເວຟ (tao ʼop mai khō wēp), ເຕົາໄມໂຄເວຟ (tao mai khō wēp), ເຕົາໄມໂຄຣເວບ (tao mai khlō wēp)
Latin: clībanus mīcrocȳmaticus m, furnulus mīcroündārius m
Latvian: mikroviļņu krāsns m
Lithuanian: mikrobangų krosnelė f
Luxembourgish: Mikrowell
Macedonian: микробра́нова пе́чка f (mikrobránova péčka), микробра́нова f (mikrobránova) (ellipsis)
Malay: ketuhar gelombang mikro
Malayalam: മൈക്രോവേവ് ഓവൻ (maikrōvēvŭ ōvaṉ)
Manx: oghe meegra-honn f
Maori: umu tira
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бичил долгионы зуух (bičil dolgiony zuux), богино долгионы зуух (bogino dolgiony zuux), печь (pečʹ) (Mongolia popular), БДЗ (BDZ)
Navajo: bee naʼniildóhó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mikrobølgeovn m, mikroovn m, mikro m

Nynorsk: mikrobølgjeomn m, mikrobylgjeomn m
Persian: تندپز (fa) (tondpaz), زودپز (fa) (zudpaz)
Polish: kuchenka mikrofalowa (pl) f, mikrofalówka (pl) f
Portuguese: forno de micro-ondas (pt) m, micro-ondas (pt) m
Romanian: cuptor cu microunde n
Russian: микроволно́вая печь (ru) f (mikrovolnóvaja pečʹ), микроволно́вка (ru) f (mikrovolnóvka) (colloquial)
Scottish Gaelic: àmhainn meanbh-thonnach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: микроталасна пећ f, микровална пећница f

Roman: mikrotalasna peć f, mikrovalna pećnica f
Slovak: mikrovlnná rúra f
Slovene: mikrovalovna pečica f
Spanish: horno de microondas m, microondas (es) m
Swahili: oveni ya mikrowevu
Swedish: mikrovågsugn (sv) c, mikro (sv) c
Tajik: микромавҷӣ (tg) (mikromavjī)
Tamil: நுண்ணலை அடுப்பு (nuṇṇalai aṭuppu)
Telugu: మైక్రోవేవ్ ఓవెన్ (maikrōvēv ōven)
Thai: เตาอบไมโครเวฟ (dtao-òp-mai-kroo-wéep)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: mikrodalga fırın (tr)
Ukrainian: мікрохвильо́ва піч f (mikroxvylʹóva pič), мікрохвильо́вка f (mikroxvylʹóvka) (colloquial)
Uyghur: مىكرو دولقۇنلۇق ئوچاق (mikro dolqunluq ochaq), مىكرو دولقۇنلۇق دۇخوپكا (mikro dolqunluq duxopka)
Uzbek: mikrotoʻlqinli pech
Vietnamese: lò vi ba, lò vi sóng
Welsh: meicrodon (cy) f, ffwrn feicrodon, popty meicrodon
Yiddish: מיקראָכוואַלניק m (mikrokhvalnik)

microwave oven

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