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English
Etymology
From broadcast ( “ to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means ” ) + -er ( suffix forming agent nouns ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
broadcaster (plural broadcasters )
( agriculture )
A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds , fertilizer , etc.
( obsolete ) A person who sows seeds by scattering ; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling ( “ making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them” ) .
Antonym: driller
( broadcasting )
A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content , or messages , to be received by radios or televisions , over the internet , etc.
An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting .
A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter .
( computing ) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network .
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Translations
machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting
person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts
Arabic: مُذِيع m ( muḏīʕ ) , مُذِيعَة f ( muḏīʕa )
Cebuano: brodkaster , magsisibya
Chinese:
Mandarin: 播報員 / 播报员 (zh) ( bōbàoyuán, bòbàoyuán ) , 播音員 / 播音员 (zh) ( bōyīnyuán, bòyīnyuán ) , 廣播員 / 广播员 (zh) ( guǎngbōyuán, guǎngbòyuán ) , 主播 (zh) ( zhǔbō, zhǔbò )
Esperanto: elsendanto
Finnish: lähettäjä (fi) ( sender ) , levittäjä (fi) ( spreader )
German: Sender (de) m , Senderin f
Greek: εκφωνητής (el) m ( ekfonitís )
Hebrew: שַׁדְרָן (he) m ( šadrán ) , שַׁדְרָנִית (he) f ( šadranít )
Hungarian: műsorvezető (hu)
Indonesian: angkasawan (id) ( of radio )
Macedonian: емитувач m ( emituvač ) , радиодифузе́р m ( radiodifuzér )
Maltese: xandar m , xandara f
Manx: ym-skeaylleyder m
Maori: kaiwhakapaoho
Marathi: प्रसारक m ( prasārak )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kringkaster m
Nynorsk: kringkastar m
Polish: nadawca (pl) m , nadawczyni f
Romanian: crainic (ro) m , spicher (ro) m
Russian: ди́ктор (ru) m ( díktor ) , ди́кторша (ru) f ( díktorša ) , телевизио́нщик (ru) m ( televiziónščik ) ( of television, informal ) , телевизио́нщица (ru) f ( televiziónščica ) ( of television, informal )
Scottish Gaelic: craoladair m
Tagalog: bródkaster
Thai: ผู้ประกาศ ( pûu-bprà-gàat )
Turkish: yayımcı (tr)
Urdu: نَشر کار ( naśar kār )
Vietnamese: phát thanh viên ( of radio )
one who presents radio or television programmes
— see presenter
piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network
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