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English A microwave oven , manufactured c. 1988.
Etymology From microwave oven
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈmaɪkɹə(ʊ)ˌweɪv ˈʌv(ə)n/ enPR : mī'krōwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n , mī'krəwāv" ŭ'v(ə)n
Noun microwave oven plural microwave ovens
An oven that uses microwave energy to heat food or other items placed within it.
Synonym: microwave Meronym: carousel Coordinate terms: conventional oven convection oven induction oven
Derived terms
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 maikrowevu
Swedish: mikrovågsugn (sv) c mikro (sv) c
Tajik: микромавҷӣ (tg) ( mikromavji )
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 )
Further reading 
microwave oven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 