Motorola

English

Etymology

From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

Motorola (plural Motorolas)

  1. A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
    • 2009, Julius Mutwol, Peace Agreements and Civil Wars in Africa, →ISBN, page 190:
      [] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations []
    • 2009, Al-Anbar Awakening, V. 2, Iraqi Perspectives, →ISBN, page 79:
      Because I think these radios are infiltrated. The terrorists could easily listen to the Motorolas.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmoːtoˈʁoːla/, /ˌmɔto-/

Proper noun

Motorola n (proper noun, strong, genitive Motorolas)

  1. Motorola (company)

Noun

Motorola n (strong, genitive Motorolas or Motorola, plural Motorolas or Motorola)

  1. Motorola (phone by that company)
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