bluetooth
Syllables: Blue·tooth/ˈbluː.tuːθ/US/ˈblu.tuθ/
bluetooth is the alternative letter-case form of Bluetooth.
Proper noun capitalized: Bluetooth
Bluetooth
- The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
- An short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.
Verb capitalized: Bluetooth
Bluetooth (third-person singular simple present Bluetooths, present participle Bluetoothing, simple past and past participle Bluetoothed)
- To transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
- The widespread use of mobile phones which support free Bluetoothing has enabled promotional videos to be distributed virally between handsets.2009, Seema Gupta, Branding and Advertising, page 303
- Everyone's bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures. Telling the most crazy stories ever.2010, Katie Taylor, Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, page 92
Forms of bluetooth
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bluetooths |
| present participle | bluetoothing |
| past participle | bluetoothed |
| past | bluetoothed |
| third-person singular present | Bluetooths |
| present participle | Bluetoothing |
| past participle | Bluetoothed |
| past | Bluetoothed |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | bluetooth |
Origin of bluetooth
From blue + tooth. Calque of Old Norse Blátǫnn (compare modern Danish Blåtand). The networking standard is named after the king, since the technology unites computers and mobile devices similarly to the way he united the Danish tribes.
Words formed from bluetooth
Questions about bluetooth
- What does bluetooth mean?
- Bluetooth means the nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
- What is bluetooth the alternative letter-case form of?
- Bluetooth is the alternative letter-case form of Bluetooth.
- What part of speech is bluetooth?
- Bluetooth can be a proper noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bluetooth?
- Bluetooth is pronounced /ˈbluː.tuːθ/ (UK).
Words near bluetooth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bluetooth (page history and authors); Bluetooth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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