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marconi

Syllables: Mar·có·niUK/mɑːˈkəʊ.niː/US/mɑɹˈkoʊ.ni/

marconi verb: to send (a message) via radio.

Verb

marconi (third-person singular simple present marconis, present participle marconiing, simple past and past participle marconied)

  1. (dated, transitive) To send (a message) via radio.
  2. (dated, transitive) To contact (someone) via radio.

Noun

marconi (plural marconis)

  1. (dated) A marconigram; a message sent via radio.

Proper noun capitalized: Marconi

Marconi

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of marconi

Verb
third-person singular presentmarconis
present participlemarconiing
past participlemarconied
pastmarconied
Noun
pluralmarconis

Origin of marconi

From the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937).

Borrowed from Italian Marcóni.

Words formed from marconi

Phrases with marconi

Questions about marconi

What does marconi mean?
Marconi means to send (a message) via radio.
What part of speech is marconi?
Marconi can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce marconi?
Marconi is pronounced /mɑːˈkəʊ.niː/ (UK).
What is the past tense of marconi?
The past tense of marconi is marconied.

Words near marconi in the dictionary

  1. Marcomanni
  2. Marcomannic
  3. marcomm
  4. marcomms
  5. marcoms
  6. marconi
  7. marconi operator
  8. marconi operators
  9. Marconi rig
  10. Marconi rigs
  11. Marconi's law

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marconi (page history and authors); Marconi (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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