remote control

English

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

remote control (countable and uncountable, plural remote controls)

(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.
Hyponyms: buttons, channel changer, clicker, remote, zapper, channel flicker, flicker
- 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2026:
  A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
(uncountable) A means of operating a device from a distance, such as radio control or wire-guided control.
Synonym: telearchics

The bomb was detonated by remote control.

Descendants

→ Japanese: リモートコントロール (rimōto kontorōru), リモートコントローラー (rimōto kontorōrā)
→ Korean: 리모트 컨트롤 (rimoteu keonteurol)

Translations

device used to operate an appliance from a short distance

Afrikaans: afstandsbeheerder
Albanian: pult (sq) m, telekomandë f, digitron m
Arabic: تَحَكُّم مِن بُعْد m (taḥakkum min buʕd)
Armenian: հեռակառավարման վահանակ (hy) (heṙakaṙavarman vahanak)
Asturian: mandu a distancia m, control remotu m
Azerbaijani: uzaqdan idarə
Basque: urrutiko kontrol, urrutiko aginte, telekomando
Belarusian: пульт дыстанцы́йнага кірава́ння m (pulʹt dystancýjnaha kiravánnja), пульт дыстанцы́йнага кірава́ньня m (pulʹt dystancýjnaha kiravánʹnja), дыстанцы́йнае кірава́нне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánnje), дыстанцы́йнае кірава́ньне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánʹnje), пульт m (pulʹt)
Bengali: দূরবর্তী নিয়ন্ত্রণ (durborti niẏontron)
Bulgarian: дистанцио́нно управле́ние n (distanciónno upravlénie)
Catalan: comandament a distància m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遙控器 / 遥控器 (zh) (yáokòngqì), 遙控板 / 遥控板 (zh) (yao² kong⁴ ban³)
Czech: dálkový ovladač m
Danish: fjernbetjening (da) c
Dutch: afstandsbediening (nl) f
Esperanto: teleregilo
Estonian: kaugjuhtimispult (et)
Finnish: kauko-ohjain, kaukosäädin (fi)
French: télécommande (fr) f, (Quebec) manette (fr) f
Georgian: პულტი (ṗulṭi), გადასართველი (gadasartveli), დისტანციური მართვის მოწყობილობა (disṭanciuri martvis moc̣q̇obiloba)
German: Fernsteuerung (de) f; (with non-vehicles more often) Fernbedienung (de) f
Greek: τηλεχειριστήριο (el) n (tilecheiristírio)
Hebrew: שלט (he)-רחוק (he) m (shlat-rakhók), שלט (he) m (shalát)
Hindi: दूरस्थ नियंत्रण m (dūrasth niyantraṇ), रिमोट कंट्रोल m (rimoṭ kaṇṭrol)
Hungarian: távirányító (hu)
Icelandic: fjarstýring (is) f
Indonesian: pengendali jarak jauh, remot
Irish: cianrialtán m
Italian: telecomando (it) m
Japanese: リモートコントロール (ja) (rimōto kontorōru), リモコン (ja) (rimokon)
Javanese: rémot, rémot kontrol
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: пульт (puwlʹt)
Arabic: پۋلت (puwlt)

Latin: pwlʹt
Khmer: ទូរបញ្ជា (tuu bɑñciə)
Korean: 리모트 컨트롤 (rimoteu keonteurol), 리모컨 (ko) (rimokeon), 원격조종(遠隔操縱) (ko) (won'gyeokjojong)
Kyrgyz: пульт (pult)
Latvian: tālvadība f, tālvadības pults m
Lithuanian: distancinis valdymas m
Macedonian: далечински управувач (mk) m (dalečinski upravuvač)
Malay: alat kawalan jauh
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Māori: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: रिमोट n (rimoṭ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: алсын удирдлага (alsyn udirdlaga)
Norman: téléc'mande f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjernkontroll (no) m

Nynorsk: fjernkontroll m
Occitan: telecomenda f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کُنْتُرُل (fa) (kontorol), کُنْتُرُلِ اَز راهِ دور (kontorol-e az râh-e dur), ریموت کُنْتُرُل (rimot kontorol)
Polish: pilot (pl) m, pilot zdalnego sterowania m
Portuguese: controle (pt) m, controle remoto m, controlo remoto m, comando (pt) m, telecomando m
Romanian: telecomandă (ro) f
Romansh: telecumond m, cumond a distanza m
Russian: пульт дистанцио́нного управле́ния (ru) m (pulʹt distanciónnovo upravlénija), ПДУ (ru) m (PDU), пульт (ru) m (pulʹt), дистанцио́нное управле́ние (ru) n (distanciónnoje upravlénije)
Sardinian: telecuntrollu m
Scottish Gaelic: uidheam-smachd cèin m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: да̀љӣнскӣ упра̀вља̄ч m

Latin: dàljīnskī upràvljāč m
Slovak: diaľkový ovládač m
Slovene: daljinec m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zdalawobsłužowanje n, dalokowobsłužowanje n

Upper Sorbian: dalokoposłužowanje n, dalnoposłužowanje n
Spanish: (Latin America) control remoto (es) m, control (es) m; (Spain) mando a distancia m, mando (es) m; telemando m
Swahili: kidhibitimbali, kitanzambali
Swedish: fjärrkontroll (sv) c, dosa (sv) c
Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: пулт (pult), пулти телевизор (pult-i televizor)
Tamil: தொலையியக்கி (tolaiyiyakki), ரிமோட் (rimōṭ)
Thai: รีโมตคอนโทรล (rii-mòot-kɔn-trool), รีโมต (rii-mòot)
Tibetan: ཐག་རིང་ནས་ཁ་ལོ་སྒྱུར་པ (thag ring nas kha lo sgyur pa), ཐག་རིང་ཚད་འཛིན (thag ring tshad 'dzin)
Turkish: kumanda (tr), uzaktan kumanda (tr), televizyon kumandası (tr)
Ukrainian: пульт дистанці́йного керува́ння m (pulʹt dystancíjnoho keruvánnja), дистанці́йне керува́ння n (dystancíjne keruvánnja), пульт m (pulʹt)
Urdu: ریموٹ کَنْٹْرول m (remoṭ kanṭrol)
Uzbek: pult (uz), masofaviy boshqarish
Venetan: tełecomàndo m
Vietnamese: điều khiển từ xa (vi), điều khiển (vi) (abbreviation), rì-mốt
Walloon: telecmande (wa) f, zapete (wa) f (familiar)
Welsh: teclyn troi (cy) m, teclyn (cy) m, rheolydd pell m
Zulu: isiqhebezakude class 7/8

doing something from a distance

Armenian: հեռակառավարում (hy) (heṙakaṙavarum)
Belarusian: дыстанцы́йнае кірава́нне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánnje), дыстанцы́йнае кірава́ньне n (dystancýjnaje kiravánʹnje)
Bulgarian: дистанцио́нно управле́ние n (distanciónno upravlénie)
Catalan: control remot m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遙控 / 遥控 (zh) (yáokòng), 遠程控制 / 远程控制
Czech: dálkové ovládání
Danish: fjernstyring (da), fjernbetjening (da)
Finnish: kauko-ohjaus (fi)
Georgian: დისტანციური მართვა (disṭanciuri martva)
German: Fernsteuerung (de) f
Hungarian: távirányítás (hu), távvezérlés (hu)
Japanese: 遠隔操作 (ja) (えんかくそうさ, enkaku sōsa)
Korean: 원격조작(遠隔操作) (ko) (won'gyeokjojak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjernkontroll (no) m fjernstyring m or f

Nynorsk: fjernkontroll m
Polish: zdalne sterowanie n
Portuguese: controle remoto m
Romanian: teleghidaj (ro) n
Russian: дистанцио́нное управле́ние (ru) n (distanciónnoje upravlénije)
Spanish: control remoto (es) m
Swedish: fjärrstyrning (sv) c
Ukrainian: дистанці́йне керува́ння n (dystancíjne keruvánnja)
Welsh: rheolaeth bell f

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