Meanings
bluetooth1
present singular third person bluetooths · participle present bluetoothing · participle past bluetoothed · past bluetoothed
- Alternative letter-case form of Bluetooth.
Everyone’s bluetoothing each other the latest ring tones and pictures.
2010, Katie Taylor, chapter 32, in Confessions of a Teenager: The Diaries of Three Troubled Teens, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 922 more examples
If someone heard this, it was not merely a case of bluetoothing the song across, you had to go to the ringtone creator on your phone, edit the tune and then write down the instructions, in the form of key presses for your mate.
2011, Darrell Weston, Are you coming out today?, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 110Monitors were hooked up and they updated the patient’s vitals every five second, which were then bluetoothed to a large interactive smart board on the near wall in letters big enough for everyone to read easily.
2012, Ron Meyer, chapter 2, in Extinction, Roundfire Books, →ISBN, page 10
Bluetooth2
alternative bluetooth
- The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.
- trademarkcomputingAn short-range wireless technology standard for personal area networks.
present singular third person Bluetooths · participle present Bluetoothing · participle past Bluetoothed · past Bluetoothed · alternative bluetooth
- ambitransitivecomputingTo transmit or communicate by Bluetooth.
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 921 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁wos
- Proto-Germanic*blēwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*blā
- Late Latinblāvus
- Anglo-Normanble
- Middle Englishblew
- Englishblue
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
- Proto-Germanic*tanþs
- Proto-West Germanic*tanþ
- Old Englishtōþ
- Middle Englishtoth
- Englishtooth
- Old NorseBlátǫnn
- EnglishBluetooth
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.
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Arabic بُلُوتُوث, بْلُوتُوث
- بُلُوتُوث (bulūtūṯ)short-range wireless technology standard
- بْلُوتُوث (blūtūṯ)short-range wireless technology standard
Bulgarian блуту́т, блюту́т
- блуту́т (blutút)short-range wireless technology standard
- блюту́т (bljutút)short-range wireless technology standard
Chinese Cantonese 藍牙 /蓝牙
- 藍牙 /蓝牙 (laam⁴ ngaa⁴)short-range wireless technology standard
Chinese Mandarin 藍牙 /蓝牙
- 藍牙 /蓝牙 (Lányá)short-range wireless technology standard
Czech Bluetooth, Modrozub
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- ModrozubDanish king
Danish Bluetooth, Blåtand
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- BlåtandDanish king
Dutch Bluetooth, Blauwtand
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- BlauwtandDanish king
Esperanto Bludento
- Bludentoshort-range wireless technology standard
Estonian Sinihammas
- SinihammasDanish king
Finnish bluetooth, Sinihammas
- bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- SinihammasDanish king
French Bluetooth
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
German Bluetooth, Blauzahn
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- BlauzahnDanish king
Greek Κυανόδους
- Κυανόδους (Kyanódous)Danish king
Hebrew בלוטות׳
- בלוטות׳short-range wireless technology standard
Hindi ब्लूटूथ, नीलादाँत
- ब्लूटूथ (blūṭūth)short-range wireless technology standard
- नीलादाँत (nīlādā̃t)short-range wireless technology standard
Hungarian Bluetooth, Kékfogú
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- KékfogúDanish king
Icelandic Blátönn
- BlátönnDanish king
Irish Gormfhiacail
- GormfhiacailDanish king
Italian bluetooth, Dente Azzurro
- bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- Dente AzzurroDanish king
Japanese ブルートゥース, 青歯
- ブルートゥース (Burūtūsu)short-range wireless technology standard
- 青歯 (Aoba)short-range wireless technology standard
- 青歯王 (Seishi-ō)Danish king
Korean 블루투스, 푸른 이빨
- 블루투스 (Beullutuseu)short-range wireless technology standard
- 푸른 이빨 (pureun ippal)Danish king
Latvian Zilzobis
- ZilzobisDanish king
Lithuanian Mėlyndantis
- MėlyndantisDanish king
Persian بلوتوث
- بلوتوثshort-range wireless technology standard
Polish Bluetooth, Sinozęby
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
- SinozębyDanish king
Portuguese Bluetooth
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
Russian блюту́с, блюту́з
- блюту́с (bljutús)short-range wireless technology standard
- блюту́з (bljutúz)short-range wireless technology standard
- синезу́б (sinezúb)short-range wireless technology standard
- Синезу́бый (Sinezúbyj)Danish king
Slovak Modrozubý
- ModrozubýDanish king
Spanish Bluetooth
- Bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
Swedish blåtand, Blåtand
- blåtandshort-range wireless technology standard
- BlåtandDanish king
Tamil புளுடூத்
- புளுடூத் (puḷuṭūt)short-range wireless technology standard
Thai บลูทูธ
- บลูทูธ (bluu-tûut)short-range wireless technology standard
Ukrainian Синьозу́бий
- Синьозу́бий (Synʹozúbyj)Danish king
Vietnamese bluetooth
- bluetoothshort-range wireless technology standard
Yiddish בלו טוט
- בלו טוט (blu tut)short-range wireless technology standard
Cite this entry
bluetooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluetooth
“bluetooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluetooth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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