Meanings
nounsatellite dish (plural satellite dishes)
plural satellite dishes
- A parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.
Translations
Catalan antena parabòlica
- antena parabòlicaparabolic antenna
Chinese Cantonese 鑊 /镬, 衛星鑊 /卫星镬
- 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶)parabolic antenna
- 衛星鑊 /卫星镬parabolic antenna
- 鑊形天線 /镬形天线parabolic antenna
Chinese Mandarin 衛星天線 /卫星天线
- 衛星天線 /卫星天线 (wèixīng tiānxiàn)parabolic antenna
Danish parabol, parabolantenne
- parabolparabolic antenna
- parabolantenneparabolic antenna
Dutch schotel, satellietschotel
- schotelparabolic antenna
- satellietschotelparabolic antenna
- schotelantenneparabolic antenna
Finnish satelliittiantenni, lautasantenni
- satelliittiantenniparabolic antenna
- lautasantenniparabolic antenna
French antenne parabolique
- antenne paraboliqueparabolic antenna
German Parabolantenne, Satellitenschüssel
- Parabolantenneparabolic antenna
- Satellitenschüsselparabolic antenna
Greek δορυφορικό πιάτο
- δορυφορικό πιάτο (doryforikó piáto)parabolic antenna
Irish mias satailíte
- mias satailíteparabolic antenna
Italian antenna parabolica, parabola
- antenna parabolicaparabolic antenna
- parabolaparabolic antenna
- parabolicaparabolic antenna
Korean 위성 안테나
- 위성 안테나 (wiseong antena)parabolic antenna
Norwegian Bokmål parabolantenne
- parabolantenneparabolic antenna
Persian آنتن ماهواره, دیش
- آنتن ماهواره (ânten-e mâhvâre)parabolic antenna
- دیش (diš)parabolic antenna
Polish antena satelitarna, talerz
- antena satelitarnaparabolic antenna
- talerzparabolic antenna
Portuguese parabólica, antena parabólica
- parabólicaparabolic antenna
- antena parabólicaparabolic antenna
Russian спутниковая анте́нна
- спутниковая анте́нна (sputnikovaja anténna)parabolic antenna
Spanish antena parabólica
- antena parabólicaparabolic antenna
Swedish parabol, parabolantenn
- parabolparabolic antenna
- parabolantennparabolic antenna
Vietnamese chảo vệ tinh, chảo
- chảo vệ tinhparabolic antenna
- chảoparabolic antenna
Welsh dysgl loeren
- dysgl loerenparabolic antenna
Cite this entry
APA
satellite dish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satellite%20dish
MLA
“satellite dish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satellite%20dish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “satellite dish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satellite%20dish.
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