🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

conduttore radiofonico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: conduttore radiofonico

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radio jockey/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ ˌdʒɑː.ki/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il conduttore radiofonico ha intervistato un famoso cantante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An announcer on a radio station who introduces and plays recorded music, reads advertisements, and talks to listeners.

    "The popular radio jockey entertained morning commuters with witty banter and popular songs."
  2. 2

    A person who hosts an entertainment program on commercial or public radio broadcasts.

    "She started her career as a late-night music radio jockey before moving into television."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'radio', originating from Latin 'radius' (ray, spoke) via telegraphy terms, and 'jockey', an abbreviation of 'jocky', a diminutive of the given name Jock (Scottish for John). Originally used in the mid-20th century to describe individuals who 'jockeyed' or maneuvered the phonograph records and audio equipment in a radio broadcast studio.

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