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radome

/ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/noun

radome is a noun meaning “Synonym of radar dome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-D-O-M-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of radome is radomes.

What does radome mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Synonym of radar dome.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce radome?

  • UK /ˈɹeɪ.dəʊm/
  • US /ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/

Radome has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of radome

  • radomes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is radome?

Radome appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does radome come from?

Blend of radar + dome. First attested in the 1940s.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).