reload

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ load.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈləʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

  • Rhymes: -əʊd
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːləʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

reload (third-person singular simple present reloads, present participle reloading, simple past and past participle reloaded)

1. To load (something) again.
   • 2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice:

     If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

   • 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:

     The train has only a short distance left to its destination at Swinden Quarry, where the wagons will be reloaded.

   1. (computing) To refresh a copy of a program etc. in memory or of a web page etc. on screen
   2. (firearms) To load a gun again; or recharge a used cartridge.
   3. (music) To replay music in a DJ set.
      • 2013 February 15, “Reload” (track 3), in The Ascent‎^[1], performed by Wiley, Ms D, and Chip:

        We're gonna make the stars come out tonight. So why don't you reload,reload, re reload the music?

      • 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor‎^[2], performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):

        [Verse 2:Kano]: […] Mad, reload ting. Pop, pop, pop that's a reload ting. And when I say "It's Kano in the house", everybody knows that's a reload ting.

Translations

to load (something) again

• Bulgarian: натоварвам отново (natovarvam otnovo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新加載 / 重新加载 (chóngxīn jiāzǎi)

• Dutch: herladen (nl)
• Finnish: ladata uudelleen
• French: recharger (fr)
• Hungarian: újratölt (hu), újra megtölt/megrak
• Japanese: 入れ直す (いれなおす, irenaosu)
• Manx: aalught
• Russian: нагружа́ть сно́ва impf (nagružátʹ snóva), нагрузи́ть сно́ва pf (nagruzítʹ snóva)
• Spanish: recargar (es)
• Swedish: ladda om

to refresh a copy of a program in memory or of a web page on screen

• Catalan: recarregar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新加載 / 重新加载 (chóngxīn jiāzǎi)

• Danish: genindlæse
• Finnish: ladata uudelleen
• French: rafraîchir (fr)
• German: aktualisieren (de)
• Hungarian: újratölt (hu)
• Japanese: リロードする (rirōdo suru), 再読み込みする (さいよみこみする, saiyomikomi suru)
• Portuguese: atualizar (pt), recarregar
• Russian: перезагружа́ть (ru) impf (perezagružátʹ), перезагрузи́ть (ru) pf (perezagruzítʹ), обновля́ть (ru) impf (obnovljátʹ), обнови́ть (ru) pf (obnovítʹ)
• Spanish: recargar (es), actualizar (es)
• Swedish: ladda om

load a gun or cartridge again

• Bulgarian: презареждам (prezareždam)
• Danish: lade (da) igen
• Dutch: herladen (nl)
• German: nachladen (de)
• Greek: αναγομώνω (el) (anagomóno)
• Hungarian: újra megtölt, újratölt (hu)
• Italian: ricaricare (it)
• Macedonian: репети́ра (repetíra)
• Norman: r'chèrgi
• Russian: перезаряжа́ть (ru) impf (perezarjažátʹ), перезаряди́ть (ru) pf (perezarjadítʹ)
• Spanish: chambonear (es) (Puerto Rico)
• Swedish: ladda om

Noun

reload (plural reloads)

1. The process by which something is reloaded.

   Each reload of the weapon took about 30 seconds.

2. (firearms) An ammunition cartridge prepared from previously fired ammunition.
3. (music) A repeated track on a DJ set.

Derived terms

• New York reload

Anagrams

• loader, ordeal, Eldora, Laredo, Loader, Rodela