magnetotelephone
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) An early telephone with a diaphragm of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire. Its vibrations produce corresponding currents in the wire by induction.
Etymology
Prefix from English telephone.
Origin
English
telephone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- answerphone English
- antitelephone English
- monotelephone English
- radiotelephone English
- telephonable English
- telephone English
- telephoneless English
- telephonelike English
- telephoner English
- telephonic English
- telephonist English
- telephonophobia English
- telephonophobic English
- telephony English
- untelephoned English
- videotelephone English
- téléphone French
- téléphoner French
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- テレクラ Japanese
- テレフォン Japanese
- テレホン Japanese
- teileafón Irish
- टेलीफ़ोन Hindi
- telefonar Ido
- టెలిఫోను Telugu
- telefon Malay
- တယ်လီဖုန်း Burmese
- telefon Albanian
- טעלעפֿאָן Yiddish
- טלפון Hebrew (modern)
- 德律風 Chinese
- টেলিফোন Bengali
- talboon Marshallese
- telefon Tok Pisin
- telipon Tok Pisin
- terepōno Maori
- terewhōno Maori
- talipun Brunei Malay
- delepwohn Pohnpeian
- ꤓꤢꤧ꤬ꤜꤤ꤬ꤖꤥ꤭ Western Kayah