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telephonelike

adj

Etymology

From telephone + -like.

  1. borrowed from téléphone — “kind of megaphone; system of communication using musical notes”
  2. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻ — “to say; to speak”
  3. derived from φωνή — “sound; voice”
  4. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻ — “to turn end-over-end; to revolve around; hence, to dwell, sojourn”
  5. derived from τῆλε — “afar, far away, far off”
  6. suffixed as telephonelike — “telephone + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a telephone or something associated with a telephone

    • So, for instance, a very telephonelike number, 880-1545, is listed next to the three-piece chicken meal combo, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA