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stylophone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: stīʹləfōn
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪləfəʊn/

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noun

Meaning 1

A small synthesizer operated using a stylus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From stylo- + -phone.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: stylofoni — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • French: stylophone — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Hebrew: סטיילופון (stilofon) — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Italian: stilofono — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Japanese: スタイロフォン (sutairofon) — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Polish: stylofon — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Russian: стилофо́н (stilofón) — small synthesizer operated using a stylus
  • Welsh: steiloffôn — small synthesizer operated using a stylus