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telephonic

adj · 2 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.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to telephony

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • telephonic connection

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telephonic From telephone + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَاتِفِيّ (hātifiyy) — of or relating to telephony
  • Arabic: تِلِفُونِيّ (tilifūniyy) — of or relating to telephony
  • Belarusian: тэлефо́нны (teljefónny) — of or relating to telephony
  • Bulgarian: телефо́нен (telefónen) — of or relating to telephony
  • Catalan: telefònic — of or relating to telephony
  • Czech: telefonický — of or relating to telephony
  • Esperanto: telefona — of or relating to telephony
  • French: téléphonique — of or relating to telephony
  • German: telefonisch — of or relating to telephony
  • Italian: telefonico — of or relating to telephony
  • Latvian: teleonisks — of or relating to telephony
  • Latvian: telefona — of or relating to telephony
  • Manx: çhellvaneagh — of or relating to telephony
  • Polish: telefoniczny — of or relating to telephony
  • Russian: телефо́нный (telefónnyj) — of or relating to telephony
  • Slovak: telefonický — of or relating to telephony
  • Spanish: telefónico — of or relating to telephony
  • Swedish: telefonisk — of or relating to telephony
  • Ukrainian: телефо́нний (telefónnyj) — of or relating to telephony