"radiotelephone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: radiotelephones [plural]
Etymology: radio + telephone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|radio|telephone}} radio + telephone Head templates: {{en-noun}} radiotelephone (plural radiotelephones)
  1. a device that allows two-way communication via radio. Related terms: radiotelephony Translations (device): 无线电话 (wúxiàn diànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), radiopuhelin (Finnish), radiotéléphone [masculine] (French), rádiótelefon (Hungarian), radiotelefono [masculine] (Italian), hatinig-diglap (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-radiotelephone-en-noun-awZGjo4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: radio-telephone

Verb

Forms: radiotelephones [present, singular, third-person], radiotelephoning [participle, present], radiotelephoned [participle, past], radiotelephoned [past]
Etymology: radio + telephone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|radio|telephone}} radio + telephone Head templates: {{en-verb}} radiotelephone (third-person singular simple present radiotelephones, present participle radiotelephoning, simple past and past participle radiotelephoned)
  1. To communicate via such a device Related terms: CB radio, walkie-talkie
    Sense id: en-radiotelephone-en-verb-nO6Z8gRE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: radio-telephone

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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