"rotary phone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rotary phones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotary phone (plural rotary phones)
  1. (telephony) A telephone with a rotary dial. Wikidata QID: Q47519477 Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (rotary dial telephone): telèfon de disc [masculine] (Catalan), 旋轉號盤電話機 (Chinese Mandarin), 旋转号盘电话机 (xuánzhuǎn hàopán diànhuàjī) (Chinese Mandarin), rotační telefon (Czech), kiekkopuhelin (Finnish), téléphone à cadran [masculine] (French), Wählscheibentelefon (German), skífusími (Icelandic), telefone de disco [masculine] (Portuguese), teléfono de disco [masculine] (Spanish)

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