"telephonelike" meaning in English

See telephonelike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more telephonelike [comparative], most telephonelike [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English telephonelike From telephone + -like. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|telephone|-like|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English telephonelike [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "telephone", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "télé-", "lang" : "fr" }, { "id" : "sound", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "sound", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*pʰōnā́", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "speak", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φωνή", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-phone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "téléphone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telephone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-like", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-like", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telephonelike", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="telephonelike"> From telephone + -like. Head templates: {{en-adj}} telephonelike (comparative more telephonelike, superlative most telephonelike)
  1. Resembling a telephone or something associated with a telephone
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