"telephonic" meaning in English

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Adjective

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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|telephone|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "telephone", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷelh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τῆλε", "gloss" : "far away", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "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 suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telephonic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="telephonic"> From telephone + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} telephonic (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: nontelephonic, pretelephonic, radiotelephonic, telephonically, transtelephonic Related terms: telephone, telephony Translations (of or relating to telephony): هَاتِفِيّ (hātifiyy) (Arabic), تِلِفُونِيّ (tilifūniyy) (Arabic), тэлефо́нны (teljefónny) (Belarusian), телефо́нен (telefónen) (Bulgarian), telefònic (Catalan), telefonický (Czech), telefona (Esperanto), téléphonique (French), telefonisch (German), telefonico (Italian), teleonisks (Latvian), telefona (Latvian), çhellvaneagh (Manx), telefoniczny (Polish), телефо́нный (telefónnyj) (Russian), telefonický (Slovak), telefónico (Spanish), telefonisk (Swedish), телефо́нний (telefónnyj) (Ukrainian)
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "telephone"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephony"
    }
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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              17,
              27
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          "ref": "1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New \"Rheingold\"”, in Modern Railways, page 25:",
          "text": "There is two-way telephonic communication between kitchen, scullery, buffet and staff in the corridor between buffet and dining saloon.",
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        "Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony."
      ],
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        ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "hātifiyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "هَاتِفِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "tilifūniyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "تِلِفُونِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "teljefónny",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "тэлефо́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "telefónen",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "телефо́нен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefònic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefonický"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefona"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "téléphonique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefonisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefonico"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "teleonisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefona"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "çhellvaneagh"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefoniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "telefónnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "телефо́нный"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefonický"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefónico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "telefonisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "telefónnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to telephony",
      "word": "телефо́нний"
    }
  ],
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}

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