telephony
English
/təˈlɛf.ə.ni/
noun
Definitions
- The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
- The study and application of telephone technology.
Etymology
Suffix from English telephone.
Origin
English
telephone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- answerphone English
- antitelephone English
- magnetotelephone English
- monotelephone English
- phototelephony English
- radiotelephone English
- radiotelephony English
- telephonable English
- telephone English
- telephoneless English
- telephonelike English
- telephoner English
- telephonic English
- telephonist English
- telephonophobia English
- telephonophobic English
- untelephoned English
- videotelephone English
- videotelephonic English
- videotelephony English
- téléphone French
- téléphoner French
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- テレクラ Japanese
- テレフォン Japanese
- テレホン Japanese
- teileafón Irish
- टेलीफ़ोन Hindi
- telefonar Ido
- టెలిఫోను Telugu
- telefon Malay
- တယ်လီဖုန်း Burmese
- telefon Albanian
- טעלעפֿאָן Yiddish
- טלפון Hebrew (modern)
- 德律風 Chinese
- টেলিফোন Bengali
- talboon Marshallese
- telefon Tok Pisin
- telipon Tok Pisin
- terepōno Maori
- terewhōno Maori
- talipun Brunei Malay
- delepwohn Pohnpeian
- ꤓꤢꤧ꤬ꤜꤤ꤬ꤖꤥ꤭ Western Kayah