knapptelefon
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a push-button telephone, keypad telephone, a fixed-line telephone that does not have a rotary dial
- a featurephone, a mobile telephone (after the 2007 introduction of the iPhone) that is not a smartphone
Etymology
Compound from Swedish knapp (button, scarce) + Swedish telefon.
Origin
Swedish
telefon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nappi Finnish
- knapp Swedish
- knappologi Swedish
- knappsats Swedish
- knäppa Swedish
- kommandoknapp Swedish
- musknapp Swedish
- ordknapp Swedish
- telefon Swedish
- telefoni Swedish
- telefonsamtal Swedish
- telefonsladd Swedish
- knap Middle Low German