Meanings
adjectiveradiophonic (not comparable)
- not comparableDescribing sound effects created to accompany radio broadcasts as background music.
- not comparableDescribing a type of sound art practice that extends the established radio drama and documentary form by the use of sonic abstractions.
- not comparableobsoleteOf or pertaining to the radiophone.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or by means of radiotelephony
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Origin
* radio- + -phonic * (sound art practice): Perhaps first used by Pierre Schaeffer in his Essai Radiophoniques and subsequently taken up by the BBC to describe their famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan radiofònic
- radiofònicof or pertaining to the radiophone
Polish radiofoniczny, radiofoniczny
- radiofonicznyDescribing sound effects created to accompany radio broadcasts
- radiofonicznyof or pertaining to the radiophone
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APA
radiophonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophonic
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“radiophonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophonic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiophonic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophonic.
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