Meanings
plural radiotelephones · alternative radio-telephone · alternative radio telephone
- A device that allows two-way communication by means of a radio.
The patrol cop with the radiotelephone remained outside the bar, as the rest of the cops entered the club shouting: "Police! We're taking the place!"
2006 May 25, Leslie Feinberg, “Cops raid the Stonewall Inn”, in Workers World - Synonym of mobile phone
Synonyms: mobile phone
present singular third person radiotelephones · participle present radiotelephoning · participle past radiotelephoned · past radiotelephoned · alternative radio-telephone · alternative radio telephone
- transitiveTo communicate by means of such a device.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of mobile phone
More synonyms by meaning
nountelephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
nouna telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 无线电话
- 无线电话 (wúxiàn diànhuà)device
Finnish radiopuhelin
- radiopuhelindevice
French radiotéléphone
- radiotéléphonedevice
Hungarian rádiótelefon
- rádiótelefondevice
Indonesian telepon radio
- telepon radiodevice
Italian radiotelefono
- radiotelefonodevice
Spanish radioteléfono
- radioteléfonodevice
Tagalog hatinig-diglap
- hatinig-diglapdevice
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
radiotelephone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotelephone
“radiotelephone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotelephone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiotelephone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiotelephone.
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