Meanings
nounrotary phone (plural rotary phones)
plural rotary phones
- communicationsA telephone with a rotary dial.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan telèfon de disc
- telèfon de discrotary dial telephone
Chinese Mandarin 旋轉號盤電話機 /旋转号盘电话机
- 旋轉號盤電話機 /旋转号盘电话机 (xuánzhuǎn hàopán diànhuàjī)rotary dial telephone
Czech rotační telefon
- rotační telefonrotary dial telephone
Finnish kiekkopuhelin
- kiekkopuhelinrotary dial telephone
French téléphone à cadran
- téléphone à cadranrotary dial telephone
German Wählscheibentelefon
- Wählscheibentelefonrotary dial telephone
Icelandic skífusími
- skífusímirotary dial telephone
Polish telefon z tarczą numerową
- telefon z tarczą numerowąrotary dial telephone
Portuguese telefone de disco
- telefone de discorotary dial telephone
Spanish teléfono de disco
- teléfono de discorotary dial telephone
Swedish snurrtelefon
- snurrtelefonrotary dial telephone
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rotary phone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotary%20phone
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“rotary phone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotary%20phone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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