telephonelike

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adjective

Resembling a telephone or something associated with a telephone

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English telephone →
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Meanings

adjectivetelephonelike (comparative more telephonelike, superlative most telephonelike)

comparative more telephonelike · superlative most telephonelike

  1. Resembling a telephone or something associated with a telephone

    So, for instance, a very telephonelike number, 880-1545, is listed next to the three-piece chicken meal combo, […]

    2008 December 19, Jim Dwyer, “Now on the Menu, Full Disclosure, and It’s Not Appetizing”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Frenchtélé-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  4. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  5. Frenchtéléphone
  6. Englishtelephone
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. Englishtelephonelike

From telephone + -like.

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APA

telephonelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephonelike

MLA

“telephonelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephonelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telephonelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephonelike.

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