videotelephone

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noun

A videophone.

OriginEnglish telephone ← French téléphone ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) →
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Meanings

nounvideotelephone (plural videotelephones)

plural videotelephones

  1. A videophone.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Frenchtélé-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  11. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  12. Frenchtéléphone
  13. Englishtelephone
  14. Englishvideotelephone

From video- + telephone.

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APA

videotelephone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotelephone

MLA

“videotelephone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotelephone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “videotelephone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videotelephone.

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