telephone
Значение
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- A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
- The receiver of such a device.
- The game of Chinese whispers.
- Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person.
Частота
Пишется через дефис как
tel‧e‧phone
Произносится как (IPA)
/ˈ tɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/
Этимология
First used by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to refer to the modern instrument, but previous devices had been given this name, which was borrowed from French téléphone. Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
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