Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pallophotophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-lopho-to-phone
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device that records sounds on photographic film.

Etymology

Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)

Inflected Forms

pallophotophones (plural)

Questions

What does pallophotophone mean?: A device that records sounds on photographic film.
Where does pallophotophone come from?: Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)

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