Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radio-telephone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dio-tele-phone
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of radiotelephone.

Example Sentences

"Another interesting feature of the Falaise is that she is provided with a Denny Brown stabiliser to minimise rolling, and amenities for the passenger include the provision of a radio telephone service, which is available on passage."
"Recently the L.M.R., in conjunction with Pye Telecommunications and the G.P.O., has been conducting trials between Crewe, Lancaster, Birkenhead, Liverpool and Manchester with a brakevan fitted up with radio-telephone equipment and beamed on G.P.O. radio-telephone stations in the Manchester and Liverpool area."
"In accordance with Southampton Docks practice for shunting engines during the past four years, a radio-telephone in the cab allows two-way conversation with the Dock Traffic Control Office."

Inflected Forms

radio-telephones (plural)

Questions

What does radio-telephone mean?: Alternative form of radiotelephone.

How to pronounce radio-telephone

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