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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

telephonelike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English telephonelike From telephone + -like.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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most telephonelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more telephonelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic