Dictionary

videophone en · NOUN

Etymology

From video- + phone.

Meanings

1. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.
2. (dated) A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions. ▸ A cell phone with such capability. Used to distinguish from stills-only camera cell phones and camera-less cell phones.

Forms

Coordinates

internet appliance · internet appliance · smartphone · camera phone · email appliance · photophone · fax machine · pager · feature phone · videotext terminal · email appliance · beeper · feature phone · beeper · smartphone · fax machine · photophone · videotext terminal · pager

Synonyms

vidphone · visionphone · visionphone · vidphone · picturephone · viewphone · picturephone · viewphone

Translations (21)

da videotelefon (type of telephone) · pt videofone (type of telephone) · fi videopuhelin (type of telephone) · cmn 可視電話 /可视电话 (type of telephone) · de Bildtelefon (type of telephone) · nn videotelefon (type of telephone) · hu videotelefon (type of telephone) · cy fideoffon (type of telephone) · cmn 電視電話 /电视电话 (type of telephone) · es videófono (type of telephone) · ko 비디오폰 (type of telephone) · pl wideofon (type of telephone) · cmn 視頻電話 /视频电话 (type of telephone) · nb videotelefon (type of telephone) · ga físeafón (type of telephone) · it videotelefono (type of telephone) · ko 영상전화 (type of telephone) · ja テレビ電話 (type of telephone) · nl beeldtelefoon (type of telephone) · cmn 視像電話 /视像电话 (type of telephone) · fr visiophone (type of telephone)