telephony

English

Etymology

From telephone +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /təˈlɛf.ə.ni/

Noun

telephony (usually uncountable, plural telephonies)

1. The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
2. The study and application of telephone technology.

Translations

act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܼܛܵܡܠܝܼܠܘܼܬܵܐ‎ f (ḳuṭamlīluta)
• Catalan: telefonia (ca) f
• Danish: telefoni c
• Dutch: telefonie (nl) f
• Finnish: puhelintekniikka
• Galician: telefonía f
• German: Telefonie (de) f, Fernsprechwesen (de) n
• Greek: τηλεφωνία (el) (tilefonía)
• Irish: teileafónaíocht f
• Italian: telefonia (it) f
• Kazakh: телефония (telefoniä)
• Latvian: telefonija f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: telefoni (no) m

  Nynorsk: telefoni m

• Portuguese: telefonia (pt) f
• Romanian: telefonie (ro) f
• Russian: телефони́я (ru) f (telefoníja)
• Spanish: telefonía (es) f
• Swedish: telefoni (sv)

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