videophone

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videophone

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From video- + phone.

noun videophones

  1. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.

    Similar: vidphone, viewphone, picturephone, visionphone

  2. dated A cell phone with such capability. Used to distinguish from stills-only camera cell phones and camera-less cell phones.

    Similar: vidphone, viewphone, picturephone, visionphone

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noun type of telephone

Españolvideófono
한국어비디오폰 bidiopon, 영상전화 yeongsangjeonhwa
日本語テレビ電話 terebi denwa
中文視頻電話 /视频电话 shìpín diànhuà, 電視電話 /电视电话 diànshì diànhuà, 可視電話 /可视电话 kěshì diànhuà, 視像電話 /视像电话 shìxiàng diànhuà
Portuguêsvideofone
Françaisvisiophone
DeutschBildtelefon
Italianovideotelefono

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"videophone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/videophone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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videophone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/videophone

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"videophone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/videophone.

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@misc{videophone_2026,
  title = {videophone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/videophone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}