🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

teléfono radio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: te-le-fo-no ra-dio

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radio Telephone/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ ˈtɛl.ɪ.foʊn/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El equipo de rescate utilizó un teléfono radio para comunicarse."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A communication device that transmits and receives sound via radio waves.

    "The rescue team used a radio telephone to communicate with the base camp."
  2. 2

    A type of telephone that operates using radio signals instead of traditional wired connections.

    "During the expedition, they relied on a radio telephone for long-distance communication."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'radio' originates from the Latin word 'radius', meaning 'ray' or 'beam', and was first used in the early 20th century to describe wireless communication. 'Telephone' comes from the Greek words 'tele', meaning 'far', and 'phone', meaning 'voice' or 'sound', which was coined in the late 19th century.

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