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autophone

autophone noun: idiophone.

Noun

autophone (plural autophones)

  1. (archaic) idiophone

Proper noun capitalized: Autophone

Autophone (plural Autophones)

  1. A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.
  2. Several brands of telephones and phone services.
  3. A very early brand of table-top mechanical organette using a punched card to operate the music mechanism.

Forms of autophone

Noun
pluralautophones
Proper noun
pluralAutophones

Origin of autophone

From auto- + -phone.

Questions about autophone

What does autophone mean?
Autophone means idiophone.
What part of speech is autophone?
Autophone can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of autophone?
The plural of autophone is autophones.

Words near autophone in the dictionary

  1. autophilia
  2. autophobia
  3. autophobic
  4. autophobicity
  5. autophoby
  6. autophone
  7. autophones
  8. autophonia
  9. autophonic
  10. autophonoscope
  11. autophonoscopes

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