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dictaphone

UK/ˈdɪktəfəʊn/

dictaphone noun: a dictation machine.

Noun

dictaphone (plural dictaphones)

  1. A dictation machine.

dictaphone meaning in Tamil

dictaphone in Tamil

பேச்சுப்பன்னி

Forms of dictaphone

pluraldictaphones

Origin of dictaphone

Early 20th century, originally a trademarked name for a type of dictation machine, presumably from dictate and -phone.

Words formed from dictaphone

Questions about dictaphone

What does dictaphone mean?
Dictaphone means a dictation machine.
What is dictaphone in Tamil?
Dictaphone in Tamil is பேச்சுப்பன்னி. See Dictaphone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dictaphone?
Dictaphone is a noun.
How do you pronounce dictaphone?
Dictaphone is pronounced /ˈdɪktəfəʊn/ (UK).
What is the plural of dictaphone?
The plural of dictaphone is dictaphones.

Words near dictaphone in the dictionary

  1. dictamens
  2. dictamina
  3. dictamnine
  4. dictamnus
  5. dictamnuses
  6. dictaphone
  7. dictaphones
  8. dictaphonic
  9. dictat
  10. dictatable
  11. dictate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dictaphone (page history and authors); dictaphone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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