téléphone
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téléphone m (pl.: téléphones)
IPA: /te.le.fɔn/
(1809) composto da télé- (dal greco antico τηλε-, τῆλε cioè "lontano") e -phone (dal greco antico ϕωνή ossia "suono"); significa quindi "suono a distanza"[1]
CNRTL, Dictionnaire de l’Académie française ottava edizione (1932-1935), online su cnrtl.fr