telephony

Questions about telephony

What does telephony mean?

telephony means "transmitting speech at a distance".

How many syllables are in telephony?

telephony has 4 syllables: tel-e-pho-ny. The stress falls on "tel". In IPA it is /ˈtɛləˌfoʊni/.

What is another word for telephony?

Close synonyms include telephone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is telephony a common word?

telephony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with telephony?

2 words rhyme with telephony. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.