knapptelefon
Swedish
Etymology
knapp (“button”) + telefon (“telephone”), at least since 1973, probably a decade older; virtually obsolete around 2000, when dial telephones were no longer used; then revived again after the introduction in 2007 of the smartphone
Noun
knapptelefon c
- a push-button telephone, keypad telephone, a fixed-line telephone that does not have a rotary dial
- a featurephone, a mobile telephone (after the 2007 introduction of the iPhone) that is not a smartphone
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | knapptelefon | knapptelefons |
| definite | knapptelefonen | knapptelefonens | |
| plural | indefinite | knapptelefoner | knapptelefoners |
| definite | knapptelefonerna | knapptelefonernas |
Synonyms
- knappsatstelefon
- knappvalstelefon
Antonyms
- fingerskivstelefon
- pekmobil
- smarttelefon
References
- knapptelefon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- knapptelefon in Eriterm : femspråkig ordlista för telekommunikation (1992)
- knappsatstelefon, knapptelefon in Ingvar E. Gullberg, Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning (1977)