talkie-walkie
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French talkie-walkie.
Noun
talkie-walkie (plural talkie-walkies)
- (non-native speakers' English) A walkie-talkie.
- 1996 August 14, Philippe Cadic, “Can We modify GSM to be talkie walkies ? How”, in alt.cellular-phone-tech, Usenet, retrieved 2022-06-04:
- 1997 December 21, Madjid BOUKRI, “ANTENNA LENGTH”, in rec.radio.amateur.misc, Usenet, retrieved 2022-06-04:
- Mr "secret agent" who carries a talkie-walkie that is not really a talkie-walkie (stupid guy boasting about his VHF as if it was a 48 caliber on his Web Page!!)
- 2003 April 30, alex, “Discrete Wireless mp3 player How to”, in sci.electronics.components, Usenet, retrieved 2022-06-04:
- But they seem to be designed to work with talkie-walkies. I remind i do not need a talkie-walkie as my transmitter (noone has to talk to me ) but a input jack for the transmitter. It is the mp3 player that plays music. Unless there are talkie-walkies with jack input?
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French
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, inversion of English walkie-talkie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to.ki.wo.ki/, /tɔ.ki.wɔ.ki/
Audio (file)
Noun
talkie-walkie m (plural talkie-walkies)
- (Europe) walkie-talkie
Further reading
- “talkie-walkie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French talkie-walkie.
Noun
talkie-walkie n (uncountable)
- walkie-talkie
Declension
declension of talkie-walkie (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) talkie-walkie | talkie-walkieul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) talkie-walkie | talkie-walkieului |
| vocative | talkie-walkieule | |