knapptelefon

Swedish

1. Knapptelefon (1969)

2. Knapptelefon (2007)

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

1. a push-button telephone, keypad telephone, a fixed-line telephone that does not have a rotary dial
2. a featurephone, a mobile telephone (after the 2007 introduction of the iPhone) that is not a smartphone

Declension

Declension of knapptelefon

		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)