videophone

American  

[vid-ee-oh-fohn] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌfoʊn /

noun

1. a telephone that transmits and receives both voice and video, in the form of sequenced still images, between dedicated hardware devices.

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videophone British  

/ ˈvɪdɪəˌfəʊn, ˌvɪdɪəˈfɒnɪk /

noun

1. a telephonic device in which there is both verbal and visual communication between parties

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Other Word Forms

• videophonic adjective

Etymology

Origin of videophone

First recorded in 1950–55; video + (tele)phone

Example Sentences

In an emotional interchange over the videophone last night, her son David had tried to dissuade her.

From Seattle Times

That includes Oculus, which focuses on VR games and headsets; Spark AR, Facebook’s phone-based AR system; and the Portal videophone.

From The Verge

The bit people always remember best about David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, which was published in 1996, is the futuristic imagining about the videophone: people would hate them, he predicted.

From The Guardian

And she stays connected with older relatives on the phone, but is unable to see their faces as they do not have videophone facilities.

From BBC

And if you’re lucky, you might find a laptop or other device with a built-in cover — like the sadly departed Asus Eee PC 1018P or the much newer Facebook Portal videophone.

From The Verge