hygiaphone
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French
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Etymology
[edit]From hygiène + -phone. From ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “speech”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hygiaphone m (plural hygiaphones)
- grill, transparent, perforated two-way communication device - at a ticket counter etc.
- 2003, Erik Orsenna, “16-3”, in Madame Bâ, Fayard:
- Ces hygiaphones percés de petits trous pour les mots et d’un plus vaste pour les papiers.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)