electrophone

noun

elec·​tro·​phone

plural electrophones

: any of a class of musical instruments (such as a synthesizer or electric organ) whose sound is generated electronically compare aerophone, chordophone, idiophone, lamellophone

electrophonic

⸗¦⸗⸗¦fänik

adjective

electrophonically

-nə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

electr- + -phone

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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