Tom called Mary on a walkie talkie.
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Talkie
//ˈtɔːki//
Synonyms for "talkie" (44 found)
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10 translations across 8 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- խոսուն շարժապատկեր noun (movie with sound)
- հբչուն կինո noun (movie with sound)
French
1 entries- film parlant noun (movie with sound)
German
1 entries- Tonfilm noun (movie with sound)
Hungarian
1 entries- hangosfilm noun (movie with sound)
Icelandic
1 entries- talmynd noun (movie with sound)
Nanai
1 entries- хэсэку кино noun (movie with sound)
Swedish
2 entries- ljudfilm noun (movie with sound)
- talfilm noun (movie with sound)
Telugu
1 entries- టాకీ noun (movie with sound)
Sample sentences
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She watched an English talkie from the 1930s, and she was fascinated by how the language and technology have evolved since then.
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On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
Source: wiktionary
“We have just returned from the talkies.” “They should never have added sound. There was pop music and people talking all the way through it.”
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