Home › Words › E › electrophoneelectrophoneelectrophone means any instrument designed to create sounds using electric currents.EtymologyFrom electro- + -phone.nounany instrument designed to create sounds using electric currentsDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archeophone 70% match — A modern, electric version of a phonograph or Ediphone from the early 20th century vs electrophone →electrophonically 68% match — in an electrophonic way vs electrophone →encephalophone 64% match — Synonym of electroencephalophone. vs electrophone →automatophone 64% match — Any musical instrument that operates by mechanical means. vs electrophone →electrophonic 63% match — relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable) vs electrophone →electromusical 62% match — Of or relating to music produced by electrical devices. vs electrophone →telharmony 62% match — music played and transmitted by telharmonium vs electrophone →luminaphone 61% match — A kind of organ whose keys project light beams through perforated revolving disks onto selenium cells in order to produce electrical vibrations that generate the sound. vs electrophone →