[alsoT-]Brit. public-address system
Origin of tannoy
from Tannoy, a trademarkTannoy
tan·noy
noun
Tannoy is a trademark for a British public address system.
An example of a Tannoy is a way of getting a message out to everyone in a large building in Britain.
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Noun
(plural tannoys)
- (UK, colloquial) a public address system
Origin
A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company.
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