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 Definitions of phone  [ʊn]  

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Definition of 'phone' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) phone
telephone.

2. (n.) phone
a single speech sound.

Etymology:  (1865–70; < Gk phōnē voice)

Definition of 'phone' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) telephone, phone, telephone set
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
"I talked to him on the telephone"

2. (noun) phone, speech sound, sound
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

3. (noun) earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

4. (verb) call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
"I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"


Definition of 'phone' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) phone
a telephone
The phone was ringing.; Could you answer the phone?; Just a minute, I'm on the phone.; Order on the web or by phone.

2. (verb) phone
to call sb using a telephone
I'll phone him tomorrow.


Definition of 'phone' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  phone
Colloquial abbreviation for telephone.


Translation of 'phone' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a telephone
We were talking on the phone.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: foon Arabic flag Arabic: هاتِف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тлефон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: telefone Czech flag Czech: telefon German flag German: das Telefon
Danish flag Danish: telefon Greek flag Greek: τηλέφωο Spanish flag Spanish: teléfono
Estonian flag Estonian: telefon Farsi flag Farsi: تلفن Finnish flag Finnish: puhelin
French flag French: téléphone Hebrew flag Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: टेलीफोन
Croatian flag Croatian: telefon Hungarian flag Hungarian: telefon Indonesian flag Indonesian: telepon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sími Italian flag Italian: telefono Japanese flag Japanese: 電話
Korean flag Korean: 전화기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: telefonas Latvian flag Latvian: telefons
Malay flag Malay: telefon Dutch flag Dutch: telefoon Norwegian flag Norwegian: telefon(apparat)
Polish flag Polish: telefon Persian flag Persian: تلفن Pashto flag Pashto: تيلفون، اّواز، تيلفون كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: telefone Romanian flag Romanian: telefon Russian flag Russian: телефон
Slovak flag Slovak: telefón Slovenian flag Slovenian: telefon Serbian flag Serbian: telefon
Swedish flag Swedish: telefon Thai flag Thai: โทรศัพท์ Turkish flag Turkish: telefon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 電話機 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: телефон Urdu flag Urdu: فون
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: điện thoại Chinese flag Chinese: 电话机

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