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1. (v.i.) phone
telephone.
2. (n.) phone
a single speech sound.
Etymology: (1865–70; < Gk phōnē voice)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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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.
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| Definition of 'phone' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. phone
Colloquial abbreviation for telephone.
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Sense: a telephone
We were talking on the phone.
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 Afrikaans: foon |
 Arabic: هاتِف |
 Bulgarian: тлефон |
 Brazilian: telefone |
 Czech: telefon |
 German: das Telefon |
 Danish: telefon |
 Greek: τηλέφωο |
 Spanish: teléfono |
 Estonian: telefon |
 Farsi: تلفن |
 Finnish: puhelin |
 French: téléphone |
 Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן |
 Hindi: टेलीफोन |
 Croatian: telefon |
 Hungarian: telefon |
 Indonesian: telepon |
 Icelandic: sími |
 Italian: telefono |
 Japanese: 電話 |
 Korean: 전화기 |
 Lithuanian: telefonas |
 Latvian: telefons |
 Malay: telefon |
 Dutch: telefoon |
 Norwegian: telefon(apparat) |
 Polish: telefon |
 Persian: تلفن |
 Pashto: تيلفون، اّواز، تيلفون كول |
 Portuguese: telefone |
 Romanian: telefon |
 Russian: телефон |
 Slovak: telefón |
 Slovenian: telefon |
 Serbian: telefon |
 Swedish: telefon |
 Thai: โทรศัพท์ |
 Turkish: telefon |
 Taiwanese: 電話機 |
 Ukrainian: телефон |
 Urdu: فون |
 Vietnamese: điện thoại |
 Chinese: 电话机 |
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