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English

Etymology 1
Shortening of telephone.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�fo�n/
SAMPA|/<tt>"foUn</tt>/
audio|en-us-phone.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n|-��n

Noun
en-noun

1. A device for transmitting sound in real time across distances.

Translations
trans-top|A device for transmitting sound (telephone)
Armenian: հեռախոս (he�a�os)
Chinese: ��/�話 (diàn huà)
Czech: telefon m
Dutch: telefoon de
Finnish: puhelin
French: téléphone m
German: Telefon n
Greek: �ηλέ��νο (tiléfono) n
Guarani: pumbyry
Icelandic: sími m
Interlingua: telephono
Indonesian: telepon
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Italian: telefono m
Japanese: �話 (���, denwa)
Korean: �� (jeonhwa)
Latvian: telefons m
Lithuanian: telefonas m
Portuguese: telefone m
Romanian: telefon n
Russian: �еле�он (telefón) m
Sindhi: SDchar|���ر �ا�� (Ddoor Vio) m
Slovak: telefón#Slovak|telefón m
Spanish: teléfono m
Swedish: telefon c
Telugu: ఫ�న� (phOnu)
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Verb
en-verb|phon|ing

1. transitive To call (someone) on the telephone.

Synonyms
call
ring
telephone

Translations

Armenian: հեռաձայնել (he�adzaynel)
Dutch: telefoneren
Finnish: soittaa (puhelimella)
French: téléphoner
German: anrufen
Greek: �ηλε��νή�ει (tilefonísi)
Guarani: mopumbyry
Icelandic: hringja
Interlingua: telephonar
Indonesian: telepon
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Italian: telefonare
Japanese: denwa
Portuguese: telefonar
Russian: позвони�� по �еле�он|�еле�он� (pozvonít� po telefónu)
Scottish Gaelic: fòn
Sindhi: SDchar|���ر �ائڻ� (Ddoor Vaainn)
Slovak: telefonovať, zatelefonovať, volať, zavolať
Spanish: telefonar
Swedish: ringa, telefonera

Related terms
phone sex
phone tag

Etymology 2

Noun
en-noun

1. linguistics A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

Translations
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trans-top|speech segment
Czech: hláska f
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