phone

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fəʊ̯n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /foʊ̯n/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Etymology 1

Clipping of telephone; attested by 1884.

Alternative forms

• 'phone (dated)

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

   Hyponyms: cell phone, speakerphone, clamshell phone, flip phone, mobile phone, smartphone

2. (colloquial) A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
   • 1994, Warren G feat. Nate Dogg Regulate (song)

     It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဖုန်း (hpun:)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: फ़ोन (fon)
  • Urdu: فون (fon)
• → Irish: fón
• → Persian:
  • Dari: فون (fōn)
• → Portuguese: fone
• → Vietnamese: phôn
• → Welsh: ffôn

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:phone

Verb

phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

1. (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

   Synonyms: call, ring, telephone

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. (phonetics) 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nepho-, pheno-, pheon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔn/

Noun

phone m (plural phones)

1. phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
2. (linguistics) phone

Verb

phone

1. inflection of phoner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “phone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.