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Dictionary: meg·a·phone   (mĕg'ə-fōn') pronunciation
n.
A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.

tr. & intr.v., -phoned, -phon·ing, -phones.
To transmit (a message) or speak through or as if through a funnel-shaped voice amplification device.

megaphonic meg'a·phon'ic (-fŏn'ĭk) adj.
megaphonically meg'a·phon'i·cal·ly adv.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - megafon, råber
v. tr. - tale i megafon
v. intr. - tale i megafon

Nederlands (Dutch)
megafoon, door een megafoon spreken

Français (French)
n. - mégaphone, porte-voix
v. tr. - parler/communiquer avec un porte-voix
v. intr. - parler/communiquer avec un porte-voix

Deutsch (German)
n. - Megaphon
v. - durch ein Megaphon sprechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τηλεβόας, χωνί, ντουντούκα

Italiano (Italian)
megafono

Português (Portuguese)
n. - megafone (m)

Русский (Russian)
мегафон

Español (Spanish)
n. - megáfono
v. tr. - transmitir o hablar a través de un megáfono
v. intr. - transmitir o hablar a través de un megáfono

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - megafon

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
扩音器, 用扩音器传达, 用扩音器对...讲话

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擴音器
v. tr. - 用擴音器傳達, 用擴音器對...講話
v. intr. - 用擴音器傳達

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 확성기
v. tr. - 확성기로 알리다
v. intr. - 확성기로 알리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - メガホン, 拡声器, 代弁者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميغافون, مكبر صوت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רמקול, מגפון‬
v. tr. - ‮דיבר ברמקול או כאילו דרך רמקול‬
v. intr. - ‮דיבר ברמקול או כאילו דרך רמקול‬


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