phone

(fōn)
n.
A telephone.


v., phoned, phon·ing, phones.

v.intr.
To telephone.

v.tr.

1. To get in touch with by telephone.
2. To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone.
3. To make a telephone call to (a specific number): Phone 411 for directory assistance.

[Short for TELEPHONE.]

phone² (fōn)
n.
A speech sound considered without reference to its status as a phoneme or an allophone in a language.

[Greek phōnē, sound, voice.]

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is a well-established shortening of telephone, used chiefly in spoken English.

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verb

To communicate with (someone) by telephone: buzz, call, ring², telephone. Informal dial. Idioms: get someone on the horn, give someone abuzzcallring. See words.

IN BRIEF: n. - Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.

One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.

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sign description: The Y-handshape comes up to your mouth and ear.

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For a list of words related to phone, see:

• Voice Transmission and Telephony - phone: telephone instrument; (vb) place a telephone call
• Phonetics - phone: single speech sound

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See words rhyming with "phone."

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - telefon
v. intr. - telefonere
v. tr. - ringe op

idioms:

• on the phone    tale i telefon
• phone book    telefonbog
• phone booth    telefonboks
• phone box    telefonboks
• phone call    telefonopkald
• phone up    ringe til

2.
n. - sproglyd

Nederlands (Dutch)
telefoon, koptelefoon, spraakklank, telefoneren

Français (French)
1.
n. - téléphone
v. intr. - téléphoner
v. tr. - téléphoner

idioms:

• on the phone    au téléphone
• phone book    annuaire
• phone booth    cabine téléphonique
• phone box    cabine téléphonique
• phone call    (gén) coup de fil, (Admin) communication téléphonique
• phone up    appeler, téléphoner, téléphoner à

2.
n. - (Phon) phonème

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Telefon
v. - anrufen

idioms:

• on the phone    am Telefonieren
• phone book    Telefonbuch
• phone booth    Telefonzelle
• phone box    Telefonzelle
• phone call    Anruf
• phone up    anrufen

2.
n. - Einzellaut

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τηλέφωνο
v. - τηλεφωνώ
abbr. - τηλέφωνο, τηλεφωνώ

idioms:

• on the phone    τηλεφωνώ, είμαι στο τηλέφωνο
• phone book    τηλεφωνικός κατάλογος
• phone booth    τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος
• phone box    τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος
• phone call    τηλεφωνική κλήση, τηλεφώνημα
• phone up    καλώ στο τηλέφωνο

Italiano (Italian)
telefonare, telefono

idioms:

• on the phone    al telefono
• phone book    elenco telefonico
• phone booth    cabina telefonica
• phone box    cabina telefonica
• phone call    telefonata
• phone up    telefonare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fone (m), telefone (m), número de telefone (m), fonema (f)
v. - telefonar
abbr. - tel

idioms:

• on the phone    ao telefone
• phone book    lista telefônica
• phone booth    cabine telefônica
• phone box    cabine telefônica
• phone call    chamada telefônica
• phone up    telefonar

Русский (Russian)
звонить по телефону, телефон

idioms:

• on the phone    по телефону, говорить на телефоне
• phone book    телефонный справочник
• phone booth    телефонная будка
• phone box    телефонная будка
• phone call    телефонный звонок
• phone up    позвонить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - teléfono
v. intr. - llamar por teléfono, telefonear
v. tr. - llamar por teléfono, telefonear

idioms:

• on the phone    hablar por teléfono
• phone book    guía telefónica, directorio
• phone booth    cabina telefónica
• phone box    cabina telefónica
• phone call    llamada telefónica
• phone up    telefonear, llamar por teléfono

2.
n. - foneto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - telefon, fon (fonet.)
v. - ringa, telefonera
abbr. - telephone

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 电话, 听筒, 耳机, 电话机, 打电话, 打电话给..., 打电话告知

idioms:

• on the phone    在讲电话中
• phone book    电话簿
• phone booth    公用电话亭
• phone box    公用电话
• phone call    打电话, 讲电话
• phone up    打电话给...

2. 电话, 听筒, 耳机, 电话机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 電話, 聽筒, 耳機, 電話機

2.
n. - 電話, 聽筒, 耳機, 電話機
v. intr. - 打電話
v. tr. - 打電話給..., 打電話告知

idioms:

• on the phone    在講電話中
• phone book    電話簿
• phone booth    公用電話亭
• phone box    公用電話
• phone call    打電話, 講電話
• phone up    打電話給...

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 전화 , 수화기
v. intr. - 전화를 걸다
v. tr. - 전화로 불러내다

idioms:

• phone up    전화로 이야기 하다

2.
n. - 음 , 단음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 電話, 受話器, 言語音, 単音
v. - 電話をかける

idioms:

• on the phone    電話している
• phone book    電話帳
• phone booth    公衆電話ボックス
• phone box    公衆電話
• phone call    電話の呼び出し
• phone up    電話する
• the phone rings off the hook    受話器をはずしておく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صوت كلامي, المسماع, تلفون (فعل) يتلفن, يخاطب بالتلفون (اختصار) يتحدث على الهاتف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טלפון‬
v. intr. - ‮ניהל שיחת טלפון‬
v. tr. - ‮טלפן, צלצל‬
n. - ‮הגה, צליל-דיבור‬

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