Phrase guide

burn phone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cell phone purchased anonymously with cash, used for only a short time and then discarded so that the owner is untraceable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burner, trap phone

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wegsmytfoon — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一次性手機 /一次性手机 (yīcìxìng shǒujī) — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Dutch: wegwerptelefoon — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Finnish: kertakäyttökännykkä — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • French: téléphone graveur — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • German: Drogenhandy — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • German: Tickerhandy — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • German: Wegwerfhandy — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • German: Einweghandy — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Hungarian: dobós teló — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Irish: fón indiúscartha — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Polish: telefon na kartę — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Polish: jednorazowy telefon — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Russian: палёный телефо́н (paljónyj telefón) — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Spanish: teléfono prepago / prepagado — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Swedish: brännartelefon — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Swedish: burner — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Swedish: buslur — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Swedish: becknarlur — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced
  • Swedish: brännlur — mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced