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/ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/
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A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electro-acoustic transducer
Narrower terms: earplug, telephone receiver, receiver
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
kufje
— sound device held near the ear
Arabic :
سَمَّاعَة
(sammāʕa)
— sound device held near the ear
Arabic :
سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس
(samāʕāt ar-raʔs)
— sound device held near the ear
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܫܡܘܥܬܐ
(šāmōˁtā)
— sound device held near the ear
Armenian :
ականջակալ
(akanǰakal)
— sound device held near the ear
Azerbaijani :
qulaqlıq
— sound device held near the ear
Belarusian :
наву́шнікі
(navúšniki)
— sound device held near the ear
Bulgarian :
слу́шалки
(slúšalki)
— sound device held near the ear
Burmese :
နားကြပ်
(na:krap)
— sound device held near the ear
Catalan :
auricular
— sound device held near the ear
Chichewa :
mahedifoni
— sound device held near the ear
Chinese Mandarin :
耳機 /耳机
(ěrjī)
— sound device held near the ear
Chinese Mandarin :
耳筒
(ěrtǒng)
— sound device held near the ear
Czech :
sluchátka
— sound device held near the ear
Danish :
hovedtelefoner
— sound device held near the ear
Danish :
øretelefon
— sound device held near the ear
Dutch :
oortelefoon
— sound device held near the ear
Esperanto :
kapaŭskultiloj
— sound device held near the ear
Estonian :
kõrvaklapid
— sound device held near the ear
Finnish :
kuuloke
— sound device held near the ear
French :
écouteur
— sound device held near the ear
Georgian :
ყურსასმენი
(q̇ursasmeni)
— sound device held near the ear
German :
Ohrhörer
— sound device held near the ear
Greek :
ακουστικό
(akoustikó)
— sound device held near the ear
Gujarati :
કાનદટ્ટો
(kāndaṭṭo)
— sound device held near the ear
Hebrew :
אָזְנִית
— sound device held near the ear
Hebrew :
אוזניות
— sound device held near the ear
Hindi :
हेडफ़ोन
(heḍfon)
— sound device held near the ear
Hungarian :
fülhallgató
— sound device held near the ear
Indonesian :
penyuara kuping
— sound device held near the ear
Irish :
cluasán
— sound device held near the ear
Italian :
auricolare
— sound device held near the ear
Italian :
cuffia
— sound device held near the ear
Japanese :
イヤフォン
(iyafon)
— sound device held near the ear
Japanese :
イヤホン
(iyahon)
— sound device held near the ear
Kazakh :
құлаққап
(qūlaqqap)
— sound device held near the ear
Khmer :
កាសស្ដាប់ត្រចៀក
(kaah sdap trɑɑciək)
— sound device held near the ear
Korean :
이어폰
(ieopon)
— sound device held near the ear
Kyrgyz :
кулаккап
(kulakkap)
— sound device held near the ear
Lao :
ຫູຟັງ
(hū fang)
— sound device held near the ear
Latin :
auscultābulum
— sound device held near the ear
Latin :
concha auditoria
— sound device held near the ear
Macedonian :
слушалки
(slušalki)
— sound device held near the ear
Malay :
fon kepala
— sound device held near the ear
Malayalam :
ഇയർഫോൺ
(iyaṟphōṇ)
— sound device held near the ear
Māori :
pokotaringa
— sound device held near the ear
Mongolian :
чихэвч
(čixevč)
— sound device held near the ear
Norwegian :
hodetelefoner
— sound device held near the ear
Norwegian Nynorsk :
hovudtelefon
— sound device held near the ear
Persian :
هدفون
(hedfon)
— sound device held near the ear
Polish :
słuchawki
— sound device held near the ear
Portuguese :
fone
— sound device held near the ear
Portuguese :
fone de ouvido
— sound device held near the ear
Portuguese :
auricular
— sound device held near the ear
Punjabi :
ਹੈਡਫ਼ੋਨਸ
(haiḍfonas)
— sound device held near the ear
Quechua :
rinri uyarina
— sound device held near the ear
Romanian :
căști audio
— sound device held near the ear
Russian :
нау́шники
(naúšniki)
— sound device held near the ear
Russian :
головно́й телефо́н
(golovnój telefón)
— sound device held near the ear
Scots :
heidphones
— sound device held near the ear
Scottish Gaelic :
fòn-cluaise
— sound device held near the ear
Serbo-Croatian :
слушалице
— sound device held near the ear
Serbo-Croatian :
slušalice
— sound device held near the ear
Sinhalese :
හෙඩ්ෆෝන්
(heḍfōn)
— sound device held near the ear
Slovak :
slúchadlá
— sound device held near the ear
Slovene :
slušalke
— sound device held near the ear
Upper Sorbian :
słuchatko
— sound device held near the ear
Spanish :
auricular
— sound device held near the ear
Spanish :
audífono intraaural
— sound device held near the ear
Spanish :
intraauricular
— sound device held near the ear
Spanish :
pinganillo
— sound device held near the ear
Swedish :
hörlur
— sound device held near the ear
Tagalog :
talinig
— sound device held near the ear
Tamil :
காதொலிப்பான்
(kātolippāṉ)
— sound device held near the ear
Tatar :
колакчыннар
(qolaqçınnar)
— sound device held near the ear
Telugu :
హెడ్ఫోన్స్
(heḍphōns)
— sound device held near the ear
Thai :
หูฟัง
(hǔu-fang)
— sound device held near the ear
Turkish :
kulaklık
— sound device held near the ear
Ukrainian :
наву́шники
(navúšnyky)
— sound device held near the ear
Uzbek :
naushniklar
— sound device held near the ear
Uzbek :
minigarnituralar
— sound device held near the ear
Uzbek :
quloqchin
— sound device held near the ear
Vietnamese :
ống nghe
— sound device held near the ear
Vietnamese :
tai nghe
— sound device held near the ear
Welsh :
clustffon
— sound device held near the ear