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earphones

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of earphone

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Plural of earphone.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَمَّاعَات (sammāʕāt) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Armenian: ականջակալ (akanǰakal) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Azerbaijani: qulaqlıq — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Belarusian: наву́шнікі (navúšniki) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Bulgarian: слу́шалки (slúšalki) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Burmese: နားကြပ် (na:krap) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Catalan: auriculars — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Chechen: ладугӏургаш (laduğurgaš) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耳機 /耳机 (ji5 gei1) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耳機 /耳机 (ěrjī) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Czech: špunty — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Danish: øretelefon — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Dutch: oortelefoon — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Esperanto: aŭskultiloj — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Esperanto: orelaŭskultiloj — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Estonian: kõrvaklapid — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Finnish: kuulokkeet — small speakers worn over the ears
  • French: écouteurs — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Georgian: ყურსასმენები (q̇ursasmenebi) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • German: Ohrhörer — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Greek: ακουστικά (akoustiká) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Hebrew: אָזְנִית (oznít) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Hindi: आकर्णक (ākarṇak) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Hindi: हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Hungarian: fejhallgató — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Hungarian: fülhallgató — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Indonesian: penyuara kuping — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Indonesian: fon telinga — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Irish: cluasáin — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Italian: cuffie — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Japanese: イヤフォン (iyafon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Japanese: イヤホン (iyahon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Japanese: ヘッドフォン (heddofon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Kazakh: құлаққап (qūlaqqap) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Kazakh: тыңдауыр (tyñdauyr) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Korean: 이어폰 (ieopon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Korean: 헤드폰 (hedeupon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Latin: auscultābulum — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Macedonian: слушалки (slušalki) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Malay: fon telinga — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Mongolian: чихэвч (čixevč) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hodetelefon — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Pannonian Rusyn: слухалки (sluxalki) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Iranian Persian: گوشی (guši) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Iranian Persian: هِدْفون (hedfon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Polish: słuchawki — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Portuguese: fones — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Portuguese: auriculares — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Portuguese: fones de ouvido — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Romanian: căști — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Russian: нау́шники (naúšniki) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Serbo-Croatian: слушалице — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Serbo-Croatian: slušalice — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Slovak: slúchadlá — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Spanish: auriculares — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Spanish: audífonos — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Swedish: hörlur — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Thai: หูฟัง (hǔu-fang) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Turkish: kulaklık — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Ukrainian: наву́шники (navúšnyky) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Urdu: ہیڈ فون (heḍ fon) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Urdu: ہیڈ فونْز (heḍ fonz) — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Vietnamese: tai nghe — small speakers worn over the ears
  • Vietnamese: ê-cút-tơ — small speakers worn over the ears