noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈaɪˌfoʊ̯n/
homophone: eyephone
CMU ARPABET:AY1 F OW2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: trademark
Examples
His mom bought him an IPhone for his 11th birthday.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jesus phone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smartphone
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From i- + phone. Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
آيْفُون
(ʔāyfūn)
— device
Arabic:
آيفون
(ʔāyfōn)
— device
Armenian:
այֆոն
(ayfon)
— device
Belarusian:
айфо́н
(ajfón)
— device
Bengali:
আইফোন
(aiphōn)
— device
Burmese:
အိုင်ဖုန်း
(uinghpun:)
— device
Chinese Mandarin:
蘋果手機 /苹果手机
(Píngguǒ shǒujī)
— device
