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/ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/
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/ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/
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CMU ARPABET:
M EH1 G AH0 F OW2 N
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A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bullhorn, speaking trumpet
Antonyms: none provided
Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: acoustic device
From mega- + -phone.
Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.
Across languages
Translations 91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Arabic :
مُكَبِّر صَوْت
(mukabbir ṣawt)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Arabic :
بُوق
(būq)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Arabic :
بوق
(būq)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Armenian :
մեգաֆոն
(megafon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Armenian :
ռուպոր
(ṙupor)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Azerbaijani :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Belarusian :
мегафо́н
(mjehafón)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Belarusian :
ру́пар
(rúpar)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Belarusian :
гучнагавары́цель
(hučnahavarýcjelʹ)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Bulgarian :
ру́пор
(rúpor)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Bulgarian :
мегафо́н
(megafón)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Bulgarian :
високоговори́тел
(visokogovorítel)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Burmese :
အော်လန်
(aulan)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Catalan :
megàfon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Chinese Cantonese :
大聲公 /大声公
(daai6 seng1 gung1)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Chinese Mandarin :
擴音器 /扩音器
(kuòyīnqì)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Chinese Mandarin :
喊話器 /喊话器
(hǎnhuàqì)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Czech :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Danish :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Dutch :
megafoon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Esperanto :
megafono
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Estonian :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Finnish :
megafoni
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Finnish :
huutotorvi
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
French :
porte-voix
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
French :
portevoix
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
French :
mégaphone
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Galician :
megáfono
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Georgian :
მეგაფონი
(megaponi)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
German :
Megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
German :
Sprachrohr
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
German :
Sprechtrichter
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
German :
Flüstertüte
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Greek :
μεγάφωνο
(megáfono)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Greek :
τηλεβόας
(tilevóas)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Greek :
χωνί
(choní)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Greek :
ντουντούκα
(ntountoúka)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hebrew :
מֵגָפוֹן \ מגאפון
(megafon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hindi :
मेगाफ़ोन
(megāfon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Hungarian :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Ido :
megafono
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Indonesian :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Indonesian :
corong suara
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Italian :
megafono
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Japanese :
メガホン
(megahon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Japanese :
伝音器
(den'onki)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Kazakh :
мегафон
(megafon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Khmer :
គ្រឿងបំពងសំឡេង
(krɨəng bɑmpɔɔng sɑmleing)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Korean :
메가폰
(megapon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Korean :
전음기
(jeoneumgi)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Korean :
경음기
(gyeong'eumgi)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Korean :
확성기
(hwakseonggi)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Kyrgyz :
мегафон
(megafon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Latin :
megaphonum
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Latin :
megaphonium
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Latvian :
megafons
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Lithuanian :
megafonas
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Luxembourgish :
Megaphon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Malay :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Norwegian Bokmål :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Norwegian Nynorsk :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Persian :
مگافون
(megâfôn)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Plautdietsch :
Spräakjrua
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Polish :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Portuguese :
megafone
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Romanian :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Russian :
мегафо́н
(megafón)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Russian :
ру́пор
(rúpor)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Russian :
громкоговори́тель
(gromkogovorítelʹ)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Serbo-Croatian :
ме̏гафо̄н
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Serbo-Croatian :
mȅgafōn
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Slovak :
megafón
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Slovene :
megafón
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Spanish :
megáfono
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Swedish :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Tagalog :
panalingagngag
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Tajik :
мегафон
(megafon)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Thai :
โทรโข่ง
(too-rá-kòong)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Turkish :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Ukrainian :
мегафо́н
(mehafón)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Ukrainian :
ру́пор
(rúpor)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Ukrainian :
гучномо́вець
(hučnomóvecʹ)
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Uzbek :
megafon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Vietnamese :
loa phóng thanh
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Vietnamese :
loa
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Volapük :
spikamahorn
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Volapük :
spikamarüd
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Walloon :
hôt-pårleu
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Welsh :
megaffon
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
Welsh :
corn siarad
— portable device used to amplify a person's voice
