phone

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfoʊ̯n/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfɔʊ̯n/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /ˈfəʉn/
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• Australian: /ˈfɐ̝ʉn/
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• Scotland: /ˈfon/
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• Wales: /ˈfoːn/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: F OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone English phone Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: звук (zvuk) — speech segment
• Catalan: fon — speech segment
• Chinese Mandarin: 語音 /语音 (yǔyīn) — speech segment
• Czech: hláska — speech segment
• Czech: fón — speech segment
• Danish: sproglyd — speech segment
• Estonian: häälik — speech segment
• Estonian: foon — speech segment
• Finnish: äänne — speech segment
• Finnish: fooni — speech segment
• French: phone — speech segment
• German: Phon — speech segment
• Hungarian: fón — speech segment
• Hungarian: hangszegmentum — speech segment
• Indonesian: fon — speech segment
• Irish: foghar — speech segment
• Italian: fono — speech segment
• Japanese: 音価 (onka) — speech segment
• Japanese: 単音 (tan'on) — speech segment
• Persian: دورگویال — speech segment
• Persian: آوا (âvâ) — speech segment
• Polish: głoska — speech segment
• Portuguese: fone — speech segment
• Russian: фо́на (fóna) — speech segment
• Russian: фоне́ма (fonéma) — speech segment
• Scottish Gaelic: foghar — speech segment
• Sicilian: fonu — speech segment
• Slovak: hláska — speech segment
• Spanish: fono — speech segment
• Swedish: fon — speech segment
• Urdu: صوت (saut) — speech segment
• Afrikaans: telefoneer — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Albanian: telefonoj — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Arabic: تَلْفَنَ (talfana) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܼܛܵܡܲܠܸܠ (ḳuṭamālil) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܒܸܪ (māḳbir) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Armenian: զանգել (zangel) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Azerbaijani: zəng etmək — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Azerbaijani: zəng vurmaq — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Basque: telefonatu — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Basque: telefonoz deitu — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Belarusian: звані́ць (zvanícʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Belarusian: пазвані́ць (pazvanícʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Belarusian: тэлефанава́ць (teljefanavácʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Belarusian: патэлефанава́ць (pateljefanavácʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Bengali: ফোন করা (phōn kora) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Bulgarian: телефони́рам (telefoníram) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Bulgarian: оба́ждам се (obáždam se) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Bulgarian: оба́дя се (obádja se) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Burmese: ဖုန်းဆက် (hpun:hcak) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Catalan: telefonar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Catalan: trucar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Chamorro: dengua' — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Chinese Mandarin: 打電話 /打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Czech: telefonovat — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Czech: zatelefonovat — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Czech: volat — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Czech: zavolat — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Danish: ringe — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Dutch: telefoneren — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Dutch: opbellen — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Esperanto: telefoni — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Estonian: helistama — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Faroese: ringja — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Finnish: soittaa (puhelimella) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• French: téléphoner — to call (someone) on the telephone
• French: appeler — to call (someone) on the telephone
• French: phoner — to call (someone) on the telephone
• German: anrufen — to call (someone) on the telephone
• German: telefonieren — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Greek: τηλεφωνώ (tilefonó) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Greek: παίρνω τηλέφωνο (paírno tiléfono) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Greek: παίρνω (paírno) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Greek: καλώ (kaló) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Hebrew: צילצל \ צִלְצֵל (tsiltsél) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Hindi: फ़ोन करना (fon karnā) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Hungarian: telefonál — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Icelandic: hringja — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Ido: telefonar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Indonesian: telepon — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Interlingua: telephonar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Italian: telefonare — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Japanese: 電話をかける (denwa o kakeru) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Japanese: 電話する (denwa suru) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Khmer: ទូរសព្ទ (tuurĕəʼsap) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Korean: 전화를 걸다 (jeonhwareul geolda) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Korean: 전화하다 (jeonhwahada) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Lao: ໂທລະສັບ (thō la sap) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Latvian: telefonēt — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Latvian: zvanīt — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Latvian: piezvanīt — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Lithuanian: skambinti — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Luganda: essimu — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Luxembourgish: telefonéieren — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Luxembourgish: uruffen — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Macedonian: телефони́ра (telefoníra) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Macedonian: ѕвони (dzvoni) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Macedonian: заѕвони (zadzvoni) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Dari: تیلفون کردن (têlifôn kardan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Dari: تیلفون زدن (têlifôn zadan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Dari: زنگ زدن (zang zadan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Iranian Persian: دورواژیدن (durvâžidan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Iranian Persian: تلفن کردن (telefon kardan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Iranian Persian: تلفن زدن (telefon zadan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Iranian Persian: زنگ زدن (zang zadan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Polish: dzwonić — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Polish: zadzwonić — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Polish: telefonować — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Polish: zatelefonować — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Portuguese: telefonar para — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Portuguese: chamar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Portuguese: ligar para — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Romanian: a telefona — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Russian: звони́ть (zvonítʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Russian: позвони́ть (pozvonítʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Russian: телефони́ровать (telefonírovatʹ) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Sanskrit: दूरवाणी (dūravāṇī) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Sanskrit: दूरवाणीं करोति (dūravāṇīṃ karoti) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Scottish Gaelic: fòn — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: телефони́рати — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Serbo-Croatian: telefonírati — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Sindhi: ڏُور وائڻُ (Ddoor Vaainn) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Slovak: telefonovať — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Slovak: zatelefonovať — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Slovak: volať — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Slovak: zavolať — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Slovene: telefonirati — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Spanish: telefonear — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Spanish: llamar por teléfono — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Spanish: timbrar — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Swedish: ringa — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Swedish: telefonera — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tagalog: tumawag — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tagalog: tawagan — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tagalog: tumelepono — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tajik: телефон кардан (telefon kardan) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tamil: ஃபோன் பண்ணு (fōṉ paṇṇu) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Thai: โทร (too) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Thai: โทรศัพท์ (too-rá-sàp) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Tibetan: ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ (kha dpar gtong ba) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Turkish: aramak — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Turkish: telefon etmek — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Turkish: telefonlamak — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Ukrainian: дзвони́ти (dzvonýty) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Ukrainian: подзвони́ти (podzvonýty) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Ukrainian: телефонува́ти (telefonuváty) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Ukrainian: зателефонува́ти (zatelefonuváty) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Urdu: فون کرنا (fon karnā) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Urdu: ملانا (milānā) — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Uzbek: telefon qilmoq — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Uzbek: qoʻngʻiroq qilmoq — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Vietnamese: gọi điện thoại — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Vietnamese: gọi điện — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Vietnamese: kêu điện thoại — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Vietnamese: điện thoại — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Vietnamese: điện — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Welsh: ffonio — to call (someone) on the telephone
• Yiddish: טעלעפֿאָנירן (telefonirn) — to call (someone) on the telephone