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A small enclosure housing a public telephone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phone booth, phone box, telephone box, telephone kiosk
Antonyms: none provided
booth for using a telephone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phone booth, call box, telephone box, telephone kiosk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
telefoonhokkie
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Afrikaans:
tiekieboks
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Arabic:
كابينة هاتف
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Bengali:
টেলিফোন স্টল
(ṭeliphōn sṭol)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Bulgarian:
телефонна будка
(telefonna budka)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Catalan:
cabina telefònica
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Chinese Cantonese:
電話亭 /电话亭
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Chinese:
電話亭 /电话亭
(tiān-ōe-têng)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Chinese Mandarin:
電話亭 /电话亭
(diànhuàtíng)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Czech:
telefonní budka
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Danish:
telefonboks
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Dutch:
telefooncel
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Esperanto:
telefonbudo
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Estonian:
telefoniputka
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Finnish:
puhelinkioski
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Finnish:
puhelinkoppi
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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French:
cabine téléphonique
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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French:
taxiphone
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Galician:
cabina de teléfono
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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German:
Telefonzelle
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Greek:
τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος
(tilefonikós thálamos)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Hebrew:
תָּא טֶלֶפוֹן
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Hungarian:
telefonfülke
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Icelandic:
símaklefi
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Italian:
cabina telefonica
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Japanese:
電話ボックス
(denwa bokkusu)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Japanese:
電話ブース
(denwa būsu)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Korean:
공중전화 박스
(gongjungjeonhwa bakseu)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Korean:
공중전화 부스
(gongjungjeonhwa buseu)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Macedonian:
телефо́нска говорница
(telefónska govornica)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Macedonian:
говорница
(govornica)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Manx:
bwaane çhellvane
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Norman:
kiosque d'téléphône
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Norwegian Bokmål:
telefonkiosk
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kiosk
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Polish:
budka telefoniczna
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Portuguese:
cabine telefônica
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Romanian:
cabină telefonică
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Romansh:
cabina da telefon
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Russian:
телефо́нная бу́дка
(telefónnaja búdka)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Russian:
телефо́н-автома́т
(telefón-avtomát)
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Scottish Gaelic:
bocsa-fòn
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Serbo-Croatian:
телефонска говорница
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Serbo-Croatian:
телефонска кабина
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Serbo-Croatian:
telefonska govornica
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Serbo-Croatian:
telefonska kabina
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Spanish:
cabina telefónica
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Swahili:
kibanda cha simu
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Swedish:
telefonkiosk
— small enclosure housing a public telephone
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Turkish:
telefon kulübesi
— small enclosure housing a public telephone