Phrase guide

telephone line

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to the network and conduct independent calls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We're going to have to get a second telephone line installed at our house, because the teenagers spend so much time talking to their friends.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phone line

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a telephone connection

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

Narrower terms: digital subscriber line, DSL, hot line, land line, landline, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line, WATS, WATS line

3

noun

Meaning 3

the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telephone wire, telegraph wire, telegraph line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wire, conducting wire

Narrower terms: telephone cord, phone cord

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հեռախոսագիծ (heṙaxosagic) — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Catalan: línia telefònica — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電話線 /电话线 (diànhuàxiàn) — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Crimean Tatar: telefon yolağı — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Finnish: puhelinlinja — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • French: ligne téléphonique — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Georgian: სატელეფონო ხაზი (saṭelepono xazi) — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Greek: τηλεφωνική γραμμή (tilefonikí grammí) — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Hungarian: telefonvonal — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Irish: líne teileafóin — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Maltese: linja tat-telefon — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Romanian: linie de telefon — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Romanian: linie telefonică — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Russian: телефо́нная ли́ния (telefónnaja línija) — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network
  • Swedish: telefonlinje — infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to a network