Phrase guide

telephone number

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: number, phone number, digits

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

2

noun

Meaning 2

A large number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, humorous, in-plural

Examples

  • How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phone number

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

3

noun

Meaning 3

the number is used in calling a particular telephone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he has an unlisted number

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phone number, number

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: telefoonnommer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Albanian: numër telefoni — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Arabic: رَقْم هَاتِف (raqm hātif) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Arabic: رَقْم تِلِفُون (raqm tilifūn) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Armenian: հեռախոսահամար (heṙaxosahamar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Azerbaijani: telefon nömrəsi — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Belarusian: ну́мар тэлефо́на (númar teljefóna) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Belarusian: тэлефо́нны ну́мар (teljefónny númar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Bengali: টেলিফোন নাম্বার (ṭeliphōn nambar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Breton: niverenn bellgomz — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Bulgarian: телефо́нен но́мер (telefónen nómer) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Burmese: ဖုန်းနံပါတ် (hpun:nampat) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Burmese: တယ်လီဖုန်းနံပါတ် (tailihpun:nampat) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Catalan: número de telèfon — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電話號碼 /电话号码 — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Chinese Cantonese: 電話冧巴 /电话冧巴 — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Chinese: 電話號碼 /电话号码 (tiān-ōe hō-má / tiān-ōe hō-bé) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電話號碼 /电话号码 (diànhuà hàomǎ) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Wu Chinese: 電話號頭 /电话号头 (6di-gho 6ghau-deu) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Czech: telefonní číslo — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Danish: telefonnummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Dutch: telefoonnummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Dutch: abonneenummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Esperanto: telefonnumero — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Estonian: telefoninumber — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Finnish: puhelinnumero — digits assigned to a telephone
  • French: numéro de téléphone — digits assigned to a telephone
  • French: numéro — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Galician: número de teléfono — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Georgian: ტელეფონის ნომერი (ṭeleponis nomeri) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • German: Telefonnummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Greek: αριθμός τηλεφώνου (arithmós tilefónou) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Greek: τηλεφωνικός αριθμός (tilefonikós arithmós) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Hebrew: מִסְפָּר טֵלֵפוֹן (mispár télefon) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Hindi: टेलीफ़ोन नम्बर (ṭelīfon nambar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Hindi: फ़ोन नम्बर (fon nambar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Hungarian: telefonszám — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Icelandic: símanúmer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Indonesian: nomor telepon — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Irish: uimhir ghutháin — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Irish: uimhir fóin — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Irish: uimhir theileafóin — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Italian: numero telefonico — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Italian: numero di telefono — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Japanese: 電話番号 (denwa bangō) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Kazakh: телефон нөмірі (telefon nömırı) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Khmer: លេខទូរស័ព្ទ (leek tuurĕəʼsap) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Korean: 전화번호 (jeonhwabeonho) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Northern Kurdish: hejmara telefonê — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Kyrgyz: телефон номуру (telefon nomuru) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Lao: ເບີໂທລະສັບ (bœ̄ thō la sap) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Lao: ຫມາຍເລກໂທລະສັບ (māi lēk thō la sap) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Latvian: telefona numurs — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Lithuanian: telefono numeris — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Macedonian: телефо́нски број (telefónski broj) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Malay: nombor telefon — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Māori: nama waea — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Māori: tau waea — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Mongolian: утасны дугаар (utasny dugaar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Navajo: béésh bee haneʼé — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: telefonnummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Pashto: د تيلفون شمېره (de telefun šmera) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Iranian Persian: شُمارِهٔ تِلِفُن (šomâre-ye telefon) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Iranian Persian: نُمْرِهٔ تِلِفُن (nomre-ye telefon) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Polish: numer telefonu — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Portuguese: número telefônico — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Portuguese: número de telefone — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Romanian: număr telefonic — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Romanian: număr de telefon — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Russian: но́мер телефо́на (nómer telefóna) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Russian: телефо́нный но́мер (telefónnyj nómer) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: број телефона — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: телефонски број — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: broj telefona — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: telefonski broj — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Sinhalese: දුරකථන අංක (durakathana aṁka) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Slovak: telefónne číslo — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Slovene: telefonsko številko — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Lower Sorbian: telefonowy numer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Spanish: número de teléfono — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Swedish: telefonnummer — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Tagalog: numero ng telepono — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Tajik: рақами телефон (raqam-i telefon) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Tajik: шумораи телефон (šumora-yi telefon) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Tatar: телефон номеры (telefon nomerı) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Thai: หมายเลขโทรศัพท์ (mǎai-lêek too-rá-sàp) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Thai: เบอร์โทร (bəə too) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Thai: เบอร์โทรศัพท์ (bəə too-rá-sàp) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Turkish: telefon numarası — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Turkmen: telefon belgisi — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Ukrainian: но́мер телефо́ну (nómer telefónu) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Ukrainian: телефо́нний но́мер (telefónnyj nómer) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Urdu: ٹیلی فون نَمْبَر (ṭelī fon nambar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Urdu: فون نَمْبَر (fon nambar) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Uyghur: تېلېفون نومۇرى (tëlëfon nomuri) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Uzbek: telefon raqami — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Uzbek: telefon nomeri — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Vietnamese: số điện thoại — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Vietnamese: số phôn — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Vietnamese: số dây nói — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Welsh: rhif ffôn — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Yakut: телефон нүөмэрэ (telefon nüömere) — digits assigned to a telephone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大數字 /大数字 (dà shùzì) — large number
  • Finnish: iso numero — large number