megaphone

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/

Noun

megaphone (plural megaphones)

1. A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
2. (figuratively) Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.

Synonyms

• speaking trumpet

Translations

• French: porte-voix, portevoix, mégaphone
• German: Megafon, Megaphon, (also fig.) Sprachrohr, Sprechtrichter, (colloquial) Flüstertüte
• Italian: megafono
• Portuguese: megafone
• Russian: мегафо́н
• Spanish: megáfono

Verb

megaphone (megaphones, present participle megaphoning; past and past participle megaphoned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.

Noun

megaphone (uncountable)

1. (organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.

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