phone
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /fəʊ̯n/
  • (America) IPA: /foʊ̯n/
Noun

phone (plural phones)

  1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
    Hyponyms: cell phone, speakerphone, clamshell phone, flip phone, mobile phone, smartphone
    Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
    My phone ran out of battery.
    There's an old-fashioned phone in the doctor's waiting room - it doesn't work anymore, of course.
Verb

phone (phones, present participle phoning; simple past and past participle phoned)

  1. (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
    Synonyms: call, ring, telephone
    Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
Translations Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek φωνή.

Noun

phone (plural phones)

  1. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Translations


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