phone

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /fəʊ̯n/
• (America) IPA: /foʊ̯n/

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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.

Related terms

• phone sex
• phone tag

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

Synonyms

• call, ring, telephone

Translations

• French: téléphoner, appeler
• German: anrufen, telefonieren
• Italian: telefonare
• Portuguese: telefonar para, chamar, ligar para
• Russian: звони́ть
• Spanish: telefonear, llamar por teléfono

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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.

Related terms

• phonetic
• phonetically
• phonetics
• phonology
• phoneme

Translations

• French: phone
• Italian: fono
• Portuguese: fone
• Russian: фо́на
• Spanish: fono

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