handset

English

Handset

Etymology

hand +‎ set

Noun

handset (plural handsets)

The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
- 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 459:
  Helen hears the click of the handset at the other end of the line.

Translations

the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand

Chinese:
Mandarin: 話筒 (zh), 话筒 (zh) (huàtǒng)
Czech: sluchátko (cs) n
Danish: telefonrør (da) c (not mobile phones)
French: combiné téléphonique (fr) m, combiné (fr) m

Italian: cornetta (it)
Japanese: 受話器 (じゅわき, juwaki), 送受話器 (そうじゅわき, sōjuwaki)
Polish: słuchawka (pl) f, aparat (pl) (mobile phone)
Russian: телефо́нная тру́бка f (telefónnaja trúbka), тру́бка (ru) f (trúbka)

See also

headset

Anagrams

Hestand, handest, snathed

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