phone

See also: phoné, -phone, and 'phone

English

A rotary-dial phone

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fəʊ̯n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /foʊ̯n/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
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  • Rhymes: -əʊn, -oʊn

Etymology 1

Clipping of telephone.

Noun

phone (plural phones)

  1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
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  • Thesaurus:phone

Verb

phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

  1. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

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.
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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔn/

Noun

phone m (plural phones)

  1. phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
  2. (linguistics) phone

Verb

phone

  1. first-person singular present indicative of phoner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of phoner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
  5. second-person singular imperative of phoner

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