phone

CEFRA1

/ˈfəʊ̯n/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device used to speak with someone far away.

  2. 02

    verb

    To call someone using a telephone.

Examples

  • I have to make a phone call.

  • Where can one make a phone call?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfon/
  • /ˈfoʊ̯n/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."

  • Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.

  • There's an old-fashioned phone in the doctor's waiting room - it doesn't work anymore, of course.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

French téléphonebor. English telephone English phone Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884.