Word definition: phone

Etimology


Clipping of telephone; attested by 1884.

noun


phone (plural phones)

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.

Examples


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

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

Examples


Synonyms: call, ring, telephone

Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.

Etimology


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

noun


phone (plural phones)

(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 words


related terms

phoneme

phonetic

phonetically

phonetics

phonology

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