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