phone

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ̯n/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfəʉn/, /ˈfɐ̝ʉn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfon/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ˈfoːn/ Rhymes: -əʊn Hyphenation: phone === Etymology 1 === Clipping of telephone; first attested in 1884. ==== Alternative forms ==== 'phone (dated) ==== 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. Hyponyms: cell phone, speakerphone, clamshell phone, flip phone, mobile phone, smartphone (colloquial) A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits. 1994, Warren G feat. Nate Dogg Regulate (song) It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Burmese: ဖုန်း (hpun:) → Hindustani: Hindi: फ़ोन (fon) Urdu: فون (fon) → Irish: fón → Persian: Dari: فون (fōn) → Portuguese: fone → Tamil: ஃபோன் (fōṉ) → Vietnamese: phôn → Welsh: ffôn ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Thesaurus:phone ==== Verb ==== phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned) (ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone. Synonyms: call, phone up, ring, telephone ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === nepho-, pheno-, pheon == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔn/ === Noun === phone m (plural phones) phon (a unit of apparent loudness) (linguistics) phone === Verb === phone inflection of phoner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “phone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012