telefons

== Danish == === Noun === telefons c indefinite genitive singular of telefon == Latvian == === Etymology === A borrowing, via other European languages, ultimately a from French téléphone, a word coined in the 1830s from two Ancient Greek elements, τῆλε (têle, “afar”) and φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === telefons m (1st declension) telephone (electronic device that converts electrical impulses into sound) elektromagnētiskais telefons ― electromagnetic telephone galvas telefons ― headphone (lit. head telephone) (usually singular) telephone (telecommunication via telephone) telefona sakari ― telephone connections telefona vadi, stieples ― telephone wires, cables rūpnīcas iekšējais telefons ― the factory's internal telephone (= interphone) telefona tīkls ― telephone network telefona abonents ― telephone subscriber telefona centrāle ― telephone exchange telefona saruna ― telephone conversation mūsu šodienas dzīve bez telefona ir grūti pat iedomāties ― it is difficult to even imagine our life today without the telephone no nama uz namu stiepjas elektriskās līnijas un telefona kabeļi ― from house to house telephone set, phone (electronic device used for communication between two people) telefona klausule ― telephone receiver runāt, zvanīt pa telefonu ― to talk, to call by phone atkal zvanīja telefons; Birgitai mājās esot, Arnolds pie aparāta izvairījās iet ― again the telephone rang; Birgita being home, Arnolds avoided picking it up (lit. going to the telephone set) “Nikolajs smagi saslimis”, viņa teica; “mazliet pagaidi un piezvani otrreiz, es aiznesīšu telefonu otrā istabā pie viņa gultas” ― “Nikolajs is very sick,” she said; “wait a little and call again, I will take the telephone into the other room to his bed” telephone number telefona grāmatu, telefonu grāmatu ― phone book (list of the telephone numbers of the subscribers of a telephone network) es pārrakstu telefonus Nākamgada kalendārā ― I am copying the telephone (numbers) to next year's calendar Dinas tēvs metas istabā pie sava rakstāmgalda, pagrābj telefonu grāmata un trīcošiem pirkstiem šķir lapas ― Dina's father threw himself into the room, (went) to his desk, grabbed the phone book and with trembling fingers separated its pages ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== tālrunis ==== Derived terms ==== mobilais telefons telefonēt telefonija telefonisks == Swedish == === Noun === telefons indefinite genitive singular of telefon