English

Alternative spellings
wikipedia|Mobile phone
commons|Mobile phone
cellphone (mainly US and Canada)
cell-phone

Etymology
English, from cellular, and telephone.

Noun
en-noun|sg=cell phone

1. A portable, wireless telephone, which changes antenna connections seamlessly during travel from one radio reception cell to another without losing the party-to-party call connection.

Synonyms
mobile (mainly UK and Australia)
cellphone, cell-phone (mainly US and Canada)
cellular mobile, cellular, cellular telephone
wireless phone

Translations
trans-top|portable, wireless telephone capable of changing antenna connections during travel
Afrikaans: selfoon, sellulêre telefoon
Chinese: t|cmn|��|scHani|xsMandarin (sh�ujī)
Finnish: t+|fi|matkapuhelin, t+|fi|kännykkä
French: t+|fr|mobile|m
German: Mobiltelefon n, Funktelefon n, Handy n
Hebrew: ��פ�� ס���ר� (t'elefón selulari) m
Italian: telefono cellulare m, telefonino m
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Japanese: �帯�話 (�������, keitai-denwa)
Korean: ��� (hyudaepon), ��� (haendeupon)
Russian: �о�ов�й �еле�он (sótovyj telefón) m, мобил�н�й �еле�он (mobíl�nyj telefón) m
Spanish: teléfono celular m italbrac|Latin America, teléfono móvil m italbrac|Spain
Swedish: t+|sv|mobiltelefon|c, t+|sv|mobil|c, t+|sv|nalle|c
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• 2007-11-19 08:58 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for fi, fr, sv

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