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English
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Etymology
From French téléphone < Greek �ηλέ- (�distant�) + ��νή (�voice�, �sound�).

Noun
en-noun

1. An electronic device used for calling people (often shortened to phone).

Synonyms
blower
phone
Ameche (slang)

Related terms
mobile telephone
public telephone
telephone book
telephone box
telephone call
telephone conference
telephony

Translations

Shona: runhare
Slovak: telefón m
Spanish: t+|es|teléfono|m
Swedish: t+|sv|telefon|c
Tagalog: telepono, telépono
Thai: THchar|��รศั��� (tohrásàp)
Turkish: t+|tr|telefon
Turkmen: t-|tk|telefon|xs=Turkmen
Urdu: URchar|ٹ������ (ṭelīfon)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|�i�n thoại|xs=Vietnamese
Walloon: telefone
Welsh: teliffon

Verb
en-verb|telephon|ing

1. to call someone; to make someone's telephone ring using one's own telephone

Synonyms
call
drop a line
phone
ring

Translations

Catalan: telefonar, trucar, cridar
Chinese: ��話, ��� (d� diànhuà)
Dutch: telefoneren
Finnish: soittaa (puhelimella)
French: t+|fr|téléphoner
German: telephonieren
Icelandic: t+|is|hringja, t-|is|hringja í
mid
Italian: t+|it|telefonare
Japanese: �話���� (denwa o kakeru)
Russian: �еле�они�ова�� (telefonírovat�)
Slovak: telefonovať, zatelefonovať, volať, zavolať
Spanish: telefonar, llamar por teléfono
Swedish: t+|sv|ringa

Category:Greek derivations

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ru:telephone
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sr:telephone
fi:telephone
tl:telephone
ta:telephone
vi:telephone
tr:telephone
uk:telephone
zh:telephone

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