Meaning

3 senses
  1. A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.

    Festnetz

    назе́мная ли́ния свя́зиnazémnaja línija svjázi, ли́ния проводно́й свя́зиlínija provodnój svjázi

  2. (broadly)A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not cellular or mobile.

    Festnetz, Festnetztelefon

    стациона́рный телефо́нstacionárnyj telefón, городско́й телефо́нgorodskój telefón, назе́мный телефо́нnazémnyj telefón

    стаціона́рний телефо́нstacionárnyj telefón

  3. (attributive)That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.).

More definitions
  • a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't have a landline.

    Том не має стаціонарного телефону.

    ruУ Тома нет стационарного телефона.

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  2. We don't have a landline anymore.

    ruУ нас больше нет стационарного телефона.

    deWir haben kein Festnetz mehr.

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  3. I don't have a landline.

    ruУ меня нет домашнего телефона.

    deIch habe keinen Festnetzanschluss.

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  4. Nobody has a landline these days.

    ruВ наши дни ни у кого уже нет стационарного телефона.

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  5. Yanni called his phone from the landline.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
telephone connected by such a fixed wire:
Русский
By meaning 2
fixed telephone communications cable:
telephone connected by such a fixed wire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fixed telephone communications cable:
telephone connected by such a fixed wire:

Origin

From land + line.

From land + line.

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Forms

plural: landlines

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits:land line

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
landline — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto