megaphone
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s…A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
» Do you really need a megaphone?
Brauchst du wirklich ein Megaphon?
Braucht ihr wirklich ein Megaphon?
Brauchen Sie wirklich ein Megaphon?
Meaning
3 sensesA portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
Megafon, Sprachrohr, Sprechtrichter
мегафо́нmegafón, ру́порrúpor, громкоговори́тельgromkogovorítelʹ
мегафо́нmehafón, ру́порrúpor, гучномо́вецьhučnomóvecʹ
a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
(figuratively)Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
(uncountable)A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
Examples
5 sentencesDo you really need a megaphone?
deBrauchst du wirklich ein Megaphon?
This is a megaphone.
ruЭто мегафон.
deDas ist ein Megaphon.
This megaphone doesn't work.
ruЭтот мегафон не работает.
A megaphone isn't a megafauna.
The megaphone's broken.
ruМегафон сломан.
Translations
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Origin
From mega- + -phone. Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.Forms
plural: megaphones| Singular | megaphone |
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| Plural | megaphones |
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