phone
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across…A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
» You are wanted on the phone.
Da ist jemand am Telefon für dich.
Тебя просят к телефону.
Тебя к телефону.
Вас к телефону.
Тебе до телефону.
Вас до телефону.
Meaning
3 sensesA device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
My phone ran out of battery.
(colloquial)A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Phon
фо́наfóna, фоне́маfonéma
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Examples
5596 sentencesYou are wanted on the phone.
Тебе до телефону.
ruТебя просят к телефону.
deDa ist jemand am Telefon für dich.
The phone is out of order.
Телефон не працює.
deDas Telefon funktioniert nicht.
Does she know your phone number?
Чи вона знає твій телефонний номер?
ruОна знает твой номер телефона?
deKennt sie Ihre Telefonnummer?
Why didn't you phone before coming?
Чому ти не зателефонував перед своїм приходом?
ruПочему ты не позвонил перед приходом?
deWarum haben Sie nicht angerufen, bevor Sie gekommen sind?
She called him on the phone.
Вона зателефонувала йому.
ruОна позвонила ему по телефону.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
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Forms
plural: phonesSynonyms
13 synonyms- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language:speech soundsound
- electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds:telephonetelephone set
- electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear:earphoneearpieceheadphone
Word family
123 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Phone and video calls — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- phone number
- on the phone
- cell phone
- his phone number
- your phone number
- the phone rang
- my phone number
- phone rang
- a phone call
- phone call
- answer the phone
- his cell phone