speakerphone
A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handsetA telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
» Tom pressed a button on the speakerphone.
Meaning
3 sensesA telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
Freisprechtelefon, Freisprechgerät, Freisprechanlage
a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it hands-free.
Lautsprechtelefon, Lautsprechertelefon
A feature on a phone that reroutes audio through the phone's external speaker, rather than the earpiece.
Examples
10 sentencesTom pressed a button on the speakerphone.
Are we on speakerphone?
ruМы на громкой связи? — odexed
deSind wir auf Lautsprecher? — pullnosemans
Tom turned on the speakerphone.
Put it on speakerphone.
deStell ihn auf Lautsprecher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Take me off speakerphone.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From speaker + phone.From speaker + phone.
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