German

Noun

Telefon n ‎(genitive Telefons, plural Telefone)

1. telephone

Synonyms

• Fernsprecher

Derived terms

• Münztelefon
• Telefonzelle

Luxembourgish

Noun

Telefon m ‎(plural Telefonen)

1. telephone

Albanian

Noun

telefon m

1. telephone

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

telefon m

1. phone, telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• telefonní
• telefonický m

Related terms

• telefonovat

Danish

telefon

Etymology

From tele- +‎ -fon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teləfoːn/, [tˢeləˈfoːˀn]

Noun

telefon c (singular definite telefonen, plural indefinite telefoner)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
2. phone number, telephone number (digits assigned to a telephone), abbreviated tlf.
3. call, phone call, telephone call

Inflection

Synonyms

• (device): (slang) knogle
• (phone number): telefonnummer

Derived terms

• telefonere ("to telephone")
• telefonisk ("telephonic", "by telephone")
• telefonist ("telephonist")
• (jocular) telefonitis ("telephonitis")

See also

• telefon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Estonian

telefon

Noun

telefon ‎(genitive telefoni, partitive telefoni)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)

Declension

Derived terms

• mobiiltelefon

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowing from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε ‎(têle, “afar”) + φωνή ‎(phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeleˈfoːn/

Noun

telefon f (genitive singular telefonar, plural telefonir)

1. telephone

Declension

Synonyms

• (dated): røðil, fjarrøðil, máltráður

Derived terms

• fartelefon (mobile phone)

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Telephon. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfon]
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

Noun

telefon ‎(plural telefonok)

1. telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• tel. (abbreviation)
• telefonál
• telefonos

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Interlingue

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Karelian

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian телефо́н ‎(telefón).

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

telefon m ‎(definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefoner, definite plural telefonene)

1. a telephone or phone

Derived terms

References

• “telefon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

telefon m ‎(definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefonar, definite plural telefonane)

1. a telephone or phone

Derived terms

References

• “telefon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɛfɔn/

Noun

telefon m inan

1. telephone
2. telephone call
3. telephone number
4. mobile phone

Declension

Derived terms

• telefoniczna
• telefoniczny
• telefonować
• telefonistka

Romanian

Noun

telefon n ‎(plural telefoane)

1. telephone

Related terms

• telefona
• telefonare
• telefonat

Declension

Romansch

Noun

telefon m (plural telefons)

1. telephone

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

telèfōn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling телѐфо̄н)

1. telephone
2. (colloquial) telephone number

Declension

Derived terms

• telèfōnskī

Swedish

Etymology

tele- +‎ -fon

Pronunciation

Noun

telefon c

1. telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• knapptelefon
• mobiltelefon
• smarttelefon
• telefonbok
• telefonkatalog
• telefonnummer

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English telephone.

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French téléphone.

Noun

telefon ‎(definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• telefoncu
• telefonculuk
• cep telefonu
• telefon etmek