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answering_machine

answering machine

English

An answering machine.

Noun

answering machine ‎(plural answering machines)

A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

Synonyms

ansaphone, ansafone, answerphone, telephone answering machine

Translations

device that automatically records voice mail

Armenian: ինքնապատասխանիչ ‎(inkʿnapatasxaničʿ)
Basque: erantzungailu, erantzungailu automatiko
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錄音電話, 录音电话 ‎(lùyīn diànhuà), 答錄機 (zh), 答录机 (zh) ‎(dālùjī)
Czech: záznamník (cs) m
Danish: telefonsvarer (da)
Dutch: antwoordapparaat (nl)
Finnish: puhelinvastaaja (fi), vastaaja (fi)
French: répondeur (fr) m
German: Anrufbeantworter (de) m

Hungarian: üzenetrögzítő (hu)
Icelandic: símsvari m
Italian: segreteria automatica f
Japanese: 留守番電話 (ja) ‎(るすばんでんわ rusuban denwa), 留守電 (ja) ‎(るすでん rusuden)
Norman: machinne à rêpondre f (Jersey)
Polish: automatyczna sekretarka (pl) f
Portuguese: secretária automática f
Russian: автоотве́тчик (ru) m ‎(avtootvétčik)
Spanish: contestador automático (es) m
Swedish: telefonsvarare (sv) c
Volapük: gespiköm