English

A rotary-dial phone

Noun

phone ‎(plural phones)

1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• speakerphone

Related terms

• phone sex
• phone tag

Translations

See also

• Wikisaurus:phone

Verb

phone ‎(third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

1. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.

Synonyms

• call, ring, telephone

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek φωνή ‎(phōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

phone ‎(plural phones)

1. (phonetics) 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.

Related terms

• phonetic
• phonetically
• phonetics
• phonology
• phoneme

Translations

French

Noun

phone m ‎(plural phones)

1. phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
2. (linguistics) phone

Verb

phone

1. first-person singular present indicative of phoner
2. third-person singular present indicative of phoner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
5. second-person singular imperative of phoner