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Meaning of Phone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
fəʊ̯n

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.

Equivalents

Afrikaans telefoneer
العربية الهاتف تلفن
Azərbaycanca zəng etmək zəng vurmaq
Български звук телефонирам
বাংলা ফোন করা
བོད་སྐད ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ
Bosanski fon glas глас звук
Català fon telefonar trucar
Cymraeg ffonio
Dansk ringe sproglyd
Deutsch anrufen Phon Sprachlaut Telefonieren
Esperanto telefoni
Suomi äänne fööni känny puhelin
Français Appeler phone phone phoner téléphoner
Gaeilge foghar
Gàidhlig foghar fòn
עברית טלפון
Hrvatski fon glas глас звук
Magyar főn telefonál
Հայերեն զանգել
Bahasa Indonesia fon telepon
Íslenska hringja
Italiano fono telefonare
ខ្មែរ ទូរសព្ទ
Kurdî fon
Lëtzebuergesch uruffen
Lietuvių skambinti
Latviešu telefonēt
Nederlands opbellen telefoneren
Português chamar fone ligar para telefonar para
Slovenčina telefonovať volať
Shqip telefonoj
Српски fon glas глас звук
Svenska fön ringa telefon telefonera
Tagalog tawagan tumawag

Examples

“Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.”
“My phone ran out of battery.”
“There's an old-fashioned phone in the doctor's waiting room - it doesn't work anymore, of course.”
“It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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