Meaning of telefons | Babel Free

Definitions

1. telephone (electronic device that converts electrical impulses into sound)
   declension-1, masculine
2. telephone (telecommunication via telephone)
   declension-1, masculine, singular, usually
3. telephone set, phone (electronic device used for communication between two people)
   declension-1, masculine
4. telephone number
   declension-1, masculine

Examples

“elektromagnētiskais telefons”

electromagnetic telephone

“galvas telefons”

headphone (lit. head telephone)

“telefona sakari”

telephone connections

“telefona vadi, stieples”

telephone wires, cables

“rūpnīcas iekšējais telefons”

the factory's internal telephone (= interphone)

“telefona tīkls”

telephone network

“telefona abonents”

telephone subscriber

“telefona centrāle”

telephone exchange

“telefona saruna”

telephone conversation

“mūsu šodienas dzīve bez telefona ir grūti pat iedomāties”

it is difficult to even imagine our life today without the telephone

“no nama uz namu stiepjas elektriskās līnijas un telefona kabeļi”

from house to house

“telefona klausule”

telephone receiver

“runāt, zvanīt pa telefonu”

to talk, to call by phone

“atkal zvanīja telefons; Birgitai mājās esot, Arnolds pie aparāta izvairījās iet”

again the telephone rang; Birgita being home, Arnolds avoided picking it up (lit. going to the telephone set)

““Nikolajs smagi saslimis”, viņa teica; “mazliet pagaidi un piezvani otrreiz, es aiznesīšu telefonu otrā istabā pie viņa gultas””

“Nikolajs is very sick,” she said; “wait a little and call again, I will take the telephone into the other room to his bed”

“telefona grāmatu, telefonu grāmatu”

phone book (list of the telephone numbers of the subscribers of a telephone network)

“es pārrakstu telefonus Nākamgada kalendārā”

I am copying the telephone (numbers) to next year's calendar

“Dinas tēvs metas istabā pie sava rakstāmgalda, pagrābj telefonu grāmata un trīcošiem pirkstiem šķir lapas”

Dina's father threw himself into the room, (went) to his desk, grabbed the phone book and with trembling fingers separated its pages

CEFR level