Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 39377 6908267 2009-06-30T02:14:21Z Kasmil 188623 t+sw:[[piga simu]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|téléphone|téléphoné}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Dialog gr 1972.jpg|thumb|right|A rotary-dial telephone]] ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fr|en}} {{term|téléphone|lang=fr}} from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|τῆλε||afar|tr=tēle|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} + {{term|φωνή||voice, sound|tr=phōnē|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|En-us-telephone.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # An electronic device used for two-way talking with other people (often shortened to [[phone]]). ====Synonyms==== * [[blower]] * [[phone]] * [[Ameche]] ''(slang)'' * [[dog and bone]] ''(slang)'' * See also [[Wikisaurus:phone]] ====Related terms==== * [[mobile telephone]] * [[public telephone]] * [[telephone book]] * [[telephone box]] * [[telephone call]] * [[telephone conference]] * [[telephony]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[تلفون]]}} (telifūn) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[هاتف]]}} (hātif) {{m}} * Armenian: [[հեռախոս]] (heṙaxos) * [[Basque]]: [[telefono]] * Bengali: {{BNchar|[[েটিলেফান]]}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|telefon|m}} * [[Breton]]: {{t-|br|pellgomz|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|телефон|m|tr=telefón|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[telèfon]] * [[Cebuano]]: [[telepono]] * Chinese: *: [[Cantonese]]: {{zh-ts|電話|电话}} (din6waa6) *: [[Mandarin]]: {{zh-ts|{{t+|cmn|電話|sc=Hant}}|{{t+|cmn|电话|sc=Hans|tr=diànhuà}}}} *: [[Min Nan]]: {{zh-ts|{{t-|nan|電話|sc=Hant}}|{{t-|nan|电话|sc=Hans|tr={{t+|nan|tiān-ōe}}}}}} *: [[Wu]]: {{zh-ts|電話|电话}} (diwu) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|telefon|m|alt=telèfōn}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|telefon}} * Danish: {{t+|da|telefon}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|telefoon|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|telefono|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t-|et|telefon}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|telefon|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhelin}} * French: {{t+|fr|téléphone|m}} * [[Friulian]]: [[telefon]] * German: [[Telefon]] {{n}}, [[Telephon]] {{n}}, [[Fernsprecher]] {{m}} * Greek: [[τηλέφωνο]] (ti̱léfono) {{n}} * [[Guaraní]]: [[pumbyry]] * [[Gujarati]]: [[દૂરબોલ]] (durbol) * Hebrew: [[טלפון]] (telefón) * Hindi: [[दूरभाष]] (dūrbhāṣa) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|telefon}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|sími|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|telefonilo}} * Indonesian: [[telepon]] * Irish: [[teileafón]] * Italian: {{t+|it|telefono|m}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|電話|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|でんわ|tr=denwa|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[전화]] (jeonhwa) * Kurdish: *: Kurmanji: telefon *: Sorani: {{t|ku|ته‌ليفون|tr=telefón|sc=ku-Arab}} {{trans-mid}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ໂທລະສັບ|tr=too-la-sap|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao}} * Latin: [[telephonum]], [[telephonium]] * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|телефон|m|tr=telefón|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * [[Malagasy]]: [[telefàonina]] * Malay: {{t-|ms|telefon|xs=Malay}} * Maltese: [[telefon]], [[telefown]] * Maori: [[waea]], [[whoounu]] * [[Marathi]]: [[टेलीफोन]] (ṭelīphona) * Navajo: {{tø|nv|béésh bee hane'é}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|telefon|m}} * [[Occitan]]: [[telefòn]] * [[Papiamentu]]: [[telefón]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[تلفن]]}} (telefón) * Polish: {{t+|pl|telefon|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|telefone|m}} * [[Punjabi]]: [[ਟੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਨ]] (ṭailīfōna) * Romanian: {{t-|ro|telefon|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|телефон|m|tr=telefón|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: [[दूरभाषं]] (dūrabhāṣan) * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[fòn]] {{f}}, [[cian-fhuaim]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[телефон#Serbian|телефон]] {{m}}, [[брзоглас]] {{m}} *: Romann: [[telefon#Serbian|telefon]] {{m}}, [[brzoglas]] {{m}} * [[Shona]]: [[runhare]] * Slovak: [[telefón]] {{m}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|teléfono|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|simu}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|telefon|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[telepono]], [[telépono]] * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|దూరవాణి|tr=dooravaani|sc=Telu}} * Thai: {{Thai|[[โทรศัพท์]]}} (tohrásàp) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|telefon}} * Turkmen: {{t-|tk|telefon|xs=Turkmen}} * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[ٹیلیفون]]}} (ṭelīfon) * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|điện thoại|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Walloon]]: [[telefone]] * Welsh: [[teliffon]] * [[West Frisian]]: [[tillefoan]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|telephon|ing}} # To [[call]] someone; to make someone's telephone [[ring]] using one's own telephone. ====Synonyms==== * [[call]] * [[drop a line]] * [[phone]] * [[ring]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:telephone]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to call someone}} * Bosnian: [[telefonirati]], [[nazvati]] [[na]] [[telefon]] * [[Breton]]: {{t-|br|pellgomz|xs=Breton}} * [[Catalan]]: [[telefonar]], [[trucar]], [[cridar]] * Chinese: [[打電話]], [[打电话]] (dǎ diànhuà) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|telefonirati|alt=telefonírati}} * Czech: {{t|cs|telefonovat}}, {{t|cs|volat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|telefoneren}} * Finnish: [[soittaa]] (puhelimella) * French: {{t+|fr|téléphoner}} * German: [[telephonieren]] * Greek: {{t|el|τηλεφωνώ|tr=tilefonó|sc=Grek}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|telefonál}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|hringja}}, {{t-|is|hringja í}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|telefonare}} * Japanese: [[電話]]を[[かける]] (denwa o kakeru) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|телефонира|tr=telefoníra|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|ѕвони|tr=dzvóni|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Russian: [[телефонировать]] (telefonírovat’) * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[fòn]] * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[телефонирати]], [[назвати]] [[на]] [[телефон]] *: Roman: [[telefonirati]], [[nazvati]] [[na]] [[telefon]] * Slovak: [[telefonovať]], [[zatelefonovať]], [[volať]], [[zavolať]] * Spanish: [[telefonar]], [[llamar]] por [[teléfono]] * Swahili: {{t|sw|piga simu}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ringa}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|telefon etmek}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:Telephony]] [[af:telephone]] [[zh-min-nan:telephone]] [[ca:telephone]] [[de:telephone]] [[et:telephone]] [[el:telephone]] [[fr:telephone]] [[ko:telephone]] [[hy:telephone]] [[io:telephone]] [[id:telephone]] [[it:telephone]] [[kk:telephone]] [[sw:telephone]] [[lo:telephone]] [[hu:telephone]] [[nl:telephone]] [[ja:telephone]] [[no:telephone]] [[pl:telephone]] [[pt:telephone]] [[ru:telephone]] [[simple:telephone]] [[sr:telephone]] [[fi:telephone]] [[tl:telephone]] [[ta:telephone]] [[th:telephone]] [[tr:telephone]] [[uk:telephone]] [[vi:telephone]] [[zh:telephone]]