headphone

English

pair of supra-aural headphones

Etymology

head +‎ phone

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhedfəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhedfoʊn/

Noun

headphone (plural headphones)

1. A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs

   She handed me one headphone so I could listen too.

Usage notes

Also used as a noun modifier: e.g. headphone plug, headphone socket.

Derived terms

• circumaural and supra-aural headphones

Translations

listening device

• Armenian: ականջակալ (hy) (akanǰakal)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: auricular m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳機 (zh), 耳机 (zh) (ěrjī), 耳筒 (ěrtǒng)

• Dutch: hoofdtelefoon (nl) m, koptelefoon (nl) m
• Esperanto: kapaŭskultilo
• Finnish: kuulokkeet pl
• French: écouteur (fr) m
• German: Kopfhörer (de) m
• Greek: ακουστικό (el) n (akoustikó), ακουστικά (el) n pl (akoustiká)
• Hungarian: fejhallgató (hu)

• Irish: cluasán m
• Japanese: ヘッドフォン (heddofon), ヘッドホン (heddohon)
• Korean: 헤드폰 (hedeupon)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: fone de cabeça (pt) m
• Russian: нау́шники (ru) m pl (naúšniki)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòn-cluaise m
• Spanish: auricular (es), audífono m
• Thai: หูฟัง (hǔu-fang)
• Tibetan: ཉན་བྱེད་འཕྲུལ་ཆས (nyan byed 'phrul chas)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: clustffon m, f