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mobile phone

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English

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mobile phones

Etymology

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From mobile +‎ phone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mobile phone (plural mobile phones)

  1. A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network by means of radio transmissions.
    Synonyms: mobile telephone, portable phone, portable telephone, radio telephone, radio-telephone, radiotelephone
    Hypernyms: phone, telephone
    Hyponyms: carphone, cellphone, satphone
  2. A portable telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network.
    Synonyms: cell (mainly US, Canada, and New Zealand), cell phone (mainly US, Canada, New Zealand, and Philippines), cellular, cellular mobile, cellular phone, cellular telephone, cellphone / handphone (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Hawaii, and Singapore), mobile (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore), mobile telephone
    Hypernyms: phone, telephone
    Hyponyms: feature phone, smartphone

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