telefon
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English telephone or French téléphone, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m (plural telefona, definite telefoni, definite plural telefonat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | telefon | telefoni | telefona | telefonat |
| accusative | telefonin | |||
| dative | telefoni | telefonit | telefonave | telefonave |
| ablative | telefonash | |||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “telefon”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Azerbaijani
[edit]| Cyrillic | телефон | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تئلئفوْن | |
Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)
- telephone
- telefon nömrəsi ― phone number
- cib telefonu ― mobile phone (literally, “pocket phone”)
- telefon vasitəsi ilə ödəmək ― to pay by phone
- telefon vasitəsi ilə əlaqə saxlamaq ― to contact by phone
- telefon yükləyicisi ― phone charger
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefonlar |
| definite accusative | telefonu | telefonları |
| dative | telefona | telefonlara |
| locative | telefonda | telefonlarda |
| ablative | telefondan | telefonlardan |
| definite genitive | telefonun | telefonların |
Chamorro
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
Noun
[edit]telefon
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefonlar |
| genitive | telefonnıñ | telefonlarnıñ |
| dative | telefonğa | telefonlarğa |
| accusative | telefonnı | telefonlarnı |
| locative | telefonda | telefonlarda |
| ablative | telefondan | telefonlardan |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m inan
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- See fón
Further reading
[edit]- “telefon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “telefon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “telefon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Danish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon c (singular definite telefonen, plural indefinite telefoner)
- telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
- phone number, telephone number (digits assigned to a telephone), abbreviated tlf.
- call, phone call, telephone call
Inflection
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | telefon | telefonen | telefoner | telefonerne |
| genitive | telefons | telefonens | telefoners | telefonernes |
Synonyms
[edit]- (device): (slang) knogle
- (phone number): telefonnummer
Derived terms
[edit]- telefonere (“to telephone”)
- telefonisk (“telephonic, by telephone”)
- telefonist (“telephonist”)
- (jocular) telefonitis (“telephonitis”)
See also
[edit]
telefon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Estonian
[edit]
Noun
[edit]telefon (genitive telefoni, partitive telefoni)
- telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of telefon (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | telefon | telefonid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | telefoni | ||
| genitive | telefonide | ||
| partitive | telefoni | telefone telefonisid | |
| illative | telefoni telefonisse |
telefonidesse telefonesse | |
| inessive | telefonis | telefonides telefones | |
| elative | telefonist | telefonidest telefonest | |
| allative | telefonile | telefonidele telefonele | |
| adessive | telefonil | telefonidel telefonel | |
| ablative | telefonilt | telefonidelt telefonelt | |
| translative | telefoniks | telefonideks telefoneks | |
| terminative | telefonini | telefonideni | |
| essive | telefonina | telefonidena | |
| abessive | telefonita | telefonideta | |
| comitative | telefoniga | telefonidega | |
Derived terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon f (genitive singular telefonar, plural telefonir)
Declension
[edit]| f2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | telefon | telefonin | telefonir | telefonirnar |
| accusative | telefon | telefonina | telefonir | telefonirnar |
| dative | telefon | telefonini | telefonum | telefonunum |
| genitive | telefonar | telefonarinnar | telefona | telefonanna |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- fartelefon (mobile phone)
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Telephon.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon (plural telefonok)
- telephone
- Synonym: (dated, practically archaic) távbeszélő
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefonok |
| accusative | telefont | telefonokat |
| dative | telefonnak | telefonoknak |
| instrumental | telefonnal | telefonokkal |
| causal-final | telefonért | telefonokért |
| translative | telefonná | telefonokká |
| terminative | telefonig | telefonokig |
| essive-formal | telefonként | telefonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | telefonban | telefonokban |
| superessive | telefonon | telefonokon |
| adessive | telefonnál | telefonoknál |
| illative | telefonba | telefonokba |
| sublative | telefonra | telefonokra |
| allative | telefonhoz | telefonokhoz |
| elative | telefonból | telefonokból |
| delative | telefonról | telefonokról |
| ablative | telefontól | telefonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
telefoné | telefonoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
telefonéi | telefonokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | telefonom | telefonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | telefonod | telefonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | telefonja | telefonjai |
| 1st person plural | telefonunk | telefonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | telefonotok | telefonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | telefonjuk | telefonjaik |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- telefon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /teˈlefɔn/ [t̪eˈle.fɔn]
- Syllabification: te‧le‧fon
Noun
[edit]telefon
- alternative form of telepon
Verb
[edit]telefon (active menelefon, passive ditelefon)
- alternative form of telepon
Karelian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian телефо́н (telefón).
Noun
[edit]telefon
Kazakh
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English telephone or Dutch telefoon,[1] by surface analysis, tele- + -fon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (English-based) IPA(key): /teˈlifon/ [t̪ɛˈli.fon]
- (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /teˈlefon/ [t̪eˈle.fon]
- Rhymes: -fon, -on
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
Noun
[edit]telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون, countable and uncountable, plural telefon-telefon or telefon2)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون, active menelefon, third-person passive ditelefon) (transitive)
- to call (with a telephone)
References
[edit]- ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923), Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe[1], Batavia: Sin Po, archived from the original on 3 March 2022, page 293
Further reading
[edit]- "telefon" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefoner, definite plural telefonene)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “telefon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefonar, definite plural telefonane)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “telefon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism. By surface analysis, tele- + -fon.[1][2][3] First attested in 1829.[4] Compare Kashubian telefón and Silesian telefōn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m inan (related adjective telefoniczny, abbreviation tel.)
- telephone (telecommunication device used for two-way talking with another person)
- telephone call (connection established over a telephone network between two parties)
- telephone number (sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefony |
| genitive | telefonu | telefonów |
| dative | telefonowi | telefonom |
| accusative | telefon | telefony |
| instrumental | telefonem | telefonami |
| locative | telefonie | telefonach |
| vocative | telefonie | telefony |
Derived terms
[edit]- telefonować impf, zatelefonować pf
- być pod telefonem impf
- odebrać telefon pf, odbierać telefon impf
- wisieć na telefonie impf
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “telefon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “telefon”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language][2] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Saint-Clair, czyli Wygnańcy na wyspie Barra : romans historyczny (in Polish), volume 4, 1829, page 9
Further reading
[edit]- “telefon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “telefon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 39
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French téléphone, German Telephon. Equivalent to tele- + -fon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]telefon n (plural telefoane)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | telefon | telefonul | telefoane | telefoanele |
| genitive-dative | telefon | telefonului | telefoane | telefoanelor |
| vocative | telefonule | telefoanelor | ||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Romansh
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon m (plural telefons)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telèfōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling телѐфо̄н, genitive singular telefóna, nominative plural telefóni, genitive plural telefónā)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefoni |
| genitive | telefona | telefona |
| dative | telefonu | telefonima |
| accusative | telefon | telefone |
| vocative | telefone | telefoni |
| locative | telefonu | telefonima |
| instrumental | telefonom | telefonima |
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Sweden) IPA(key): /tɛlɛˈfoːn/
Audio: (file)
- (Finland) IPA(key): /teleˈfuːn/
- (Sweden, dialectal) IPA(key): /tɛlɛˈfuːn/
Noun
[edit]telefon c
- a phone, a telephone
- ringa någon med en telefon
- call someone with a telephone
- a cell phone, a mobile phone
- Synonyms: mobiltelefon, mobil, (colloquial) lur, (colloquial, somewhat dated) nalle, (humorous, dated) yuppienalle
- Har du sett min telefon?
- Have you seen my phone?
- Har du kollat telefonen idag?
- Have you checked your phone today?
- phone, telephone (as a communication medium)
- att svara i telefon
- to answer the phone
- (literally, “to answer in telephone [idiomatic]”)
- Hon svarar inte i telefon
- She doesn't answer the phone
- prata/vara/sitta/stå/etc. i telefon
- be on the phone
- kontakta någon per telefon
- contact someone by phone
- 1986, Michael B. Tretow, “Telefånen [The telefool [blend of telefonen (“the telephone”) and fånen (“the (silly) fool”)]”, in Makalösa manickar [more commonly "manicker"] [Incredible contraptions][5]:
- Ja, jag står i telefon ute på gatan utanför. Jag kan se din siluett genom gardin[en]. Och jag står förstås och drömmer som jag nästan alltid gör när jag har satt i mig några flaskor vin.
- Yes, I'm on the phone [stand on the phone] out on the street outside. I can see your silhouette through the curtain. And I'm standing here dreaming, of course [and I stand of course and dream], like I almost always do when I've downed a few bottles of wine.
- short for telefonsamtal (“phone call”)
- Du har telefon
- You have a phone call
Usage notes
[edit]- In some dialects, this word is not conjugated in the definitive, hence "svara i telefon" is equivalent to "answer the phone" rather than the ungrammatical "answer phone".
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | telefon | telefons |
| definite | telefonen | telefonens | |
| plural | indefinite | telefoner | telefoners |
| definite | telefonerna | telefonernas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- knappsats (“keypad”)
- (telefon)lur (“telephone handset”) (appears in some expressions)
References
[edit]- “telefon”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “telefon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “telefon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Ternate
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish تلفون, تلهفون (telefon), from French téléphone.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “telefon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تلفون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[6] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 399
Turkmen
[edit]Noun
[edit]telefon (definite accusative telefony, plural telefonlar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | telefon | telefonlar |
| accusative | telefony | telefonlary |
| genitive | telefonuň | telefonlaryň |
| dative | telefona | telefonlara |
| locative | telefonda | telefonlarda |
| ablative | telefondan | telefonlardan |
Further reading
[edit]- Albanian terms borrowed from English
- Albanian terms derived from English
- Albanian terms borrowed from French
- Albanian terms derived from French
- Albanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Albanian 3-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Telephony
- Azerbaijani internationalisms
- Azerbaijani terms derived from French
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Azerbaijani terms with usage examples
- az:Telephony
- Chamorro lemmas
- Chamorro nouns
- ch:Telephony
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from French
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- crh:Telephony
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech terms with audio pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech terms with collocations
- Czech terms with usage examples
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- cs:Telephony
- Danish terms prefixed with tele-
- Danish terms suffixed with -fon
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Telephony
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian seminar-type nominals
- et:Telephony
- Faroese terms borrowed from French
- Faroese terms derived from French
- Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- fo:Telephony
- Hungarian terms borrowed from German
- Hungarian terms derived from German
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on
- Rhymes:Hungarian/on/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Telephony
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian verbs
- Karelian terms borrowed from Russian
- Karelian terms derived from Russian
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- krl:Telephony
- Kazakh lemmas
- Kazakh nouns
- Kazakh terms in Latin script
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Dutch
- Malay terms prefixed with tele-
- Malay terms suffixed with -fon
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/fon
- Rhymes:Malay/fon/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/on
- Rhymes:Malay/on/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay countable nouns
- Malay uncountable nouns
- Malay verbs
- Malay transitive verbs
- ms:Telephony
- Maltese terms derived from English
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- mt:Telephony
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Telephony
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Telephony
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms prefixed with tele-
- Polish terms suffixed with -fon
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛfɔn
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛfɔn/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Telephony
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms borrowed from German
- Romanian terms derived from German
- Romanian terms prefixed with tele-
- Romanian terms suffixed with -fon
- Romanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Telephony
- Romansh lemmas
- Romansh nouns
- Romansh masculine nouns
- rm:Telephony
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns
- Serbo-Croatian colloquialisms
- sh:Telephony
- Swedish terms prefixed with tele-
- Swedish terms suffixed with -fon
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish terms with quotations
- Swedish short forms
- sv:Telephony
- Ternate terms derived from Dutch
- Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ternate lemmas
- Ternate nouns
- tft:Telephony
- Tok Pisin terms inherited from English
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Telephony
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Telephony
- Turkmen lemmas
- Turkmen nouns
- tk:Telephony
