telefona

See also: telefonà and telefonā

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfona/, [te.leˈfoː.nä]

Noun

telefona

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of telefon

Azerbaijani

Noun

telefona

1. dative singular of telefon

Catalan

Verb

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From telefono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfona/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fo‧na

Adjective

telefona (accusative singular telefonan, plural telefonaj, accusative plural telefonajn)

1. telephonic

Galician

Verb

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Telefona.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞lʲe̞ˑˌfo̞nɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞le̞ˑˌfo̞nɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -onɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

Noun

telefona

1. telephone
   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:

     Hänes on kaik — i kino, i radio, i telefona, i tipografia.

     In it there is everything - the movies, a radio, a telephone, a printshop.

Declension

Declension of telefona (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	telefona	telefonat
genitive	telefonan	telefonniin
partitive	telefonnaa	telefonnia
illative	telefonnaa	telefonnii
inessive	telefonas	telefonis
elative	telefonast	telefonist
allative	telefonalle	telefonille
adessive	telefonal	telefonil
ablative	telefonalt	telefonilt
translative	telefonaks	telefoniks
essive	telefonanna, telefonnaan	telefoninna, telefonniin
exessive1)	telefonant	telefonint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• telefonalanka
• telefonapatsas

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 581

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈlɛ.fo.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛfona
• Hyphenation: te‧lè‧fo‧na

Verb

telefona

1. inflection of telefonare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• fenolate, leofante

Latvian

Noun

telefona m

1. genitive singular of telefons

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfõ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨˈfɔ.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔnɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

Verb

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French téléphoner. By surface analysis, telefon +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a telefona (third-person singular present telefonează, past participle telefonat) 1st conjugation (dated, intransitive)

1. to call, to phone

   Synonyms: (formal) apela; suna

   • 1933, Gib Mihăescu, Rusoaica:

     Am să telefonez la comandament, să vedem ce e de făcut și cu tine…! te oprim sau te expediem.

     I’m going to call the command post, to see what we’re going to do with you—keep you or send you off.

   • 2005, Gheorghe Rafael Ștefănescu, Amintiri din România Socialistă, chapter 4, section 9:

     Nu știu ce s-a întâmplat, dar foarte curând, casiera de la Rectorat mi-a telefonat, întrebându-mă dacă prefer să-mi facă stat de plată separat, sau să aștept să mi se achite datoria la salariul următor.

     I don’t know what happened, but the rectorship treasurer very soon telephoned me, asking whether I'd rather they make me a separate payroll, or wait to be paid my outstanding salary.

Conjugation

    conjugation of telefona (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a telefona
gerund			telefonând
past participle			telefonat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	telefonez	telefonezi	telefonează	telefonăm	telefonați	telefonează
	imperfect	telefonam	telefonai	telefona	telefonam	telefonați	telefonau
	simple perfect	telefonai	telefonași	telefonă	telefonarăm	telefonarăți	telefonară
	pluperfect	telefonasem	telefonaseși	telefonase	telefonaserăm	telefonaserăți	telefonaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să telefonez	să telefonezi	să telefoneze	să telefonăm	să telefonați	să telefoneze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		telefonează			telefonați
	negative		nu telefona			nu telefonați

Derived terms

• telefonare
• telefonat

References

• “telefona”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Turkish

Noun

telefona

1. dative singular of telefon

Turkmen

Noun

telefona

1. dative singular of telefon

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /teleˈfonɑ/, [tʲeleˈfonɑ]
• Rhymes: -onɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

Noun

telefona

1. telephone, phone

Inflection

Declension of telefona (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	telefona	telefonad
genitive	telefona	telefonijõ, telefonii
partitive	telefonna	telefoniitõ, telefonii
illative	telefonnasõ, telefonna	telefoniisõ
inessive	telefonaz	telefoniiz
elative	telefonassõ	telefoniissõ
allative	telefonalõ	telefoniilõ
adessive	telefonallõ	telefoniillõ
ablative	telefonaltõ	telefoniiltõ
translative	telefonassi	telefoniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “telefona”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn