smartphone

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See also: Smartphone and smart phone

English

Samsung smartphones (frontside)
Samsung smartphones (backside)

Etymology

From smart +‎ phone, first usage in the mid-1990s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

smartphone (plural smartphones)

  1. (mobile telephony) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
    Hypernym: mobile phone
    Hyponym: iPhone

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɑrt.foːn/, ,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: smart‧phone

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone
    Synonyms: ordiphone, supertéléphone, téléphone intelligent

Italian

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Quattro smartphone — Four smartphones

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation

Noun

smartphone m (invariable)

  1. (mobile telephony) smartphone
    Da quando hai uno smartphone? ― Since when have you had a smartphone?

Further reading

  • smartphone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.maʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ , /iz.maʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /iz.maɾ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/, /iz.maɾt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʒ.maʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ , /iʒ.maʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.maɻt͡ʃˈfo.ne/, /iz.maɻ.t͡ʃiˈfo.ne/
 

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone (mobile phone with greater computing capacity)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smaɾdˈfon/ , /esmaɾdˈfon/
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones or smartphone)

  1. smartphone

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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