téléphoner

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See also: telephoner

French

Etymology

From téléphone +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.le.fɔ.ne/
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Verb

téléphoner

  1. (intransitive) to call, to ring, to telephone
    J’ai téléphoné à mon ami.
    I called my friend.
    • 1932, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit:
      Il ne me restait plus en fait de ressources qu’à aller jusqu’au bistrot pour téléphoner de temps en temps à quelques autres praticiens par-ci, par-là, au loin, que je connaissais plus ou moins bien dans Paris, dans les hôpitaux, pour leur demander ce qu’ils feraient eux, ces malins, ces considérés, devant une typhoïde comme celle qui me tracassait.
      All I could do was go to the bistrot now and then and phone various doctors in the Paris hospitals, with whom I was more or less acquainted, and ask those sage, widely respected luminaries what they would do if faced with a case of typhoid like the one that was driving me mad.

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