telefon

Albanian

Etymology

From English telephone or French téléphone, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

Noun

telefon m (plural telefona, definite telefoni, definite plural telefonat)

1. telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• telefonoj

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Internationalism; from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

• Audio

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Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)

1. 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

Chamorro

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

telefon m inan

1. phone, telephone

   po telefonu ― on the phone / over the phone

   mobilní telefon ― cellphone

   Můžu použít tvůj telefon? ― Can I use your phone?

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• See fón

Further reading

• telefon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• telefon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• telefon in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From tele- +‎ -fon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teləfoːn/,

Noun

telefon c (singular definite telefonen, plural indefinite telefoner)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
2. phone number, telephone number (digits assigned to a telephone), abbreviated tlf.
3. call, phone call, telephone call

Inflection

Synonyms

• (device): (slang) knogle
• (phone number): telefonnummer

Derived terms

• telefonere (“to telephone”)
• telefonisk (“telephonic, by telephone”)
• telefonist (“telephonist”)
• (jocular) telefonitis (“telephonitis”)

See also

• telefon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Estonian

Noun

telefon (genitive telefoni, partitive telefoni)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)

Declension

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeleˈfoːn/

Noun

telefon f (genitive singular telefonar, plural telefonir)

1. telephone

Declension

Synonyms

• (dated): røðil, fjarrøðil, máltráður

Derived terms

• fartelefon (mobile phone)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Telephon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

telefon (plural telefonok)

1. telephone

   Synonym: (dated, practically archaic) távbeszélő

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• telefon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• telepon
• telpon, telephon, telfon (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch telefoon (“telephone”), from French téléphone (“telephone”). Doublet of telepon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈlefɔn/
• Hyphenation: té‧lé‧fon

Noun

téléfon (first-person possessive telefonku, second-person possessive telefonmu, third-person possessive telefonnya)

1. Alternative spelling of telepon

Further reading

• “telefon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Karelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефо́н (telefón).

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Malay

Etymology

From English telephone or Dutch telefoon.

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Alternative forms

• telepon (Indonesia)

Derived terms

• telefon bimbit
• telefon pintar, telefon bijak (Singapore)
• telefon tangan (Kelantan)

References

Maltese

Etymology

From English telephone.

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

telefon

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefoner, definite plural telefonene)

1. a telephone or phone

Derived terms

Related terms

• telefoni

References

• “telefon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

telefon

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefonar, definite plural telefonane)

1. a telephone or phone

Derived terms

Related terms

• telefoni

References

• “telefon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

telefon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French téléphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɛ.fɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛfɔn
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fon

Noun

telefon m inan

1. telephone
2. telephone call
3. telephone number
4. mobile phone

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• telefon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• telefon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French téléphone, German Telephon. Equivalent to tele- +‎ -fon.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

telefon n (plural telefoane)

1. telephone

Declension

Related terms

• telefona
• telefonare
• telefonat

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Romansch

Noun

telefon m (plural telefons)

1. telephone

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telěfoːn/

Noun

telèfōn m (Cyrillic spelling телѐфо̄н)

1. telephone
2. (colloquial) telephone number

Declension

Derived terms

• telèfōnskī

Swedish

Etymology

tele- +‎ -fon

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /tɛlɛˈfoːn/

  • Audio

    (file)

• (Finland) IPA^(key): /teleˈfuːn/
• (Sweden, dialectal) IPA^(key): /tɛlɛˈfuːn/

Noun

telefon c

1. a phone, a telephone

   ringa någon med en telefon

   call someone with a telephone

2. phone, telephone (as a communication medium)

   kontakta någon per telefon

   contact someone by phone

   prata/sitta/stå/etc. i telefon

   be on the phone

   • 1986, Michael B. Tretow (lyrics and music), “Telefånen [The telefool [Incredible contraptions]:

     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 out on the street outside. I can see your silhouette through the curtain. And I'm standing here dreaming, of course , like I almost always do when I've downed a few bottles of wine.

3. Short for telefonsamtal (“phone call”).

   Du har telefon

   You have a phone call

Declension

Derived terms

• knapptelefon
• mobiltelefon
• smarttelefon
• telefonbok
• telefonkatalog
• telefonnummer

References

• telefon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Etymology

From Dutch telefoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English telephone.

Noun

telefon

1. telephone

   Synonym: telipon

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تلفون (telefon), from French téléphone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.le.fon/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

Declension

Derived terms

• telefoncu
• telefonculuk
• cep telefonu
• telefon etmek

Further reading

• “telefon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تلفون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 399

Turkmen

Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefony, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

Declension

Further reading

• “telefon” in Enedilim.com
• “telefon” in Webonary.org