telefona

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See also: telefonà and telefonā

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):
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: 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

Noun

telefona

  1. telephone
    • 1936, 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

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

Latvian

Noun

telefona m

  1. genitive singular of telefons

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • 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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a telefona (third-person singular present telefonează, past participle telefonat) 1st conj. (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

References

Turkmen

Noun

telefona

  1. dative singular of telefon

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /teleˈfonɑ/,
  • 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
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