telefone

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See also: Telefone and telefonē

English

Noun

telefone

  1. Misspelling of telephone.

Afrikaans

Noun

telefone

  1. plural of telefoon

Estonian

Noun

telefone

  1. partitive plural of telefon

Galician

Verb

telefone

  1. inflection of telefonar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

telefone

Pronunciation

 

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -oni, (Portugal) -ɔnɨ
  • Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧ne

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English telephone[1] or French téléphone.[2] By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fone.

Noun

telefone m (plural telefones)

  1. telephone
    Synonym: (obsolete) telefónio
  2. telephone number
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

telefone

  1. inflection of telefonar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “telefone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “telefone”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

Further reading

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese telefone.

Noun

telefone

  1. telephone

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

telefone m (plural telefones)

  1. telephone
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