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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch telefoon (“telephone”), from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /teˈlepɔn/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlpɔn/
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧pon
Noun
telepon
- telephone (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
- telephone call (a connection established over a telephone network between two parties)
- Synonym: panggilan telepon
- telephone call (the conversation held by the two parties on this connection)
- Synonym: panggilan telepon
Verb
telepon (active menelepon, passive ditelepon)
- (transitive, intransitive) to call, to telephone (to contact by telephone)
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