téléphone

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See also: telephone, Telephone, téléphoné, and téléphône

French

Etymology

    From télé- +‎ -phone from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /te.le.fɔn/
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    Noun

    téléphone m (plural téléphones)

    1. telephone
      • 1948, Maurice Blanchot, Le très-haut:
        Oui, certainement, elle pensait à ma mère, elle attendait un coup de téléphone, enfin n’importe quoi ; ce n’était pas mystérieux, elle n’aurait eu qu’à le dire pour m’en donner l’idée.
        Yes, certainly, she was thinking of my mother, she was waiting for a phone call, or whatever, it wasn't mysterious, all she had to do was say it to give me some idea.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Algerian Arabic: تيليفون
    • → Persian: تلفن (telefon)
    • →? Afar: telfóon, talafóon

    Verb

    téléphone

    1. inflection of téléphoner:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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