Phone

//foʊ̯n//

Synonyms for "phone" (137 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (28)

Noun(3 words)
telephoneamecheblower

Strong matches (41)

Related words (68)

Verb(1 words)
phone up

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18 relation types

More general

6 entries

More specific

13 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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derived

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

2 entries

has first_subevent

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has property

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holonym

4 entries

is a

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meronym

6 entries

part of

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related to

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similar

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used for

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Translations

158 translations across 70 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • telefoneer verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Albanian

1 entries
  • telefonoj verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَلْفَنَ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Armenian

1 entries
  • զանգել verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܘܼܛܵܡܲܠܸܠ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • ܡܲܚܒܸܪ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • zəng etmək verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • zəng vurmaq verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Basque

2 entries
  • telefonatu verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonoz deitu verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • звані́ць verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • пазвані́ць verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • патэлефанава́ць verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • тэлефанава́ць verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ফোন করা verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • звук noun (speech segment)
  • оба́дя се verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • оба́ждам се verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • телефони́рам verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဖုန်းဆက် verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Catalan

3 entries
  • fon noun (speech segment)
  • telefonar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • trucar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Chamorro

1 entries
  • dengua' verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 語音 /语音 noun (speech segment)
  • 打電話 /打电话 verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Czech

4 entries
  • fón noun (speech segment)
  • hláska noun (speech segment)
  • telefonovat verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • volat verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Danish

2 entries
  • sproglyd noun (speech segment)
  • ringe verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Dari

3 entries
  • تیلفون زدن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • تیلفون کردن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • زنگ زدن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Dutch

2 entries
  • opbellen verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefoneren verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • telefoni verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Estonian

3 entries
  • foon noun (speech segment)
  • häälik noun (speech segment)
  • helistama verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ringja verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Finnish

3 entries
  • fooni noun (speech segment)
  • äänne noun (speech segment)
  • soittaa (puhelimella) verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

French

4 entries
  • phone noun (speech segment)
  • appeler verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • phoner verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • téléphoner verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

German

3 entries
  • Phon noun (speech segment)
  • anrufen verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonieren verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Greek

4 entries
  • καλώ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • παίρνω verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • παίρνω τηλέφωνο verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • τηλεφωνώ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צילצל \ צִלְצֵל verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Hindi

1 entries
  • फ़ोन करना verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • fón noun (speech segment)
  • hangszegmentum noun (speech segment)
  • telefonál verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hringja verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Ido

1 entries
  • telefonar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • fon noun (speech segment)
  • telepon verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • telephonar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • تلفن زدن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • تلفن کردن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • دورواژیدن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • زنگ زدن verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Irish

1 entries
  • foghar noun (speech segment)

Italian

2 entries
  • fono noun (speech segment)
  • telefonare verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 単音 noun (speech segment)
  • 音価 noun (speech segment)
  • 電話する verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • 電話をかける verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទូរសព្ទ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Korean

2 entries
  • 전화를 걸다 verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • 전화하다 verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໂທລະສັບ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Latvian

3 entries
  • piezvanīt verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonēt verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • zvanīt verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skambinti verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Luganda

1 entries
  • essimu verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • telefonéieren verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • uruffen verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • заѕвони verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • телефони́ра verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • ѕвони verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Persian

2 entries
  • آوا noun (speech segment)
  • دورگویال noun (speech segment)

Polish

4 entries
  • głoska noun (speech segment)
  • dzwonić verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonować verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • zadzwonić verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • fone noun (speech segment)
  • chamar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • ligar para verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonar para verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Romanian

1 entries
  • a telefona verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Russian

4 entries
  • фо́на noun (speech segment)
  • фоне́ма noun (speech segment)
  • звони́ть verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • позвони́ть verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • दूरवाणी verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • दूरवाणीं करोति verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • foghar noun (speech segment)
  • fòn verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • telefonírati verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • телефони́рати verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • fonu noun (speech segment)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • ڏُور وائڻُ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Slovak

4 entries
  • hláska noun (speech segment)
  • telefonovať verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • volať verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • zatelefonovať verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Slovene

1 entries
  • telefonirati verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fono noun (speech segment)
  • llamar por teléfono verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonear verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • timbrar verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fon noun (speech segment)
  • ringa verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonera verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • tawagan verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • tumawag verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • tumelepono verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Tajik

1 entries
  • телефон кардан verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஃபோன் பண்ணு verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Thai

2 entries
  • โทร verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • โทรศัพท์ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Turkish

3 entries
  • aramak verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefon etmek verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefonlamak verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • дзвони́ти verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • зателефонува́ти verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • подзвони́ти verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • телефонува́ти verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Urdu

3 entries
  • صوت noun (speech segment)
  • فون کرنا verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • ملانا verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • qoʻngʻiroq qilmoq verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • telefon qilmoq verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • gọi điện verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • gọi điện thoại verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • kêu điện thoại verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)
  • điện verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffonio verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טעלעפֿאָנירן verb (to call (someone) on the telephone)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."

Source: tatoeba (1516)

Where can one make a phone call?

Source: tatoeba (1713)

I was about to go out when the phone rang.

Source: tatoeba (2324)

How can you have a laptop and not a cell phone?

Source: tatoeba (2408)

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