Telephone

/ˈtɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/

Synonyms for "telephone" (74 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Verb(5 words)
callcall upphoneringcalled
Noun(5 words)
phonetelephonycallcall incalling
blowerbuzzcallcall boxcall up

Strong matches (22)

Noun(2 words)
callscommunication device
carbon telephonecoin telephonecontactdesk telephonedialdial telephoneextensiongive a ringhandsethang uphold the phone
Verb(9 words)
dial updrop a lineget on the horngive someone a bellgive someone a buzzgive someone a callgive someone a jinglegive someone a ringgive someone a tinkle

Related words (37)

hornlinelisten inlookmake a callmouthpiecepay stationphonepublic telephonepush-button telephoneradiotelephonereceiverringring offring uptelephone boothtelephone engineeringtelephone extensiontelephone mechanicstelephone receiver
Show 6 more words
telephonicstelephonytransmittransmitterwall telephonewireless telephone
Noun(7 words)
phone inphone-basedphonesradiotelephonestelephone settelephonicvoice apparatus
Verb(3 words)
phonedrangring up
Preposition(1 words)
via phone

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

12 entries
communicationcommunication devicecommunication systemcommunication technologyelectronic communicationselectronic deviceelectronic equipmentinformation technologytelecomtelecommunicatetelecommunicationtelecommunications system

More specific

18 entries
cell phoneconference callemergency callincident reportlandlinelandline systemmobile networkmobile phonephone callrotary dial phonesmartphonetelephone equipmenttelephone networktelephone settelephony switchupdate

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

11 entries
landline telephonemobile phonetelecommunication networktelephone calltelephone directorytelephone exchangetelephone linetelephone networktelephone numbertelephone servicetelephone system

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

258 translations across 178 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ателефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • telefoon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Alabama

3 entries
  • maanaaɬihilka noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • masnaaɬiilka noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • naaɬiikapalki noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Albanian

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ስልክ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ቴሌፎን noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تلفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • تليفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • تليفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • تِلِفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հեռախոս noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Assamese

1 entries
  • টেলিফোন noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Assiniboine

1 entries
  • masʾápabi noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܚܘܼܛܵܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ܬܸܠܸܦ̮ܘܿܢ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Asturian

1 entries
  • teléfonu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Atayal

1 entries
  • renwa' noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • تلفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Basque

1 entries
  • telefono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • тэлефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Bengali

3 entries
  • টেলিফোন noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • দূরভাষা noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ফোন noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Bouyei

1 entries
  • dianqhuaq noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Breton

1 entries
  • pellgomz noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • talipun noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • телефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Burmese

3 entries
  • စကားပြောကြေးနန်း noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • တယ်လီဖုန်း noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ဖုန်း noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Buryat

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • телефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Catalan

1 entries
  • telèfon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • telepono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Central Franconian

1 entries
  • Fäänshpräscho noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تهلهفۆن noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chechen

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎠᏏᎳᏛ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ᏗᎵᏃᎮᏗ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • aseéestsestôtse noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chinese

3 entries
  • дянхуа noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • вэтгавъёԓгын noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Comox

1 entries
  • sqʷay noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Corsican

1 entries
  • telefonu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Czech

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Danish

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Dari

2 entries
  • تیلِفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • فون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Dutch

2 entries
  • beltoestel noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telefoon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • telefono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Estonian

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Faroese

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Finnish

1 entries
  • puhelin noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

French

1 entries
  • téléphone noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Friulian

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Fula

2 entries
  • talifon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • 𞤼𞤢𞤤𞤭𞤬𞤮𞤲 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Galician

1 entries
  • teléfono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტელეფონი noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

German

3 entries
  • Fernsprecher noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • Telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • Telephon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Greek

1 entries
  • τηλέφωνο noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • oqarasuaat noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Gujarati

3 entries
  • ટેલિફોન noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • દૂરબોલ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • દૂરભાષ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kelepona noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • טֶלֶפוֹן noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Hindi

4 entries
  • टेलिफोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • टेलीफ़ोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • दूरभाष noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • फ़ोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • távbeszélő noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sími noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Ido

1 entries
  • telefonilo noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telepon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • telefona noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • uqaalaut noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • تِلِفُن noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Irish

3 entries
  • fón noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • guthán noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • teileafón noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Italian

1 entries
  • telefono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 電話 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • утцн noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಗೆಂಟುಮಾತು noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ದೂರವಾಣಿ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • teleponu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • nyūthī noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តេឡេហ្វូន noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ទូរស័ព្ទ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Korean

1 entries
  • 전화 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Lakota

1 entries
  • omásʼapȟe noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Lao

3 entries
  • ເຕເລໂຟນ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ໂທຣະສັບ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ໂທລະສັບ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Latin

2 entries
  • tēlephōnium noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • tēlephōnum noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Latvian

2 entries
  • telefons noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • tālrunis noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Lingala

1 entries
  • ebengeli noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • telefonas noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦧᦱᧈ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • телефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • telefaonina noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Malay

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ടെലിഫോൺ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ദൂരശ്രാവി noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1 entries
  • mattoktihikon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Maltese

2 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telefown noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Manx

1 entries
  • çhellvane noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Marathi

3 entries
  • टेलीफोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • दूरध्वनी noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • फोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Minjungbal

1 entries
  • gulgun biral noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • дянхуа noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • утас noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Māori

4 entries
  • terepōno noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • terewhōno noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • waea noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • waeakōrero noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • huehcacaquiztli noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • mekatlanonotski noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Navajo

1 entries
  • béésh bee haneʼé noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Nepali

1 entries
  • टेलिफोन noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Norman

1 entries
  • téléphône noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • telefovdna noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Occitan

1 entries
  • telefòn noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଟେଲିଫୋନ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • giigidowin noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Oromo

1 entries
  • bilbila noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • تلفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • دور شنید noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • telefón noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Pashto

1 entries
  • تيلفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Pawnee

1 entries
  • rarácawakataku noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Faernschwetzer noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries
  • foen noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Plains-Cree

2 entries
  • ᐊᔭᒫᑲᐣ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ᓭᐁᐧᐱᒋᑲᐣ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Tellefoon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Polish

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • telefone noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਟੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਨ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ਫ਼ੋਨ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Quechua

1 entries
  • karu rimay noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Romanian

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Romansch

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Russian

1 entries
  • телефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Samoan

1 entries
  • telefoni noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • दूरभाषा noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • दूरवाणी noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • telèfonu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Scots

1 entries
  • telephone noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cian-fhuaim noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • fòn noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • telèfōn noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • телѐфо̄н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Shan

1 entries
  • တႄႇလီႇၾူၼ်း noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Shona

1 entries
  • runhare noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • talèfunu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telèfunu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • tilèfunu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • ڏُور وايو noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • දුරකථනය noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • බණුව noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Slovak

1 entries
  • telefón noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Slovene

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Southern East Cree

1 entries
  • ᑖᐦᑳᐱᐦᒉᓂᑲᓐ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Spanish

1 entries
  • teléfono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sranan Tongo

3 entries
  • gengen noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • konkrutitei noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • teilefown noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Swahili

1 entries
  • simu noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Swedish

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hatinig noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telepono noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • niuniu paraparau noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tajik

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tamil

3 entries
  • ஃபோன் noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • டெலிஃபோன் noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • தொலைபேசி noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tatar

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Telugu

3 entries
  • టెలీఫోను noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • దూరవాణి noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ఫోను noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Thai

1 entries
  • โทรศัพท์ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཁ་པར noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ཞལ་པར noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ስልኪ noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ተለፎን noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • telipon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Turkish

2 entries
  • alısün noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • телефо́н noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Unami

1 entries
  • sëkahsën noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Urdu

3 entries
  • فون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ٹیلی فون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • ہاتِف noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تېلېفون noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • telefon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Venda

1 entries
  • luṱingo noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • dây nói noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • phôn noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • điện thoại noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Volapük

2 entries
  • telefonaparat noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telefonöm noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Walloon

2 entries
  • telefone noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • tèlèfone noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Welsh

2 entries
  • ffôn noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • teleffon noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

West Flemish

2 entries
  • teelefoeng noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • telefoeng noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • telefoan noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
  • tillefoan noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 電話 /电话 noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • umnxeba noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Yakut

1 entries
  • телефон noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Yami

1 entries
  • dingwa noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טעלעפֿאָן noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • qanercuun noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Yurok

1 entries
  • 'o chweeegeen noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • denva noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ucingo noun (a device used for two-way talking with other people)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Could you dial for me? The telephone is too high.

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You need not telephone me.

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I forget your telephone number.

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Had I known your telephone number, I would have called you.

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