téléphone

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
  • ? Afar: telfóon, talafóon

Verb

téléphone

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

Further reading

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