telefona

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfona/, [te.leˈfoː.nä]

telefona

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of telefon

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From telefono +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [teleˈfona]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

telefona (accusative singular telefonan, plural telefonaj, accusative plural telefonajn)

1. telephonic

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞lʲe̞ˌfo̞nɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞le̞ˌfo̞nɑ]
• Rhymes: -onɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

telefona

1. telephone
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:

     Hänes on kaik — i kino, i radio, i telefona, i tipografia.

     In it there is everything - the movies, a radio, a telephone, a printshop.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 581

• IPA^(key): /teˈlɛ.fo.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛfona
• Hyphenation: te‧lè‧fo‧na

telefona

1. inflection of telefonare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• fenolate, leofante

telefona m

1. genitive singular of telefons

• Rhymes: -ɔnɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

telefona

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Learned borrowing from French téléphoner.

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a telefona (third-person singular present telefonează, past participle telefonat) 1st conj. (dated, intransitive)

1. to call, to phone

   Synonyms: (formal) apela; suna

   • 1933, Gib Mihăescu, Rusoaica:

     Am să telefonez la comandament, să vedem ce e de făcut și cu tine…! te oprim sau te expediem.

     I’m going to call the command post, to see what we’re going to do with you—keep you or send you off.

   • 2005, Gheorghe Rafael Ștefănescu, Amintiri din România Socialistă, chapter 4, section 9:

     Nu știu ce s-a întâmplat, dar foarte curând, casiera de la Rectorat mi-a telefonat, întrebându-mă dacă prefer să-mi facă stat de plată separat, sau să aștept să mi se achite datoria la salariul următor.

     I don’t know what happened, but the rectorship treasurer very soon telephoned me, asking whether I'd rather they make me a separate payroll, or wait to be paid my outstanding salary.

• telefona in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

telefona

1. dative singular of telefon

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /teleˈfonɑ/, [teleˈfonɑ]
• Rhymes: -onɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

telefona

1. telephone, phone

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “telefona”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn