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telephone

English

  1. 🔊 electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
    “I talked to him on the telephone”
  2. 🔊 transmitting speech at a distance
  3. 🔊 get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
    “I tried to call you all night”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 telefón telephone
  2. 🔊 telefonear to telephone
  3. 🔊 fono telephone, blower

Similar words

phone telephone set telephony call call up phone ring blower buzz call call box call up carbon telephone coin telephone desk telephone dial dial telephone extension give a ring handset hang up hold the phone horn listen in