"telephone" meaning in All languages combined

See telephone on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: ˈtɛləˌfəʊn, ˈtɛləˌfəʊnz Audio: En-us-telephone.ogg Forms: phone [abbreviation], the telephone [singular], the telephones [plural]
  1. das Telefon
    Sense id: de-telephone-en-noun-JCf5bprE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: communication device Hyponyms: cordless telephone, emergency telephone, handset, public telephone, satellite telephone, VoIP telephone, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, cellular telephone Translations (das Telefon): Telefon [neuter] (Deutsch)
Categories (other): Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Substantiv (Englisch), Wiktionary:Illustration, Siehe auch Derived forms: telephonic, telephoner, telephony, telephone book, telephone booth, telephone bill, telephone call, telephone card, telephone conference, telephone directory, telephone features, telephone line, telephone marketing, telephone number, telephone plan, telephone receiver, telephone service, telephone service provider, telephone tag, telephone box

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: ˈtɛləˌfəʊn Audio: En-us-telephone.ogg Forms: phone [abbreviation], simple present I, you, they, simple present telephone, he telephones, she telephones, it telephones, simple past telephoned, present participle telephoning, past participle telephoned
  1. telefonieren Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: de-telephone-en-verb-1eJLXXKw
  2. jemanden anrufen Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-telephone-en-verb-wTDuj3fl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: make a telephone call, call, ring Hypernyms: communicate Translations (intransitiv: telefonieren): telefonieren (Deutsch) Translations (transitiv: jemanden anrufen): anrufen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "telephonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephoner"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephony"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone book"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone booth"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone bill"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone call"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone card"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone conference"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone directory"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone features"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone line"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone marketing"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone number"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone plan"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone receiver"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone service"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone service provider"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone tag"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "word": "telephone box"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the telephone",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the telephones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "communication device"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "tele·phone",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cordless telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "emergency telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "handset"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "public telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "satellite telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "VoIP telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wireless telephone"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "mobile telephone"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "amerikanisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cellular telephone"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The telephone is ringing. Could you answer it, please?",
          "translation": "Das Telefon klingelt. Könntest du es bitte abnehmen?"
        },
        {
          "text": "He telephoned for hours.",
          "translation": "Er telefonierte stundenlang."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "das Telefon"
      ],
      "id": "de-telephone-en-noun-JCf5bprE",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊnz",
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        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "das Telefon",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Telefon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telephone"
}

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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verb (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
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      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present telephone"
    },
    {
      "form": "he telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "she telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "it telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past telephoned"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle telephoning"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle telephoned"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1, 2",
      "word": "communicate"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "tele·phone",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He telephoned for hours.",
          "translation": "Er telefonierte stundenlang."
        }
      ],
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        "telefonieren"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My friend telephoned me yesterday.",
          "translation": "Mein Freund rief mich gestern an."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jemanden anrufen"
      ],
      "id": "de-telephone-en-verb-wTDuj3fl",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊn"
    },
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "make a telephone call"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "call"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ring"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "intransitiv: telefonieren",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "telefonieren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "transitiv: jemanden anrufen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "anrufen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telephone"
}
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    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Illustration",
    "siehe auch"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "telephonic"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephoner"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephony"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone book"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone booth"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone bill"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone call"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone card"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone conference"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone directory"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone features"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone line"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone marketing"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone number"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone plan"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone receiver"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone service"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone service provider"
    },
    {
      "word": "telephone tag"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "word": "telephone box"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "phone",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the telephone",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the telephones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "communication device"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "tele·phone",
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cordless telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "emergency telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "handset"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "public telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "satellite telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "VoIP telephone"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wireless telephone"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "mobile telephone"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "amerikanisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cellular telephone"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The telephone is ringing. Could you answer it, please?",
          "translation": "Das Telefon klingelt. Könntest du es bitte abnehmen?"
        },
        {
          "text": "He telephoned for hours.",
          "translation": "Er telefonierte stundenlang."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "das Telefon"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊnz",
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        "Plural:"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "das Telefon",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Telefon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telephone"
}

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    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phone",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present telephone"
    },
    {
      "form": "he telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "she telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "it telephones"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past telephoned"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle telephoning"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle telephoned"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1, 2",
      "word": "communicate"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "tele·phone",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He telephoned for hours.",
          "translation": "Er telefonierte stundenlang."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telefonieren"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My friend telephoned me yesterday.",
          "translation": "Mein Freund rief mich gestern an."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jemanden anrufen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "ˈtɛləˌfəʊn"
    },
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "make a telephone call"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "call"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "britisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ring"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "intransitiv: telefonieren",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "telefonieren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "transitiv: jemanden anrufen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "anrufen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telephone"
}

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