"handset" meaning in All languages combined

See handset on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhæn(d)sɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handset.wav [Southern-England] Forms: handsets [plural]
Etymology: hand + set Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|set}} hand + set Head templates: {{en-noun}} handset (plural handsets)
  1. The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand. Translations (the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand): 話筒 (Chinese Mandarin), 话筒 (huàtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), sluchátko [neuter] (Czech), telefonrør (note: not mobile phones) [common-gender] (Danish), luuri (Finnish), käsipuhelin (Finnish), combiné téléphonique [masculine] (French), combiné [masculine] (French), der Hörer, der Telefonhörer (note: not mobile phones) [masculine] (German), cornetta [feminine] (Italian), 受話器 (juwaki) (alt: じゅわき) (Japanese), 送受話器 (sōjuwaki) (alt: そうじゅわき) (Japanese), słuchawka [feminine] (Polish), aparat (english: mobile phone) (Polish), телефо́нная тру́бка (telefónnaja trúbka) [feminine] (Russian), тру́бка (trúbka) [feminine] (Russian), หู (hǔu) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-handset-en-noun-QTX84kR4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 9 28 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 16 28 8 Disambiguation of 'the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand': 94 1 6
  2. A mobile phone. Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-handset-en-noun-gjyHwPcL Disambiguation of Telephony: 21 55 23 2
  3. A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.
    Sense id: en-handset-en-noun-LwQXA8Sb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: headset

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhæn(d)sɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handset.wav [Southern-England] Forms: handsets [present, singular, third-person], handsetting [participle, present], handset [participle, past], handset [past]
Etymology: hand + set Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|set}} hand + set Head templates: {{en-verb|handsets|handsetting|handset}} handset (third-person singular simple present handsets, present participle handsetting, simple past and past participle handset)
  1. (typography) To typeset by hand. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-handset-en-verb-pOosP0J6 Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handset",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handset",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "handsets",
        "2": "handsetting",
        "3": "handset"
      },
      "expansion": "handset (third-person singular simple present handsets, present participle handsetting, simple past and past participle handset)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "handsetting type",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To typeset by hand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "typeset",
          "typeset"
        ],
        [
          "by hand",
          "by hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) To typeset by hand."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæn(d)sɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handset.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-handset.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-handset.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-handset.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-handset.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handset"
}

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