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"ref": "2013 October 27, Erik Adams, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “The PTA Disbands””, in The Onion AV Club",
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"word": "দূরভাষা"
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"word": "စကားပြောကြေးနန်း"
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"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "dtp",
"lang": "Central Dusun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "anagalisgi asiladv",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎠᏏᎳᏛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "dilinohedi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᏗᎵᏃᎮᏗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "chy",
"lang": "Cheyenne",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "aseéestsestôtse"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"alt": "din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "di͡anhua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "дянхуа"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ti͡əli͡əfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "diêng-uâ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "thien-fa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "die³ hua³",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànhuà",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³di-hho",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "vėtgavʺjoḷgyn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "вэтгавъёԓгын"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "coo",
"lang": "Comox",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "sqʷay"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "beltoestel"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "puhelin"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphone"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Adlam"
],
"word": "𞤼𞤢𞤤𞤭𞤬𞤮𞤲"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "talifon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭeleponi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ტელეფონი"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telephon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fernsprecher"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gmw-cfr",
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "Fäänshpräscho"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tiléfono",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τηλέφωνο"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "oqarasuaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "pumbyry"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "dūrbol",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "દૂરબોલ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ટેલિફોન"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "dūrbhāṣ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "દૂરભાષ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "kelepona"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "télefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶלֶפוֹן"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dūrbhāṣ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दूरभाष"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭelīfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलीफ़ोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़ोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलिफोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "phon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "távbeszélő"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sími"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefonilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefona"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "uqaalaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teileafón"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guthán"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fón"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"alt": "でんわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "uttsn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "утцн"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "dūravāṇi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ದೂರವಾಣಿ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "geṇṭumātu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ಗೆಂಟುಮಾತು"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "teleponu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuurĕəʼsap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ទូរស័ព្ទ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teeleefoun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "តេឡេហ្វូន"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"alt": "電話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "전화"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تهلهفۆن"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dûrbîsk"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dûrbîst"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lkt",
"lang": "Lakota",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "omás’apȟe"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō la sap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ໂທລະສັບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō ra sap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ໂທຣະສັບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tē lē fōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ເຕເລໂຟນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "la",
"english": "New",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tēlephōnum"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tēlephōnium"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefons"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tālrunis"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ebengeli"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonas"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫaen¹ẋwaa¹",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦧᦱᧈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefaonina"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ṭeliphōṇ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ടെലിഫോൺ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dūraśrāvi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ദൂരശ്രാവി"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pqm",
"lang": "Malecite-Passamaquoddy",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "mattoktihikon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefown"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çhellvane"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "waea"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "whoounu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "waeakōrero"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "terepōno"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "terewhōno"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ṭelīphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "टेलीफोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dūradhvanī",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "दूरध्वनी"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "xjb",
"lang": "Minjungbal",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "gulgun biral"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "utas",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "утас"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "djanxua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дянхуа"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "utasu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tēlēfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠲ᠋ᠧᠯᠧᠹᠣᠨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "diyaŋquwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳ᠋ᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠤᠸᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "mekatlanonotski"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "huehcacaquiztli"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "béésh bee haneʼé"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "टेलिफोन"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphône"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefovdna"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefòn"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ṭeliphonô",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ଟେଲିଫୋନ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "giigidowin"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "bilbila"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "téléfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تلفون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dūr-şenīd",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "دور شنید"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefón"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telefun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تيلفون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "paw",
"lang": "Pawnee",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "rarácawakataku"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Faernschwetzer"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "tēlifōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تیلِفون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "fōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "فون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تِلِفُن"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pih",
"lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "foen"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"roman": "sewepicikan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᓭᐁᐧᐱᒋᑲᐣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"roman": "ayamâkan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᐊᔭᒫᑲᐣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tellefoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefone"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭailīfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਟੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਫ਼ੋਨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "karu rimay"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūrabhāṣā",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दूरभाषा"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūravāṇī",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दूरवाणी"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfonu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telephone"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fòn"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cian-fhuaim"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "телѐфо̄н"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfōn"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "tàae lìi fúun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "တႄႇလီႇၾူၼ်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sn",
"lang": "Shona",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "runhare"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilèfunu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfunu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talèfunu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ڏُور وايو"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "baṇuwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "බණුව"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "durakathanaya",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "දුරකථනය"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefón"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "crj",
"lang": "Southern East Cree",
"roman": "taahkaapihcenikan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᑖᐦᑳᐱᐦᒉᓂᑲᓐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "simu"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telépono"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "hatinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "niuniu paraparau"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tolaipēci",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "தொலைபேசி"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dūravāṇi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "దూరవాణి"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ṭelīphōnu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "టెలీఫోను"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "phōnu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ఫోను"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too-rá-sàp",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "โทรศัพท์"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha par",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ཁ་པར"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "zhal par",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "ཞལ་པར"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "täläfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ተለፎን"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "səlki",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ስልኪ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telipon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "alısün"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "sëkahsën"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭelī fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ٹیلی فون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hātif",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ہاتِف"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tëlëfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تېلېفون"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "ve",
"lang": "Venda",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "luṱingo"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"alt": "電話",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "điện thoại"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "dây nói"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "phôn"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 44 2 3",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
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"ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
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"ref": "1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652",
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"word": "টেলিফোন করা"
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ဖုန်းဆက်"
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ᎦᎸᏛᏂᎭ"
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "打電話"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "téléphoner"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dareḳva",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "დარეკვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "anrufen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "tilefonó",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "τηλεφωνώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "el",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsiltsél",
"sense": "to call someone",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "fon karnā",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "फ़ोन करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "telefonare"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
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"roman": "jeonhwareul geolda",
"sense": "to call someone",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
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{
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"roman": "şıŋgıratuu",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "шыңгыратуу"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tī tē lē fōn",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ຕີເຕເລໂຟນ"
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonēt"
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{
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"sense": "to call someone",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "piezvanīt"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonuoti"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "skambinti"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "dzvoni",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ቴሌፎን"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hātif",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هَاتِف"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tilifūn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تِلِفُون"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "telefōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تليفون"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tilifōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تِلِفون"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tilifūn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تلفون"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tilīfūn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "تليفون"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heṙaxos",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "հեռախոս"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "teliphün",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "টেলিফোন"
},
{
"code": "asb",
"lang": "Assiniboine",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "masʾápabi"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḵuṭāmalālā",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ܚܘܼܛܵܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "tilifon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ܬܸܠܸܦ̮ܘܿܢ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfonu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefono"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "teljefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тэлефо́н"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "durbhaśa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "দূরভাষা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "phōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ফোন"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭeliphōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "টেলিফোন"
},
{
"code": "pcc",
"lang": "Bouyei",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "dianqhuaq"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pellgomz"
},
{
"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "talipun"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "tailihpun:",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "တယ်လီဖုန်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpun:",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ဖုန်း"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ca.ka:prau:kre:nan:",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "စကားပြောကြေးနန်း"
},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "tjeljefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfon"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepono"
},
{
"code": "dtp",
"lang": "Central Dusun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "anagalisgi asiladv",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎠᏏᎳᏛ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "dilinohedi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᏗᎵᏃᎮᏗ"
},
{
"code": "chy",
"lang": "Cheyenne",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "aseéestsestôtse"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"alt": "din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "di͡anhua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "дянхуа"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ti͡əli͡əfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "diêng-uâ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "thien-fa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"roman": "die³ hua³",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diànhuà",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³di-hho",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "电话"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "vėtgavʺjoḷgyn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "вэтгавъёԓгын"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "coo",
"lang": "Comox",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "sqʷay"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefoon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "beltoestel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefono"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "puhelin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphone"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Adlam"
],
"word": "𞤼𞤢𞤤𞤭𞤬𞤮𞤲"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Fula",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "talifon"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭeleponi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ტელეფონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telefon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telephon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fernsprecher"
},
{
"code": "gmw-cfr",
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "Fäänshpräscho"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tiléfono",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τηλέφωνο"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "oqarasuaat"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "pumbyry"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "dūrbol",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "દૂરબોલ"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ટેલિફોન"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "dūrbhāṣ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "દૂરભાષ"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "kelepona"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "télefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶלֶפוֹן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dūrbhāṣ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दूरभाष"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭelīfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलीफ़ोन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़ोन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "टेलिफोन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "phon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फोन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "távbeszélő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sími"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefonilo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepon"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefona"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "uqaalaut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teileafón"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guthán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fón"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefono"
},
{
"alt": "でんわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "電話"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "uttsn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "утцн"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "dūravāṇi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ದೂರವಾಣಿ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "geṇṭumātu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ಗೆಂಟುಮಾತು"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "teleponu"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuurĕəʼsap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ទូរស័ព្ទ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "teeleefoun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "តេឡេហ្វូន"
},
{
"alt": "電話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "전화"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تهلهفۆن"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dûrbîsk"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dûrbîst"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "lkt",
"lang": "Lakota",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "omás’apȟe"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō la sap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ໂທລະສັບ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thō ra sap",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ໂທຣະສັບ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tē lē fōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ເຕເລໂຟນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"english": "New",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tēlephōnum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tēlephōnium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefons"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tālrunis"
},
{
"code": "ln",
"lang": "Lingala",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ebengeli"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonas"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫaen¹ẋwaa¹",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦧᦱᧈ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefaonina"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ṭeliphōṇ",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ടെലിഫോൺ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dūraśrāvi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ദൂരശ്രാവി"
},
{
"code": "pqm",
"lang": "Malecite-Passamaquoddy",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "mattoktihikon"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefown"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çhellvane"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "waea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "whoounu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "waeakōrero"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "terepōno"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "terewhōno"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ṭelīphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "टेलीफोन"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फोन"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dūradhvanī",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "दूरध्वनी"
},
{
"code": "xjb",
"lang": "Minjungbal",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "gulgun biral"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "utas",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "утас"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "djanxua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дянхуа"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "utasu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tēlēfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠲ᠋ᠧᠯᠧᠹᠣᠨ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "diyaŋquwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳ᠋ᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠤᠸᠠ"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "mekatlanonotski"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "huehcacaquiztli"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "béésh bee haneʼé"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ṭeliphon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "टेलिफोन"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphône"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefovdna"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefòn"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ṭeliphonô",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ଟେଲିଫୋନ"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "giigidowin"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "bilbila"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "téléfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تلفون"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dūr-şenīd",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "دور شنید"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefón"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telefun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تيلفون"
},
{
"code": "paw",
"lang": "Pawnee",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "rarácawakataku"
},
{
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Faernschwetzer"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "tēlifōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تیلِفون"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "fōn",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "فون"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تِلِفُن"
},
{
"code": "pih",
"lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "foen"
},
{
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"roman": "sewepicikan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᓭᐁᐧᐱᒋᑲᐣ"
},
{
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"roman": "ayamâkan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᐊᔭᒫᑲᐣ"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Tellefoon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefone"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭailīfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਟੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਨ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਫ਼ੋਨ"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "karu rimay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefoni"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūrabhāṣā",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दूरभाषा"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dūravāṇī",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दूरवाणी"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfonu"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telephone"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fòn"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cian-fhuaim"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "телѐфо̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfōn"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "tàae lìi fúun",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "တႄႇလီႇၾူၼ်း"
},
{
"code": "sn",
"lang": "Shona",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "runhare"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilèfunu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfunu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talèfunu"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ڏُور وايو"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "baṇuwa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "බණුව"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "durakathanaya",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "දුරකථනය"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefón"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "crj",
"lang": "Southern East Cree",
"roman": "taahkaapihcenikan",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ᑖᐦᑳᐱᐦᒉᓂᑲᓐ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "simu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telepono"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telépono"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "hatinig"
},
{
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "niuniu paraparau"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tolaipēci",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "தொலைபேசி"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dūravāṇi",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "దూరవాణి"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ṭelīphōnu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "టెలీఫోను"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "phōnu",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ఫోను"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too-rá-sàp",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "โทรศัพท์"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha par",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ཁ་པར"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "zhal par",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "ཞལ་པར"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "täläfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ተለፎን"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "səlki",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "ስልኪ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telipon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "alısün"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "telefón",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "sëkahsën"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭelī fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ٹیلی فون"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hātif",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ہاتِف"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فون"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tëlëfon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "تېلېفون"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "ve",
"lang": "Venda",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "luṱingo"
},
{
"alt": "電話",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "điện thoại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "dây nói"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "phôn"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefonöm"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "complete unit",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefonaparat"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefone"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teleffon"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffôn"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "tillefoan"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "telefoan"
},
{
"code": "xh",
"lang": "Xhosa",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "umnxeba"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "телефон"
},
{
"code": "tao",
"lang": "Yami",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "dingwa"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "telefon",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "טעלעפֿאָן"
},
{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "qanercuun"
},
{
"code": "yur",
"lang": "Yurok",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "'o chweeegeen"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "a device used for two-way talking with other people",
"word": "denva"
}
],
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"Alexander Graham Bell"
],
"word": "telephone"
}
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"word": "retelephone"
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"3": "",
"4": "voice, sound"
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"form": "telephones",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "telephoning",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "communicate"
}
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}
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"ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad",
"text": "I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226",
"text": "Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding \"at caution\".",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652",
"text": "The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"(transitive, intransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone."
],
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
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"ref": "2012, Robert Byron, Jan Morris, Europe in the Looking-Glass",
"text": "David telephoned his apologies to his mother.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"(transitive) To convey (a message) via telephone."
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"transitive"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈ tɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ tɛl.əˌfəʊn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ tɛl.əˌfoʊn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-telephone.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-us-telephone.ogg/En-us-telephone.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-telephone.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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{
"word": "call"
},
{
"word": "drop a line"
},
{
"word": "phone"
},
{
"word": "ring"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "telephone"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "call up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "dial up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "get on the horn"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a bell"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a buzz"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a call"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a jingle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a ring"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "give someone a tinkle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:telephone",
"word": "ring up"
}
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonoj"
},
{
"alt": "لـِ li-",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "talfana",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "تَلْفَنَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zangel",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "զանգել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zangaharel",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "զանգահարել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heṙajaynel",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Western-Armenian"
],
"word": "հեռաձայնել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "zəng etmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "zəng vurmaq"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zvanícʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звані́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pazvanícʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пазвані́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "teljefanavácʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тэлефанава́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pateljefanavácʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "патэлефанава́ць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭeliphōn kora",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "টেলিফোন করা"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "pellgomz"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telefoníram",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "телефони́рам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obáždam se",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оба́ждам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obádja se",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оба́дя се"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpun:hcak",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ဖုန်းဆက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "trucar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "cridar"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "galvdvniha",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ᎦᎸᏛᏂᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "打電話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎ diànhuà",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "打电话"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "telefonovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zatelefonovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "volat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zavolat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ringe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefoneren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "opbellen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "bellen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefoni"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "alvoki"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "helistama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "soittaa (puhelimella)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "téléphoner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "appeler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dareḳva",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "დარეკვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "anrufen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tilefonó",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "τηλεφωνώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kaló",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "καλώ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsiltsél",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "צילצל \\ צִלְצֵל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fon karnā",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "फ़ोन करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "hringja"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "hringja í"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "menelepon"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "memanggil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonare"
},
{
"alt": "でんわをかける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa o kakeru",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "電話をかける"
},
{
"alt": "でんわする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "denwa suru",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "電話する"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "telefon soğu",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "телефон соғу"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qoñyrau şalu",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "қоңырау шалу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "niyiəy tuurĕəʼsap",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "និយាយទូរសព្ទ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwareul geolda",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "전화를 걸다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonhwahada",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "전화하다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefon kirin"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şıŋgıratuu",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "шыңгыратуу"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "tī tē lē fōn",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ຕີເຕເລໂຟນ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonēt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "zvanīt"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "piezvanīt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonuoti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "skambinti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "telefoníra",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "телефони́ра"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dzvoni",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ѕвони"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zadzvoni",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заѕвони"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "menelefon"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "memanggil"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ċempel"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "rīngi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "waea"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "utasdax",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "утасдах"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ringe"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "telefǔn kawël",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "تېلېفون کول"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "durvâžidan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "دورواژیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telefon kardan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "تلفن کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "telefon zadan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "تلفن زدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zang zadań",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "زنگ زدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dzwonić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zadzwonić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "telefonować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zatelefonować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ligar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "a telefona"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvonítʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звони́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozvonítʹ po telefónu",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "позвони́ть по телефо́ну"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telefonírovatʹ",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective",
"rare"
],
"word": "телефони́ровать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "fòn"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "телефони́рати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "назвати на телефон"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "telefonírati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "nazvati na telefon"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "telefonovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zatelefonovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "volať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zavolať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "telefonirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "llamar por teléfono"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "piga simu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ringa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonera"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "telefon kardan",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "телефон кардан"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too-rá-sàp",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "โทรศัพท์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "too",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "โทร"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "kha dpar gtong ba",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefon etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "aramak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonlamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dzvonýty",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дзвони́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "podzvonýty",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подзвони́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "telefonuváty",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "телефонува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zatelefonuváty",
"sense": "to call someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зателефонува́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fon karnā",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "فون کرنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "milānā",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "ملانا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tëlëfon bermek",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "تېلېفون بەرمەك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefon qilmoq"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "qoʻngʻiroq qilmoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "gọi điện thoại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "gọi điện"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "kêu điện thoại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "điện thoại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "điện"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "telefonön"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "telefonirn",
"sense": "to call someone",
"word": "טעלעפֿאָנירן"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Alexander Graham Bell"
],
"word": "telephone"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/369",
"msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Abjad: تلفون (talfun, telfun, telifon)",
"path": [
"telephone"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "telephone",
"trace": ""
}
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