"answering machine" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (telephony) A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls. Wikidata QID: Q568717 Wikipedia link: answering machine Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms: ansaphone, ansafone, answerphone, telephone answering machine Translations (device that automatically records voice mail): antwoordmasjien (Afrikaans), مُجِيب (mujīb) [masculine] (Arabic), مُجِيب آلِيّ (mujīb ʔāliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ինքնապատասխանիչ (inkʻnapatasxaničʻ) (Armenian), erantzungailu (Basque), erantzungailu automatiko (Basque), аўтаадка́зчык (aŭtaadkázčyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), телефо́нен секрета́р (telefónen sekretár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 錄音電話 (Chinese Mandarin), 录音电话 (lùyīn diànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 答錄機 (Chinese Mandarin), 答录机 (dālùjī) (Chinese Mandarin), záznamník [masculine] (Czech), telefonní záznamník [masculine] (Czech), telefonsvarer [common-gender] (Danish), antwoordapparaat [neuter] (Dutch), automaatvastaja (Estonian), telefonsvarari [masculine] (Faroese), puhelinvastaaja (Finnish), vastaaja (Finnish), répondeur [masculine] (French), ავტომოპასუხე (avṭomoṗasuxe) (Georgian), Anrufbeantworter [masculine] (German), AB [masculine] (German), αυτόματος τηλεφωνητής (aftómatos tilefonitís) [masculine] (Greek), מְשִׁיבוֹן (m'shivón) [masculine] (Hebrew), üzenetrögzítő (Hungarian), símsvari [masculine] (Icelandic), segreteria automatica [feminine] (Italian), risponditore [masculine] (Italian), segreteria telefonica [feminine] (Italian), 留守番電話 (alt: るすばんでんわ rusuban denwa) (Japanese), 留守電 (alt: るすでん rusuden) (Japanese), 자동 응답기 (jadong eungdapgi) (alt: 自動應答機) (Korean), 응답기 (eungdapgi) (alt: 應答機) (Korean), automātiskais atbildētājs [masculine] (Latvian), autoatbildētājs [masculine] (Latvian), autoatsakiklis [masculine] (Lithuanian), автома́тска секрета́рка (avtomátska sekretárka) [feminine] (Macedonian), machinne à rêpondre [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), telefonsvarer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), telefonsvarar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پیامگیر (payâm-gir) (Persian), automatyczna sekretarka [feminine] (Polish), sekretarka [feminine] (Polish), secretária automática [feminine] (Portuguese), robot telefonic [masculine] (Romanian), автоотве́тчик (avtootvétčik) [masculine] (Russian), телефонска секретарица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), telefonska sekretarica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), záznamník [masculine] (Slovak), odkazovač [masculine] (Slovak), odzivnik [masculine] (Slovene), contestador automático [masculine] (Spanish), telefonsvarare [common-gender] (Swedish), เครื่องตอบรับโทรศัพท์ (krʉ̂ʉang-dtɔ̀ɔp-ráp-too-rá-sàp) (Thai), telesekreter (Turkish), автовідповіда́ч (avtovidpovidáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), máy trả lời (Vietnamese)
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          "word": "телефо́нен секрета́р"
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          "word": "錄音電話"
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          "roman": "lùyīn diànhuà",
          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
          "word": "答錄機"
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
          "word": "puhelinvastaaja"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
          "word": "vastaaja"
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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          "word": "répondeur"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "code": "he",
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          "word": "מְשִׁיבוֹן"
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lùyīn diànhuà",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "答錄機"
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      "roman": "dālùjī",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "答录机"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "automaatvastaja"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "telefonsvarari"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "puhelinvastaaja"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "vastaaja"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "ავტომოპასუხე"
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Anrufbeantworter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "aftómatos tilefonitís",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "αυτόματος τηλεφωνητής"
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "m'shivón",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "üzenetrögzítő"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "símsvari"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "segreteria automatica"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "risponditore"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "segreteria telefonica"
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      "alt": "るすばんでんわ rusuban denwa",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "留守番電話"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "留守電"
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      "alt": "自動應答機",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jadong eungdapgi",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "자동 응답기"
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    {
      "alt": "應答機",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eungdapgi",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "응답기"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "automātiskais atbildētājs"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "autoatbildētājs"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "autoatsakiklis"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avtomátska sekretárka",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "автома́тска секрета́рка"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "machinne à rêpondre"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonsvarer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonsvarar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "payâm-gir",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "پیامگیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "automatyczna sekretarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sekretarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secretária automática"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "robot telefonic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtootvétčik",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автоотве́тчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "телефонска секретарица"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonska sekretarica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záznamník"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "odkazovač"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odzivnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contestador automático"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "telefonsvarare"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-dtɔ̀ɔp-ráp-too-rá-sàp",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "เครื่องตอบรับโทรศัพท์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "telesekreter"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtovidpovidáč",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автовідповіда́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device that automatically records voice mail",
      "word": "máy trả lời"
    }
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  "word": "answering machine"
}

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