"handphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handphones [plural]
Etymology: From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|phone}} hand + phone, {{cog|zh|手機|lit=hand machine}} Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”), {{cog|ko|손전화|lit=hand telephone}} Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} handphone (plural handphones)
  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, South Korea, Hawaii) A mobile phone. Tags: Brunei, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South-Korea Categories (topical): Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-handphone-en-noun-gjyHwPcL Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 77 23 Categories (other): Bruneian English, Hawaiian English, Indonesian English, Malaysian English, Myanmar English, Singapore English, South Korean English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (rare, chiefly obsolete) A telephone receiver or handset. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-handphone-en-noun-tzK~mDSu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand phone, hand-phone

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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