"iPhone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪˌfoʊ̯n/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-iPhone.wav Forms: iPhones [plural]
Etymology: From i- + phone. Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names. Etymology templates: {{af|en|i-<id:Apple>|phone}} i- + phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} iPhone (plural iPhones)
  1. (trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device. Categories (topical): Apple Inc., Mobile phones Synonyms: Jesus phone [humorous] Translations (device): آيْفُون (ʔāyfūn) [masculine] (Arabic), آيفون (ʔāyfōn) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), այֆոն (ayfon) (Armenian), айфо́н (ajfón) [masculine] (Belarusian), আইফোন (aiphōn) (Bengali), အိုင်ဖုန်း (uinghpun:) (Burmese), 蘋果手機 /苹果手机 (Píngguǒ shǒujī) (Chinese Mandarin), 愛瘋 /爱疯 (àifēng) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), iPhone [masculine] (Czech), iPhone [common-gender] (Danish), iPhone [common-gender] (Dutch), iPhone [masculine] (Faroese), iPhone (Finnish), iPhone [masculine] (French), აიფონი (aiponi) (Georgian), iPhone [neuter] (German), iPona (Hawaiian), אייפון (ayfon) [masculine] (Hebrew), आइफ़ोन (āifon) [masculine] (Hindi), आईफ़ोन (āīfon) [masculine] (Hindi), melafonino [masculine] (Italian), iPhone [masculine] (Italian), アイフォン (Aifon) [transliteration] (Japanese), アイホン (Aihon) (Japanese), アイフォーン (Aifōn) [rare] (Japanese), ಐಫೋನ್ (aiphōn) (Kannada), 아이폰 (Aipon) [transliteration] (Korean), ໄອໂຟນ (ʼai fōn) (Lao), aifònas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ഐഫോൺ (aiphōṇ) (Malayalam), आयफोन (āyphon) (Marathi), biłńjoobałí ntsékeesígíí (Navajo), आइफोन (āiphon) (Nepali), آيفون (āyfōn) [masculine] (Pashto), آیفون (ây-fôn) (Persian), iPhone [masculine] (Polish), iPhone [masculine] (Portuguese), ਆਈਫ਼ੋਨ (āīfon) (Punjabi), айфо́н (ajfón) [masculine] (Russian), iPhone [masculine] (Spanish), iPhone (Tagalog), ஐபோன் (aipōṉ) (Tamil), ఐఫోన్ (aiphōn) (Telugu), ไอโฟน (ai-foon) (Thai), iPhone (Turkish), айфо́н (ajfón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (by extension) Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-iPhone-en-noun-~CdyY~ck
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: iPhoner Related terms: iOS, BlackBerry Coordinate_terms: iPad, iPod, iMac, iDevice

Inflected forms

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