telefon

From English telephone or French téléphone, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfon/, [te.leˈfɔn]

telefon m (plural telefona, definite telefoni, definite plural telefonat)

1. telephone

• telefonoj

Internationalism; from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

• IPA^(key): [teleˈfon]
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

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telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

   telefon nömrəsi ― phone number

   cib telefonu ― mobile phone (literally, “pocket phone”)

   telefon vasitəsi ilə ödəmək ― to pay by phone

   telefon vasitəsi ilə əlaqə saxlamaq ― to contact by phone

   telefon yükləyicisi ― phone charger

telefon

1. telephone

From French téléphone.

• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

telefon

1. telephone

• “telefon”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfon]

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telefon m inan

1. phone, telephone

   po telefonu ― on the phone / over the phone

   mobilní telefon ― cellphone

   Můžu použít tvůj telefon? ― Can I use your phone?

• See fón

• “telefon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “telefon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “telefon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From tele- +‎ -fon.

• IPA^(key): /teləfoːn/, [tˢeləˈfoːˀn]

telefon c (singular definite telefonen, plural indefinite telefoner)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
2. phone number, telephone number (digits assigned to a telephone), abbreviated tlf.
3. call, phone call, telephone call

• (device): (slang) knogle
• (phone number): telefonnummer

• telefonere (“to telephone”)
• telefonisk (“telephonic, by telephone”)
• telefonist (“telephonist”)
• (jocular) telefonitis (“telephonitis”)

• telefon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

telefon (genitive telefoni, partitive telefoni)

1. telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)

Declension of telefon (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		telefon	telefonid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	telefoni
genitive			telefonide
partitive		telefoni	telefone telefonisid
illative		telefoni telefonisse	telefonidesse telefonesse
inessive		telefonis	telefonides telefones
elative		telefonist	telefonidest telefonest
allative		telefonile	telefonidele telefonele
adessive		telefonil	telefonidel telefonel
ablative		telefonilt	telefonidelt telefonelt
translative		telefoniks	telefonideks telefoneks
terminative		telefonini	telefonideni
essive		telefonina	telefonidena
abessive		telefonita	telefonideta
comitative		telefoniga	telefonidega

Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

• IPA^(key): /tʰeleˈfoːn/

telefon f (genitive singular telefonar, plural telefonir)

1. telephone

• (dated): røðil, fjarrøðil, máltráður

• fartelefon (mobile phone)

Borrowed from German Telephon.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfon]

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• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
• Rhymes: -on

telefon (plural telefonok)

1. telephone

   Synonym: (dated, practically archaic) távbeszélő

• telefon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /teˈlefɔn/ [t̪eˈle.fɔn]
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fon

telefon

1. alternative form of telepon

telefon (active menelefon, passive ditelefon)

1. alternative form of telepon

Borrowed from Russian телефо́н (telefón).

telefon

1. telephone

• telepon

From English telephone or Dutch telefoon,^[1] by surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fon.

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [tɛ.li.fon]
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [te.le.fon]
• Rhymes: -fon, -on
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون)

1. telephone
2. call (telephone call)

telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون, active menelefon, 3rd person passive ditelefon)

1. (transitive) to call

• “telefon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From English telephone.

telefon

1. telephone

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefoner, definite plural telefonene)

1. a telephone or phone

• telefoni

• “telefon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefonar, definite plural telefonane)

1. a telephone or phone

• telefoni

• “telefon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism. By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fon.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1829.^[4] Compare Kashubian telefón and Silesian telefōn.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɛ.fɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛfɔn
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fon

telefon m inan (related adjective telefoniczny, abbreviation tel.)

1. telephone (telecommunication device used for two-way talking with another person)
2. telephone call (connection established over a telephone network between two parties)
3. telephone number (sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network)

• telefon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• telefon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 39

Borrowed from French téléphone, German Telephon. Equivalent to tele- +‎ -fon.

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telefon n (plural telefoane)

1. telephone

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

telefon m (plural telefons)

1. telephone

• IPA^(key): /telěfoːn/

telèfōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling телѐфо̄н)

1. telephone
2. (colloquial) telephone number

• telèfōnskī

tele- +‎ -fon

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /tɛlɛˈfoːn/

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• (Finland) IPA^(key): /teleˈfuːn/
• (Sweden, dialectal) IPA^(key): /tɛlɛˈfuːn/

telefon c

1. a phone, a telephone

   ringa någon med en telefon

   call someone with a telephone

   1. a cell phone, a mobile phone

      Synonyms: mobiltelefon, mobil, (colloquial) lur, (colloquial, somewhat dated) nalle, (humorous, dated) yuppienalle

      Har du sett min telefon?

      Have you seen my phone?

      Har du kollat telefonen idag?

      Have you checked your phone today?

2. phone, telephone (as a communication medium)

   att svara i telefon

   to answer the phone

   (literally, “to answer in telephone [idiomatic]”)

   Hon svarar inte i telefon

   She doesn't answer the phone

   prata/vara/sitta/stå/etc. i telefon

   be on the phone

   kontakta någon per telefon

   contact someone by phone

   • 1986, Michael B. Tretow, “Telefånen [The telefool [blend of telefonen (“the telephone”) and fånen (“the (silly) fool”)]”, in Makalösa manickar [more commonly "manicker"] [Incredible contraptions]‎^[3]:

     Ja, jag står i telefon ute på gatan utanför. Jag kan se din siluett genom gardin[en]. Och jag står förstås och drömmer som jag nästan alltid gör när jag har satt i mig några flaskor vin.

     Yes, I'm on the phone [stand on the phone] out on the street outside. I can see your silhouette through the curtain. And I'm standing here dreaming, of course [and I stand of course and dream], like I almost always do when I've downed a few bottles of wine.

3. short for telefonsamtal (“phone call”)

   Du har telefon

   You have a phone call

• In some dialects, this word is not conjugated in the definitive, hence "svara i telefon" is equivalent to "answer the phone" rather than the ungrammatical "answer phone".

• knappsats (“keypad”)
• (telefon)lur (“telephone handset”) (appears in some expressions)

• telefon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Dutch telefoon.

• IPA^(key): [te.ˈle.fon]

telefon

1. telephone

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From English telephone.

telefon

1. telephone

   Synonym: telipon

From Ottoman Turkish تلفون, تله‌فون (telefon), from French téléphone.

• IPA^(key): /te.le.fon/

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telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

• telefoncu
• telefonculuk
• cep telefonu
• telefon etmek

• “telefon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تلفون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 399

telefon (definite accusative telefony, plural telefonlar)

1. telephone

• “telefon” in Enedilim.com
• “telefon” in Webonary.org