telefono

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telefono ?

1. telephone

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tə.ləˈfo.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tə.ləˈfo.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [te.leˈfo.no]

telefono

1. first-person singular present indicative of telefonar

Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Compare English telephone, Yiddish טעלעפֿאָן (telefon), German Telefon, Polish telefon, Russian телефо́н (telefón), Italian telefono.

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfono/

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧no

telefono (accusative singular telefonon, plural telefonoj, accusative plural telefonojn)

1. telephone

   Hyponyms: retpoŝtelefono, poŝtelefono, saĝtelefono

telefono

1. first-person singular present indicative of telefonar

• IPA^(key): /teleˈfono/

telefono (plural telefoni)

1. a telephone call, a phone call, a call

• IPA^(key): /teˈlɛ.fo.no/

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• Rhymes: -ɛfono
• Hyphenation: te‧lè‧fo‧no

From tele- +‎ -fono, influenced by English telephone and French téléphone.

telefono m (plural telefoni)

1. telephone, phone

   chiamare qualcuno al telefono ― to call/phone somebody

   numero di telefono ― phone number

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

telefono

1. first-person singular present indicative of telefonare

• telefono on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔnu, (Brazil) -õnu
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧no

telefono

1. first-person singular present indicative of telefonar