telephone /'telifәun/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back…
• (n.) transmitting speech at a distance

Chinese translation

• n. 电话, 电话机
• v. 打电话

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'telifәun/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.41 · Rare

Word forms

telephoned, telephoning, telephones

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