phone
English
/fəʊ̯n/, /foʊ̯n/
noun
Definitions
- A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂-
Gloss
speak, shine, say, glow
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
🗣️ 🗣️ 🙊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Google English
- Googlephone English
- Web English
- air English
- airphone English
- book English
- box English
- cam English
- camera English
- cameraphone English
- camphone English
- car English
- card English
- cardphone English
- carphone English
- computer English
- computerphone English
- cryptophone English
- data English
- dataphone English
- diphone English
- door English
- doorphone English
- dumb English
- dumbphone English
- ear English
- earphone English
- earphoned English
- entry English
- entryphone English
- eye English
- eyephone English
- feature English
- featurephone English
- free English
- freephone English
- hand English
- handphone English
- head English
- headphone English
- headphoned English
- headphonelike English
- iPhone English
- iPhoner English
- interphone English
- isophone English
- key English
- keyphone English
- maker English
- mobile English
- mobile phone English
- multiphone English
- net English
- netphone English
- pay English
- payphone English
- phonable English
- phonebook English
- phonebox English
- phonecam English
- phonecard English
- phoneful English
- phoneless English
- phonelessness English
- phonemaker English
- phoner English
- phonetics English
- phoneward English
- phonewise English
- phoneword English
- phonology English
- picture English
- picturephone English
- pocket English
- pocketphone English
- polyphone English
- sat English
- satphone English
- screen English
- screenphone English
- smart English
- smartphone English
- smartphoned English
- speaker English
- speakerphone English
- superphone English
- symphonious English
- symphoniously English
- symphoniousness English
- text English
- textphone English
- touch English
- touchphone English
- tracker English
- trackerphone English
- trim English
- trimphone English
- triphone English
- video English
- videophone English
- view English
- viewphone English
- vision English
- visionphone English
- watch English
- watchphone English
- webphone English
- word English
- wrist English
- wristphone English
- confessus Latin
- confābulātiōnem Latin
- cōnfābulārī Latin
- fabulosus Latin
- facundus Latin
- fata Latin
- fatum Latin
- focus Latin
- fābula Latin
- fābulōsus Latin
- fātum Latin
- fētiālēs Latin
- infans Latin
- professio Latin
- professiō Latin
- professor Latin
- professus Latin
- profiteor Latin
- profitērī Latin
- īnfāntem, īnfāns Latin
- Smartphone German
- fonologia Italian
- fonosemantica Italian
- fonosimbolo Italian
- fotogenia Italian
- fotogenicità Italian
- smartphone Italian
- xilofonista Italian
- xilofono Italian
- smartphone Dutch, Flemish
- dysphémisme French
- iPhone French
- photogénique French
- smartphone French
- айфон Russian
- гуглофон Russian
- habladuría Spanish, Castilian
- smartphone Spanish, Castilian
- xilofonista Spanish, Castilian
- xilófono Spanish, Castilian
- -φωνος Ancient Greek
- -φωνος, φωνή Ancient Greek
- βλασφημέω Ancient Greek
- βλασφημία Ancient Greek
- διαφαίνω Ancient Greek
- εὐφημισμός Ancient Greek
- παμφανόων Ancient Greek
- προφήτης Ancient Greek
- συκοφάντης Ancient Greek
- φάσις Ancient Greek
- φαινόμενον Ancient Greek
- φανή Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- φωνήεις Ancient Greek
- φωνητῐκός Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰστῐκός Ancient Greek
- φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἀφασία Ancient Greek
- ἐμφατικός Ancient Greek
- ἐπιφάνεια Ancient Greek
- ἔμφασις Ancient Greek
- ἱεροφάντης Ancient Greek
- *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-, *bʰ-né-h₂-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂-meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂-new-ti, bʰh₂-n̥w-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰh₂wesnós Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰn̥h₂-é-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoh₂-néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- bʰeh₂, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bʰh₂-sḱéti, *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- smarttelefon Norwegian Bokmål
- fadista Portuguese
- fado Portuguese
- smartphone Portuguese
- *bannaną Proto-Germanic
- *bannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *bōniz Proto-Germanic
- *bōnō Proto-Germanic
- イヤフォン Japanese
- スマートフォン Japanese
- ヘッドフォン Japanese
- iPhone Polish
- smartfon Polish
- smarttelefon Norwegian Nynorsk
- भनति Sanskrit
- भान Sanskrit
- भाषति Sanskrit
- भाषते Sanskrit
- भाषा Sanskrit
- aonfhónach Irish
- fabhalscéal Irish
- fabhalscéalaí Irish
- fabhalscéalaíocht Irish
- fón Irish
- fónach Irish
- monafónach Irish
- banna Old Norse
- bón Old Norse
- iPhone Danish
- *bajьka Proto-Slavic
- bæn Icelandic
- bón Icelandic
- फ़ोन Hindi
- स्मार्टफ़ोन Hindi
- սմարթֆոն Armenian
- آیفون Persian
- ไอโฟน Thai
- bahasa Indonesia Indonesian
- ffonau Welsh
- ffonio Welsh
- ffôn Welsh
- ban Middle Dutch
- բառ Old Armenian
- foon Afrikaans
- foonsnol Afrikaans
- fòn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bahasa Malay
- bahasa Malaysia Malay
- မိုဘိုင်းလ်ဖုန်း Burmese
- bëzej Albanian
- סמאַרטפֿאָן Yiddish
- *bōnōn gmw-pro
- סמארטפון Hebrew (modern)
- *bānos Proto-Celtic
- iPhone Chinese
- bōnen Middle Low German
- ફોન Gujarati
- *bʰaH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰáHšaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 스마트폰 Korean
- 아이폰 Korean
- 이어폰 Korean
- 폰 Korean
- 피처폰 Korean
- 헤드폰 Korean
- *fatēōr Proto-Italic
- *fāðlā Proto-Italic
- *fāōr Proto-Italic
- fowuna Zulu
- fowunela Zulu
- فون Urdu
- fowuna Xhosa
- fowunela Xhosa
- ifoni Xhosa
- ifowuni Xhosa
- enfanter xno
- *mləspʰāmos Proto-Hellenic
- *pʰáňňō Proto-Hellenic
- бон Ossetian, Ossetic
- phun Kalasha
- air
- key
- cam
- ear
- net
- box
- car
- pay
- sat
- Web
- eye
- view
- dumb
- book
- trim
- text
- head
- free
- door
- word
- hand
- data
- card
- maker
- entry
- video
- touch
- smart
- watch
- wrist
- iPhone
- vision
- screen
- phoner
- mobile
- camera
- tracker
- picture
- iPhoner
- feature
- diphone
- speaker
- isophone
- computer
- webphone
- triphone
- payphone
- phonecam
- camphone
- airphone
- satphone
- netphone
- phonebox
- carphone
- eyephone
- keyphone
- phonable
- earphone
- phoneful
- dataphone
- phonetics
- viewphone
- phoneward
- phoneless
- freephone
- textphone
- headphone
- dumbphone
- phonology
- earphoned
- polyphone
- cardphone
- doorphone
- trimphone
- phoneword
- handphone
- phonebook
- phonecard
- phonewise
- multiphone
- watchphone
- interphone
- entryphone
- phonemaker
- smartphone
- videophone
- wristphone
- touchphone
- headphoned
- superphone
- cameraphone
- visionphone
- Googlephone
- cryptophone
- screenphone
- pocketphone
- symphonious
- smartphoned
- picturephone
- speakerphone
- trackerphone
- featurephone
- mobile phone
- symphoniously
- headphonelike
- phonelessness
- computerphone
- symphoniousness