telefone

See also: Telefone and telefonē

English

Noun

telefone

1. Misspelling of telephone.

Afrikaans

Noun

telefone

1. plural of telefoon

Estonian

Noun

telefone

1. partitive plural of telefon

Galician

Verb

telefone

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

telefone

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfo.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfo.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfo.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.lɨˈfɔ.nɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -oni, (Portugal) -ɔnɨ
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧ne

• Audio (BR)

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English telephone or French téléphone. By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fone.

Noun

telefone m (plural telefones)

1. telephone

   Synonym: (obsolete) telefónio

2. telephone number

Derived terms

• sexo por telefone
• telefonar
• telefone de disco
• telefone fixo
• telefone móvel
• telefone público
• telefone sem fio
• telefonema
• telefonia
• telefónico

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

telefone

1. inflection of telefonar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “telefone” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “telefone” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• telefone on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.lɛ.fɔn/

Noun

telefone m (plural telefones)

1. telephone