telephone conference

English

Noun

telephone conference (plural telephone conferences)

1. A conference held by telephone. An arranged phone call between more than two parties.

   The four of us should hold a telephone conference next week.

2. (by extension) Any multi-party telephone call.

Synonyms

• teleconference

Translations

conference held by telephone

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電話會議／电话会议 (din⁶ waa^6-2 wui⁶ ji⁵), con call

  Mandarin: 電話會議／电话会议 (zh) (diànhuà huìyì), 康扣

• Finnish: puhelinkokous
• French: conférence téléphonique (fr) f
• Georgian: სატელეფონო კონფერენცია (saṭelepono ḳonperencia), ტელეკონფერენცია (ṭeleḳonperencia)
• German: Telefonkonferenz (de) f
• Romanian: conferință telefonică f, teleconferință (ro) f
• Russian: селе́кторное совеща́ние n (seléktornoje soveščánije), телефо́нная конфере́нция f (telefónnaja konferéncija)
• Spanish: teleconferencia f, conferencia telefónica f
• Swedish: telefonkonferens c

See also

• video conference, videoconference