Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- ring
- blower
- call
- (arkikielessä)horn
- (slangi)Ameche
- (slangi)dog and bone
- drop a line
- give a ring
- make a call
- farspeaker
- place a call
- phone
- Chinese whispers
Ääntäminen
US- US:
- IPA: /ˈtɛləfoʊn/
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
- (countable, historical) The receiver of such a device.
- (Canada, US, uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
- (Canada, US, uncountable, figuratively) Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person.
Verbi
Esimerkit
- And since the spring of 1995, no game of telephone has ended without some Simpsons-loving smart-ass dropping “purple monkey dishwasher” into the chain.
- “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”
- telephone call ; telephone booth
- Can call all you want, but there’s no one home, and you’re not gonna reach my telephone!
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | telephoned |
| Imperfekti | telephoned |
| Partisiipin preesens | telephoning |
| Monikko | telephones |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | telephones |