different between computers vs phone

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pju?t?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pjut?s/
• Hyphenation: com?pu?ters

Noun

computers

1. plural of computer

Dutch

Noun

computers

1. plural of computer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fo??n/
• Rhymes: -??n, -o?n

Etymology 1

Clipping of telephone; attested by 1884.

Alternative forms

• 'phone (dated)

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. 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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• phonecall
• phoneless
• speakerphone

Related terms

• phone sex
• phone tag

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ???? (fon)
• ? Irish: fón
• ? Portuguese: fone
• ? Urdu: ???? (fon)
• ? Welsh: ffôn

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:phone

Verb

phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

1. (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

Synonyms

• call, ring, telephone

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

Related terms

• phonetic
• phonetically
• phonetics
• phonology
• phoneme

Translations

Anagrams

• nepho-, pheno-, pheon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?n/

Noun

phone m (plural phones)

1. phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
2. (linguistics) phone

Verb

phone

1. first-person singular present indicative of phoner
2. third-person singular present indicative of phoner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
5. second-person singular imperative of phoner

Further reading

• “phone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).