different between telephone vs bagel

English

Etymology

First used by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to refer to the modern instrument, but previous devices had been given this name, which was borrowed from French téléphone. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (têle, “afar”) + ???? (ph?n?, “voice, sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /? t?l.??f??n/, /? t?l.??f??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /? t?l.??fo?n/
• Hyphenation: tel?e?phone

Noun

telephone (countable and uncountable, plural telephones)

1. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
2. (Canada, US, uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.

Synonyms

• blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche (slang), dog and bone (slang), horn (informal)
• See also Thesaurus:phone

Hyponyms

• cellphone

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

telephone (third-person singular simple present telephones, present participle telephoning, simple past and past participle telephoned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.
2. (transitive) To convey (a message) by telephoning.
   • 2012, Robert Byron, ?Jan Morris, Europe in the Looking-Glass

     David telephoned his apologies to his mother.

Synonyms

• call, drop a line, phone, ring
• See also Thesaurus:telephone

Translations

Anagrams

• phenetole

English

Alternative forms

• beigel (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ?????? (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”); compare obsolete English bee (“ring, metal ring, bracelet”), Middle English bege, beh, Old English b?ag, b?ah, Old Frisian b?g, Old Saxon b?g, Middle Low German b?g, Old Norse baugr; also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /?be??l?/
• (regional US) IPA^(key): /?b??l?/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?bæ?l?/
• Rhymes: -e???l, -æ??l

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
2. (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
3. (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Synonyms

• (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US, Australia), kugel (South Africa)

Derived terms

• bagel head
• everything bagel

Translations

See also

Verb

bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling or (US) bageling, simple past and past participle bagelled or (US) bageled)

1. (tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
2. (sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?.??l/
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)

1. bagel (ring-shaped pastry)

Related terms

• beugel

French

Alternative forms

• baguel
• beguel

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.??l/, /be.?œl/

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Maranao

Noun

bagel

1. corrugation; ripple; wave

Portuguese

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?b?j?ew/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b?j??l/
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baguel

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??el/, [ba???el]
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)