different between telephone vs phones

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo?nz/

Noun

phones

1. plural of phone

Noun

phones pl (plural only)

1. (informal) headphones
   • 1990, Home & Studio Recording (volume 4, page 33)

     I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you.

Verb

phones

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phone

Anagrams

• pheons, poshen, spheno-

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: phone, phonent

Verb

phones

1. second-person singular present indicative of phoner
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of phoner