le
/te.le.fɔn/
Translation
telephone, phone
Word origin
A nineteenth-century coinage from Greek tele ('far off') and phone ('voice, sound').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- tele + phone
- English cognates
- telephone, phonetic, telegraph
Grammar
Examples
' batterie, preter tien.
My phone has run out of battery, can you lend me yours.
.
She has been on the phone for an hour.
.
He forgot his phone at home this morning.
' batterie, .
My phone is almost out of battery, I need to head home.
professionnel ?
Can you give me your work phone number?
Used in
Stories
(6)Grammar articles
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French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
Passé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Between the Two French Past Tenses
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
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