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/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
' , preter .
My phone has run out of battery, can you lend me yours.
au .
She has been on the phone for an hour.
.
He forgot his phone at home this morning.
' , .
My phone is almost out of battery, I need to head home.
?
Can you give me your work phone number?
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Stories
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