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/te.le.fɔ.nik/

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Translation

telephone, phone (attributive)

Word origin

Formed from téléphone, itself built from Greek tele ('far') and phone ('voice, sound'). English 'telephone' is the same coinage.

Origin
Greek
Root
tele + phone
English cognates
telephone

Grammar

Masc pluraltéléphoniques

Examples

J' .

I got a phone call this morning.

.

The phone line is no longer working.

l'.

Phone calls are expensive abroad.

.

He had a difficult phone conversation with his mother.

.

The phone network went down during the night.

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This word is part of lesson 55.