# telefon
## Albanian
### Etymology

From English telephone or French téléphone, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teleˈfon/, [te.leˈfɔn]

### Noun

telefon m (plural telefona, definite telefoni, definite plural telefonat)
* telephone

#### Derived terms

* telefonoj

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Internationalism; from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [teleˈfon]
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)
* telephone
    telefon nömrəsi ― phone number
    cib telefonu ― mobile phone (literally, “pocket phone”)
    telefon vasitəsi ilə ödəmək ― to pay by phone
    telefon vasitəsi ilə əlaqə saxlamaq ― to contact by phone
    telefon yükləyicisi ― phone charger

#### Declension
## Chamorro
### Noun

telefon
* telephone

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From French téléphone.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

### Noun

telefon
* telephone

#### Derived terms

* telefon etmek
* telefoncı

### References

* “telefon”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛlɛfon]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

telefon m inan
* phone, telephone
    po telefonu ― on the phone / over the phone
    mobilní telefon ― cellphone
    Můžu použít tvůj telefon? ― Can I use your phone?

#### Derived terms

* telefonický
* telefonní

#### Related terms

* See fón
* telefonovat

### Further reading

* “telefon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “telefon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “telefon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From tele- +‎ -fon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teləfoːn/, [tˢeləˈfoːˀn]

### Noun

telefon c (singular definite telefonen, plural indefinite telefoner)
* telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)
* phone number, telephone number (digits assigned to a telephone), abbreviated tlf.
* call, phone call, telephone call

#### Synonyms

* (device): (slang) knogle
* (phone number): telefonnummer

#### Derived terms

* telefonere (“to telephone”)
* telefonisk (“telephonic, by telephone”)
* telefonist (“telephonist”)
* (jocular) telefonitis (“telephonitis”)

#### See also

* telefon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Estonian
### Noun

telefon (genitive telefoni, partitive telefoni)
* telephone (an electronic device used for two-way talking with other people)

#### Derived terms

* mobiiltelefon
* nutitelefon
* taibutelefon
* telefoninumber
* telefoniputka
* telefoniraamat

## Faroese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰeleˈfoːn/

### Noun

telefon f (genitive singular telefonar, plural telefonir)
* telephone

#### Synonyms

* (dated): røðil, fjarrøðil, máltráður

#### Derived terms

* fartelefon (mobile phone)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Telephon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛlɛfon]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

telefon (plural telefonok)
* telephone
    Synonym: (dated, practically archaic) távbeszélő

#### Derived terms

* tel.
* telefonál
* telefonos
* telefonozik
* kaputelefon
* mobiltelefon
* okostelefon
* rádiótelefon
* telefonbeszélgetés
* telefonbetyár
* telefonérme
* telefonfülke
* telefonhálózat
* telefonhívás
* telefonkártya
* telefonszám
* telefonvonal
* telefonzsinór
* videótelefon

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* telefon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /teˈlefɔn/ [t̪eˈle.fɔn]
* Syllabification: te‧le‧fon

### Noun

telefon
* Alternative form of telepon

### Verb

telefon (active menelefon, passive ditelefon)
* Alternative form of telepon

## Karelian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефо́н (telefón).

### Noun

telefon
* telephone

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* telepon

### Etymology

From English telephone or Dutch telefoon, by surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fon.

### Pronunciation

* (English-based) IPA: [tɛ.li.fon]
* (Baku) IPA: [te.le.fon]
* Rhymes: -fon, -on
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fon

### Noun

telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون)
* telephone
* call (telephone call)

#### Affixations

* bertelefon

#### Compounds

* pesawat telefon
* telefon awam
* telefon bimbit, telefon selular
* telefon pintar, telefon bijak
* telefon tangan
* telefon telinga

### Verb

telefon (Jawi spelling تيليفون, active menelefon, 3rd person passive ditelefon)
* (transitive) to call

### References

* ↑ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe‎, Batavia: Sin Po, archived from the original on 3 March 2022, page 293

### Further reading

* “telefon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Etymology

From English telephone.

### Noun

telefon
* telephone

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefoner, definite plural telefonene)
* a telephone or phone

#### Derived terms

* hjelpetelefon
* mobiltelefon
* nødtelefon
* satellittelefon
* smarttelefon
* telefonkode
* telefonsamtale
* telefonsentral
* videotelefon

#### Related terms

* telefoni

### References

* “telefon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

telefon m (definite singular telefonen, indefinite plural telefonar, definite plural telefonane)
* a telephone or phone

#### Derived terms

* hjelpetelefon
* mobiltelefon
* naudtelefon
* nødtelefon
* satellittelefon
* smarttelefon
* telefonkode
* telefonsamtale
* telefonsentral
* videotelefon

#### Related terms

* telefoni

### References

* “telefon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism. By surface analysis, tele- +‎ -fon. First attested in 1829. Compare Kashubian telefón and Silesian telefōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛˈlɛ.fɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛfɔn
* Syllabification: te‧le‧fon

### Noun

telefon m inan (related adjective telefoniczny, abbreviation tel.)
* telephone (telecommunication device used for two-way talking with another person)
* telephone call (connection established over a telephone network between two parties)
* telephone number (sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network)

#### Derived terms

* głuchy telefon
* telefon bezpośredni
* telefon grzecznościowy
* telefon kierunkowy
* telefon wewnętrzny
* telefon zaufania
* telefonista
* telefonistka
* telefon nie odpowiada
* telefon się urywa
* telefonować impf, zatelefonować pf
* być pod telefonem impf
* odebrać telefon pf, odbierać telefon impf
* wisieć na telefonie impf

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “telefon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “telefon”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Saint-Clair, czyli Wygnańcy na wyspie Barra : romans historyczny (in Polish), volume 4, 1829, page 9

### Further reading

* telefon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* telefon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “telefon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 39

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French téléphone, German Telephon. Equivalent to tele- +‎ -fon.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

telefon n (plural telefoane)
* telephone

#### Related terms

* telefona
* telefonic
* telefonie
* telefonist

### References

* Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

## Romansch
### Noun

telefon m (plural telefons)
* telephone

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /telěfoːn/

### Noun

telèfōn m (Cyrillic spelling телѐфо̄н)
* telephone
* (colloquial) telephone number

#### Derived terms

* telèfōnskī

## Swedish
### Etymology

tele- +‎ -fon

### Pronunciation

* (Sweden) IPA: /tɛlɛˈfoːn/
** Audio:(file)
* (Finland) IPA: /teleˈfuːn/
* (Sweden, dialectal) IPA: /tɛlɛˈfuːn/

### Noun

telefon c
* a phone, a telephone
    ringa någon med en telefoncall someone with a telephone
* phone, telephone (as a communication medium)
    kontakta någon per telefoncontact someone by phone
    prata/sitta/stå/etc. i telefonbe on the phone
** 1986, Michael B. Tretow (lyrics and music), “Telefånen [The telefool [blend of telefonen (“the telephone”) and fånen (“the (silly) fool”)]”, in Makalösa manickar [more commonly "manicker"] [Incredible contraptions]‎:Ja, jag står i telefon ute på gatan utanför. Jag kan se din siluett genom gardin[en]. Och jag står förstås och drömmer som jag nästan alltid gör när jag har satt i mig några flaskor vin.Yes, I'm on the phone [stand on the phone] out on the street outside. I can see your silhouette through the curtain. And I'm standing here dreaming, of course [and I stand of course and dream], like I almost always do when I've downed a few bottles of wine.
* Short for telefonsamtal (“phone call”).
    Du har telefonYou have a phone call

#### Usage notes

* In some dialects, this word is not conjugated in the definitive, hence "svara i telefon" is equivalent to "answer the phone" rather than the ungrammatical "answer phone".

#### Derived terms

* knapptelefon
* mobiltelefon
* smarttelefon
* telefonbok
* telefonkatalog
* telefonnummer

### References

* telefon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* telefon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Dutch telefoon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [te.ˈle.fon]

### Noun

telefon
* telephone

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English telephone.

### Noun

telefon
* telephone
    Synonym: telipon

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تلفون, تله‌فون (telefon), from French téléphone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te.le.fon/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefonu, plural telefonlar)
* telephone

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
telefon
telefonlar
definite accusative
telefonu
telefonları
dative
telefona
telefonlara
locative
telefonda
telefonlarda
ablative
telefondan
telefonlardan
genitive
telefonun
telefonların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonum
telefonlarım
2nd singular
telefonun
telefonların
3rd singular
telefonu
telefonları
1st plural
telefonumuz
telefonlarımız
2nd plural
telefonunuz
telefonlarınız
3rd plural
telefonları
telefonları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonumu
telefonlarımı
2nd singular
telefonunu
telefonlarını
3rd singular
telefonunu
telefonlarını
1st plural
telefonumuzu
telefonlarımızı
2nd plural
telefonunuzu
telefonlarınızı
3rd plural
telefonlarını
telefonlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonuma
telefonlarıma
2nd singular
telefonuna
telefonlarına
3rd singular
telefonuna
telefonlarına
1st plural
telefonumuza
telefonlarımıza
2nd plural
telefonunuza
telefonlarınıza
3rd plural
telefonlarına
telefonlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonumda
telefonlarımda
2nd singular
telefonunda
telefonlarında
3rd singular
telefonunda
telefonlarında
1st plural
telefonumuzda
telefonlarımızda
2nd plural
telefonunuzda
telefonlarınızda
3rd plural
telefonlarında
telefonlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonumdan
telefonlarımdan
2nd singular
telefonundan
telefonlarından
3rd singular
telefonundan
telefonlarından
1st plural
telefonumuzdan
telefonlarımızdan
2nd plural
telefonunuzdan
telefonlarınızdan
3rd plural
telefonlarından
telefonlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
telefonumun
telefonlarımın
2nd singular
telefonunun
telefonlarının
3rd singular
telefonunun
telefonlarının
1st plural
telefonumuzun
telefonlarımızın
2nd plural
telefonunuzun
telefonlarınızın
3rd plural
telefonlarının
telefonlarının :

#### Derived terms

* telefoncu
* telefonculuk
* cep telefonu
* telefon etmek

### Further reading

* “telefon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تلفون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 399

## Turkmen
### Noun

telefon (definite accusative telefony, plural telefonlar)
* telephone

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “telefon” in Enedilim.com
* “telefon” in Webonary.org