téléphonein world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 電話でんわ denwa —
English telephone /ˈtel.ə.foʊn/ —
Italian telefono /teˈlɛː.fo.no/ masculine
Spanish teléfono /teˈle.fo.no/ masculine
German Telefon /ˈteː.le.foːn/ neuter
Korean 전화Hanja 電話 jeonhwa —
Chinese 电话Traditional 電話 diànhuà —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • English (telephone)Informally, “phone”.