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phone

1  [fohn]
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–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), phoned, phon⋅ing.
telephone.
Origin:
1880–85; by shortening
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phone

2  [fohn]
–noun Phonetics.
a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”
Compare allophone, phoneme.

Origin:
1865–70; < Gk phōn voice

Related forms:
phonal, adjective

tel⋅e⋅phone

  [tel-uh-fohn] noun, verb, -phoned, -phon⋅ing.
–noun
1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device.
–verb (used with object)
2. to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone.
3. to send (a message) by telephone.
–verb (used without object)
4. to send a message by telephone.
Also, phone.

Origin:
1825–35; tele- 1 + -phone

Related forms:
tel⋅e⋅phon⋅er, noun
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phone 1   (fōn)   
n.  A telephone.
v.   phoned, phon·ing, phones

v.   intr.
To telephone.
v.   tr.
  1. To get in touch with by telephone.
  2. To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone.
  3. To make a telephone call to (a specific number): Phone 411 for directory assistance.

[Short for telephone.]
phone 2   (fōn)   
n.  A speech sound considered without reference to its status as a phoneme or an allophone in a language.

[Greek phōnē, sound, voice; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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