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How to pronounce “telephone”
Hear “telephone” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for telephone
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of telephone with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Second Digital Turn
Think of names in a telephone book
- Definition summary
- (countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce telephone
The Second Digital Turn
Think of names in a telephone book
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “telephone”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
- (countable, historical) The receiver of such a device.
- (Canada, US, uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
- (Canada, US, uncountable, figuratively) Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person.
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.
- (transitive) To convey (a message) via telephone.
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