Polyglot Dictionary

téléphone

/te.le.fɔn/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les téléphones

Meaning

  1. telephone

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Telefon

Telefon is the German word for the same thing — both mean "telephone."

Spanish

teléfono

teléfono is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "telephone."

Portuguese

telefone

telefone is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "telephone."

Practice

1 What does téléphone mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il répond au ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches téléphone?

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