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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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telephone

/ˈtɛlɪfəʊn/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtɛlɪfəʊn/
telephone
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

te - lep - hone -> telephone

Myanmar meaning

(n) တယ်လီဖုန်း (v) တယ်လီဖုန်းဖြင့်ပြော

Full entry

telephone /'telÇfǝƱn/ (also phone ) n

(က) [U] တယ်လီဖုန်း။ ဖုန်း။ စကားပြောကြေးနန်း။ make a telephone call ❍ a telephone conversation ❍ order goods over the telephone ❍ You can always reach (ie contact) me by telephone.
(ခ) [C] တယ်လီဖုန်း။ ဖုန်း။ a mobile/portable phone ❍ a car phone ❍ answer the telephone (ie pick up the RECEIVER (၁) to receive a call) ❍ put the telephone down (ie replace the RECEIVER (၁)) ❍ The telephone hasn't stopped ringing all day (ie There have been a lot of calls).
(also phone ) v တယ်လီဖုန်းဖြင့်ပြောသည်။ ဖုန်းဆက်သည်။ Will you write or telephone? ❍ telephone an order (to head office) ❍ He telephoned (his wife) to say he'd be late.
❏ on the telephone [IDM ]
၁။ တယ်လီဖုန်းပြောနေသည်။ She's on the telephone at the moment. ❍ You're wanted (ie Somebody wants to speak to you) on the telephone.
၂။ (Brit ) တယ်လီဖုန်းတပ်ဆင်သည်။ They've just moved and they're not on the telephone yet.
❏ telephone box (also telephone booth, telephone kiosk ) n = PHONE BOX
❏ telephone directory (also phone directory, telephone book, phone book ) n တယ်လီ ဖုန်းလမ်းညွှန်စာအုပ်။
❏ telephone exchange (also exchange ) n တယ်လီဖုန်းရုံး။
❏ telephone number (also phone number ) n တယ်လီဖုန်းနံပါတ်။
❏ telephone tapping (also phone tapping ) n [U] တယ်လီဖုန်းကို ကြားဖြတ်နားထောင်ရန် လျှို့ဝှက် ကိရိယာ တပ်ဆင်ခြင်း။
❏ telephonist /tǝ'lefǝnÇst/ n = OPERATOR ၂
❏ telephony /tǝ'lefǝni/ n [U] တယ်လီဖုန်းဖြင့် ဆက်သွယ်မှု။

More examples
  • They’ve got a telephone next to their bed.
  • A digital cordless telephone
  • [a telephone rings] : The telephone’s been ringing all morning.
  • [pick up/answer the telephone] : Pascoe picked up the telephone and said ‘Hello’.
  • [use the telephone] : May I use your telephone?
  • The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
  • [over the telephone] : People are interviewed over the telephone.
  • [by telephone] : I placed my order by telephone two weeks ago.
  • A telephone line/dial/switchboard
  • Telephone communications/conversations/bookings
Synonyms
phone, handset, receiver, cell phone, cellular phone, car phone, touchtone phone, phone booth, business directory, business listings, directory, telephone book, telephone directory, white pages, yellow pages
Cross references
phonehandsetreceivercell phonecellular phonecar phonetouchtone phonephone boothbusiness directorybusiness listingsdirectorytelephone booktelephone directorywhite pagesyellow pagesalwayscallcanconversationgoodsmakemobileorderoverreachtheyou
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