phone A1 Topic:Technology & Computing US /ˈfoʊ̯n/ UK /ˈfəʊ̯n/ See IPA manual Freq #325 Meanings 1 noun A device used to talk to people over distances, now often a small portable one that also runs apps. She is on the phone with her sister right now. 2 verb To call someone using a telephone. Phone me as soon as you land at the airport. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a device used to talk to... telephone 2 verb · to call someone using a... callringtelephone More amecheblowerhornpipe Word family Forms phonedphonesphoning Derived forms airphonebat-phonebatphonecameraphonecamphonecar-phonecardphonecarphonecell-phonecomputerphonecryptophonedataphone Common collocations phone call Adjective + noun answer the phone Verb + noun mobile phone Adjective + noun charge the phone Verb + noun pick up the phone Verb + noun pay phone Adjective + noun hang up the phone Verb + noun dial phone Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European φωνή Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Technology & Computing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # phone **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈfoʊ̯n/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfəʊ̯n/ **Frequency rank:** 325 ## Meanings 1. A device used to talk to people over distances, now often a small portable one that also runs apps. 2. To call someone using a telephone. ## Examples - She is on the phone with her sister right now. - Phone me as soon as you land at the airport. ## Synonyms - ameche - blower - horn - pipe - telephone ## Derived Forms - airphone - bat-phone - batphone - cameraphone - camphone - car-phone - cardphone - carphone - cell-phone - computerphone - cryptophone - dataphone ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰeh₂- - Root: φωνή ## Etymology From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). ## AI Etymology Phone comes from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). The historical chain includes *bʰeh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), φωνή (Ancient Greek). In present-day English it covers a device used to talk to people over distances, now often a small portable one that also runs apps and to call someone using a telephone. The wider family includes derived forms such as airphone, bat-phone, batphone, cameraphone, camphone. ## Topics - Technology & Computing markdown