smartphone A2 Topic:Technology & Computing US /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ UK /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/ See IPA manual Freq #31649 Meanings 1 noun A mobile phone that can run apps, browse the internet, and do many of the things a computer can. She uses her smartphone to check emails on the way to work. Etymology AI details From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s. *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Technology & Computing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # smartphone **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/ **Frequency rank:** 31649 ## Meanings 1. A mobile phone that can run apps, browse the internet, and do many of the things a computer can. ## Examples - She uses her smartphone to check emails on the way to work. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *(s)merd- ## Etymology From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s. ## AI Etymology Smartphone comes from smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s. The historical chain includes *(s)merd- (Proto-Indo-European). In present use it covers a mobile phone that can run apps, browse the internet, and do many of the things a computer can. ## Topics - Technology & Computing markdown