Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounelectro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Broader
electro-acoustic transducer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَمَّاعَة, سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس
- سَمَّاعَة (sammāʕa)sound device held near the ear
- سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس (samāʕāt ar-raʔs)sound device held near the ear
Bulgarian слу́шалки
- слу́шалки (slúšalki)sound device held near the ear
Catalan auricular
- auricularsound device held near the ear
Chinese Mandarin 耳機 /耳机, 耳筒
- 耳機 /耳机 (ěrjī)sound device held near the ear
- 耳筒 (ěrtǒng)sound device held near the ear
Czech sluchátka
- sluchátkasound device held near the ear
Danish hovedtelefoner, øretelefon
- hovedtelefonersound device held near the ear
- øretelefonsound device held near the ear
Dutch oortelefoon
- oortelefoonsound device held near the ear
Esperanto kapaŭskultiloj
- kapaŭskultilojsound device held near the ear
Estonian kõrvaklapid
- kõrvaklapidsound device held near the ear
Finnish kuuloke
- kuulokesound device held near the ear
French écouteur
- écouteursound device held near the ear
German Ohrhörer
- Ohrhörersound device held near the ear
Greek ακουστικό
- ακουστικό (akoustikó)sound device held near the ear
Hebrew אָזְנִית, אוזניות
- אָזְנִיתsound device held near the ear
- אוזניותsound device held near the ear
Hindi हेडफ़ोन
- हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon)sound device held near the ear
Hungarian fülhallgató
- fülhallgatósound device held near the ear
Indonesian penyuara kuping
- penyuara kupingsound device held near the ear
Irish cluasán
- cluasánsound device held near the ear
Italian auricolare, cuffia
- auricolaresound device held near the ear
- cuffiasound device held near the ear
Japanese イヤフォン, イヤホン
- イヤフォン (iyafon)sound device held near the ear
- イヤホン (iyahon)sound device held near the ear
Korean 이어폰
- 이어폰 (ieopon)sound device held near the ear
Latin auscultābulum, concha auditoria
- auscultābulumsound device held near the ear
- concha auditoriasound device held near the ear
Malay fon kepala
- fon kepalasound device held near the ear
Māori pokotaringa
- pokotaringasound device held near the ear
Norwegian hodetelefoner
- hodetelefonersound device held near the ear
Persian هدفون
- هدفون (hedfon)sound device held near the ear
Polish słuchawki
- słuchawkisound device held near the ear
Portuguese fone, fone de ouvido
- fonesound device held near the ear
- fone de ouvidosound device held near the ear
- auricularsound device held near the ear
Punjabi ਹੈਡਫ਼ੋਨਸ
- ਹੈਡਫ਼ੋਨਸ (haiḍfonas)sound device held near the ear
Romanian căști audio
- căști audiosound device held near the ear
Russian нау́шники, головно́й телефо́н
- нау́шники (naúšniki)sound device held near the ear
- головно́й телефо́н (golovnój telefón)sound device held near the ear
Scottish Gaelic fòn-cluaise
- fòn-cluaisesound device held near the ear
Slovak slúchadlá
- slúchadlásound device held near the ear
Spanish auricular, audífono intraaural
- auricularsound device held near the ear
- audífono intraauralsound device held near the ear
- intraauricularsound device held near the ear
- pinganillosound device held near the ear
Swedish hörlur
- hörlursound device held near the ear
Tagalog talinig
- talinigsound device held near the ear
Tamil காதொலிப்பான்
- காதொலிப்பான் (kātolippāṉ)sound device held near the ear
Thai หูฟัง
- หูฟัง (hǔu-fang)sound device held near the ear
Turkish kulaklık
- kulaklıksound device held near the ear
Ukrainian наву́шники
- наву́шники (navúšnyky)sound device held near the ear
Vietnamese ống nghe, tai nghe
- ống nghesound device held near the ear
- tai nghesound device held near the ear
Welsh clustffon
- clustffonsound device held near the ear
Cite this entry
APA
earphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earphone
MLA
“earphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earphone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earphone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earphone.
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