Meanings
plural handsets
- A mobile phone.
Similarly, the handset can see more than one base station. Because the positions (longitude and latitude) of the base stations/Node Bs are known, then either a Node B or handset can work out the handset’s position.
2003, Geoff Varrall, Roger Belcher, 3G Handset and Network Design, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 311 - A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment.
The locomotives can be driven from two positions in the cab or remotely from a radio control handset.
2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 56
present singular third person handsets · participle present handsetting
Synonyms & antonyms
nountelephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 話筒 /话筒
- 話筒 /话筒 (huàtǒng)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Czech sluchátko
- sluchátkothe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Danish telefonrør
- telefonrørthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Finnish luuri, käsipuhelin
- luurithe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- käsipuhelinthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
French combiné téléphonique, combiné
- combiné téléphoniquethe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- combinéthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
German der Hörer, der Telefonhörer
- der Hörer, der Telefonhörerthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Italian cornetta
- cornettathe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Japanese 受話器, 送受話器
- 受話器 (juwaki)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- 送受話器 (sōjuwaki)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Polish słuchawka, aparat
- słuchawkathe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- aparatthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Russian телефо́нная тру́бка, тру́бка
- телефо́нная тру́бка (telefónnaja trúbka)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- тру́бка (trúbka)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Swedish telefonlur, lur
- telefonlurthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
- lurthe part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
Thai หู
- หู (hǔu)the part of a telephone containing both receiver and transmitter, held in the hand
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Cite this entry
handset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handset
“handset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handset. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handset,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handset.
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