Meanings
nounmobile phone (plural mobile phones)
plural mobile phones
- datedA portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio transmissions.
Synonyms: mobile telephone, portable phone, portable telephone, radio telephone, radio-telephone, radiotelephone
- A portable (handheld) telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network.
Synonyms: cell, cell phone, cellular, cellular mobile, cellular phone, cellular telephone, cellphone//handphone, mobile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio transmissions.
nounA portable (handheld) telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network.
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nouna hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
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Translations
Afrikaans selfoon, sellulêre telefoon
- selfooncellular telephone
- sellulêre telefooncellular telephone
Arabic جَوَّال, هَاتِف مَحْمُول
- جَوَّال (jawwāl)cellular telephone
- هَاتِف مَحْمُول (hātif maḥmūl)cellular telephone
- هَاتِف خَلَوِيّ (hātif ḵalawiyy)cellular telephone
- هَاتِف نَقَّال (hātif naqqāl)cellular telephone
- مُوبَيْل (mūbayl)cellular telephone
Basque telefono mugikor, sakelako telefono
- telefono mugikorcellular telephone
- sakelako telefonocellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Bengali মোবাইল ফোন, মোবাইল
- মোবাইল ফোন (mōbail phōn)cellular telephone
- মোবাইল (mōbail)cellular telephone
- মুঠোফোন (muṭhōphōn)cellular telephone
Bulgarian моби́лен телефо́н, кле́тъчен телефо́н
- моби́лен телефо́н (mobílen telefón)cellular telephone
- кле́тъчен телефо́н (klétăčen telefón)cellular telephone
- преноси́м телефо́н (prenosím telefón)cellular telephone
- мобифо́н (mobifón)cellular telephone
Catalan telèfon mòbil, mòbil
- telèfon mòbilcellular telephone
- mòbilcellular telephone
Chinese Cantonese 手提電話 /手提电话, 手機 /手机
- 手提電話 /手提电话cellular telephone
- 手機 /手机 (sau² gei¹)cellular telephone
- 流動電話 /流动电话 (formal/technical)cellular telephone
- 大哥大 (daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶)cellular telephone
Chinese Mandarin 手機 /手机, 手提電話 /手提电话
- 手機 /手机 (shǒujī)cellular telephone
- 手提電話 /手提电话 (shǒutí diànhuà)cellular telephone
- 移動電話 /移动电话 (yídòng diànhuà)cellular telephone
- 行動電話 /行动电话 (xíngdòng diànhuà)cellular telephone
- 大哥大 (dàgēdà)cellular telephone
Czech mobilní telefon, mobil
- mobilní telefoncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Danish mobiltelefon, mobil
- mobiltelefoncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Dutch mobiele telefoon, gsm
- mobiele telefooncellular telephone
- gsmcellular telephone
- mobieltjecellular telephone
Esperanto poŝtelefono
- poŝtelefonocellular telephone
Estonian mobiiltelefon
- mobiiltelefoncellular telephone
Finnish matkapuhelin, kännykkä
- matkapuhelincellular telephone
- kännykkäcellular telephone
- kapulacellular telephone
French téléphone mobile, mobile
- téléphone mobilecellular telephone
- mobilecellular telephone
- téléphone portable m portablecellular telephone
- GSMcellular telephone
- téléphone cellulairecellular telephone
- cellulairecellular telephone
- natelcellular telephone
German Mobiltelefon, Funktelefon
- Mobiltelefoncellular telephone
- Funktelefoncellular telephone
- Handycellular telephone
- Natelcellular telephone
Greek κινητό τηλέφωνο, κινητό
- κινητό τηλέφωνο (kinitó tiléfono)cellular telephone
- κινητό (kinitó)cellular telephone
Hebrew טֶלֶפוֹן סֶלוּלָרי, טלפון נייד
- טֶלֶפוֹן סֶלוּלָרי (télefon selulári)cellular telephone
- טלפון ניידcellular telephone
- טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד (télefon nayád)cellular telephone
Hindi मोबाइल फ़ोन, मोबाइल
- मोबाइल फ़ोन (mobāil fon)cellular telephone
- मोबाइल (mobāil)cellular telephone
Hungarian mobiltelefon, mobil
- mobiltelefoncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Icelandic farsími, gemsi
- farsímicellular telephone
- gemsicellular telephone
- GSM-símicellular telephone
Indonesian telepon selular, telepon genggam
- telepon selularcellular telephone
- telepon genggamcellular telephone
- telepon selulercellular telephone
Irish guthán soghluaiste, guthán póca
- guthán soghluaistecellular telephone
- guthán pócacellular telephone
- fón pócacellular telephone
Italian cellulare, telefono cellulare
- cellularecellular telephone
- telefono cellularecellular telephone
- telefono mobilecellular telephone
- telefoninocellular telephone
- natelcellular telephone
Japanese 携帯電話, 携帯
- 携帯電話 (keitai denwa)cellular telephone
- 携帯 (keitai)cellular telephone
- セルホーン (seruhōn)cellular telephone
- セルフォン (serufon)cellular telephone
- モバイル (mobairu)cellular telephone
Korean 휴대전화, 핸드폰
- 휴대전화 (hyudaejeonhwa)cellular telephone
- 핸드폰 (haendeupon)cellular telephone
- 휴대(携帶)폰 (hyudaepon)cellular telephone
- 모바일폰 (mobailpon)cellular telephone
- 셀룰러폰 (sellulleopon)cellular telephone
- 셀폰 (selpon)cellular telephone
- 손전화 (sonjeonhwa)cellular telephone
- 손전화기 (sonjeonhwagi)cellular telephone
Latin tēlephōnum gestābile, tēlephōnium gestābile
- tēlephōnum gestābilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnium gestābilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnum portātilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnium portātilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnum portābilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnium portābilecellular telephone
- tēlephōnulumcellular telephone
Latvian mobilais tālrunis, mobilais telefons
- mobilais tālruniscellular telephone
- mobilais telefonscellular telephone
- mobilaiscellular telephone
Lithuanian mobilusis telefonas
- mobilusis telefonascellular telephone
Malay telefon bimbit
- telefon bimbitcellular telephone
Māori waea pūkoro
- waea pūkorocellular telephone
Norwegian Bokmål mobiltelefon, mobil
- mobiltelefoncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Polish telefon, telefon komórkowy
- telefoncellular telephone
- telefon komórkowycellular telephone
- komórkacellular telephone
Portuguese celular, telefone celular
- celularcellular telephone
- telefone celularcellular telephone
- telemóvelcellular telephone
- telefone móvelcellular telephone
Punjabi ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ
- ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ (mobāīla fon)cellular telephone
Romanian telefon mobil, telefon celular
- telefon mobilcellular telephone
- telefon celularcellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
- celularcellular telephone
Russian моби́льный телефо́н, со́товый телефо́н
- моби́льный телефо́н (mobílʹnyj telefón)cellular telephone
- со́товый телефо́н (sótovyj telefón)cellular telephone
- моби́льник (mobílʹnik)cellular telephone
- со́товый (sótovyj)cellular telephone
- моби́ла (mobíla)cellular telephone
Scottish Gaelic fòn-làimhe
- fòn-làimhecellular telephone
Slovak mobilný telefón, mobil
- mobilný telefóncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
Spanish teléfono móvil, móvil
- teléfono móvilcellular telephone
- móvilcellular telephone
- teléfono celularcellular telephone
- celularcellular telephone
Swahili rununu, simu ya mkononi
- rununucellular telephone
- simu ya mkononicellular telephone
Swedish mobiltelefon, mobil
- mobiltelefoncellular telephone
- mobilcellular telephone
- nallecellular telephone
Tagalog selepono, teleponong selular
- seleponocellular telephone
- teleponong selularcellular telephone
- selponcellular telephone
Tamil நகர்பேசி, செல்லிடத் தொலைபேசி
- நகர்பேசி (nakarpēci)cellular telephone
- செல்லிடத் தொலைபேசி (celliṭat tolaipēci)cellular telephone
- கைப்பேசி (kaippēci)cellular telephone
- அலைப்பேசி (alaippēci)cellular telephone
- மொபைல் (mopail)cellular telephone
Thai โทรศัพท์เคลื่อนที่, โทรศัพท์มือถือ
- โทรศัพท์เคลื่อนที่ (too-rá-sàp-klʉ̂ʉan-tîi)cellular telephone
- โทรศัพท์มือถือ (too-rá-sàp-mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ)cellular telephone
- มือถือ (mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ)cellular telephone
Turkish cep telefonu, cep
- cep telefonucellular telephone
- cepcellular telephone
Ukrainian мобі́льний телефо́н, стільнико́вий телефо́н
- мобі́льний телефо́н (mobílʹnyj telefón)cellular telephone
- стільнико́вий телефо́н (stilʹnykóvyj telefón)cellular telephone
- мобі́льник (mobílʹnyk)cellular telephone
Urdu موبائِل فون, گَشْتی فون
- موبائِل فون (mobāil fon)cellular telephone
- گَشْتی فون (gaśtī fon)cellular telephone
- دَسْتی فون (dastī fon)cellular telephone
- دَسْتی ہاتِف (dastī hātif)cellular telephone
- خلوی فون (xalvī-fon)cellular telephone
Vietnamese điện thoại di động, điện thoại cầm tay
- điện thoại di độngcellular telephone
- điện thoại cầm taycellular telephone
- di độngcellular telephone
Welsh ffôn symudol
- ffôn symudolcellular telephone
Yiddish מאָביל טעלעפֿאָן, מאָבילקע
- מאָביל טעלעפֿאָן (mobil telefon)cellular telephone
- מאָבילקע (mobilke)cellular telephone
- צעלקע (tselke)cellular telephone
Zulu umakhalekhukhwini
- umakhalekhukhwinicellular telephone
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