Meanings
nounsmartphone (plural smartphones)
plural smartphones · alternative smart phone
- communicationsA mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone.
Synonyms: smart telephone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones
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Origin
From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans slimfoon
- slimfoonelectronic handheld device
Arabic هَاتِف ذَكِيّ, سِمَارْت فُون
- هَاتِف ذَكِيّ (hātif ḏakiyy)electronic handheld device
- سِمَارْت فُون (simārt fūn)electronic handheld device
Bengali স্মার্টফোন
- স্মার্টফোন (śãrṭophōn)electronic handheld device
Bulgarian сма́ртфон
- сма́ртфон (smártfon)electronic handheld device
Catalan telèfon intel·ligent
- telèfon intel·ligentelectronic handheld device
Chinese Cantonese 智能手機 /智能手机, 智能電話 /智能电话
- 智能手機 /智能手机 (zi³ nang⁴ sau² gei¹)electronic handheld device
- 智能電話 /智能电话electronic handheld device
Chinese Mandarin 智能手機 /智能手机, 智慧型手機 /智慧型手机
- 智能手機 /智能手机 (zhìnéng shǒujī)electronic handheld device
- 智慧型手機 /智慧型手机 (zhìhuìxíng shǒujī)electronic handheld device
Czech chytrý telefon, smartphone
- chytrý telefonelectronic handheld device
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Danish smartphone
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Dutch smartphone
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Esperanto saĝtelefono, retpoŝtelefono
- saĝtelefonoelectronic handheld device
- retpoŝtelefonoelectronic handheld device
- smartfonoelectronic handheld device
- poŝtelefonoelectronic handheld device
Estonian nutitelefon
- nutitelefonelectronic handheld device
Finnish älypuhelin
- älypuhelinelectronic handheld device
French smartphone, ordiphone
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
- ordiphoneelectronic handheld device
- supertéléphoneelectronic handheld device
- téléphone intelligentelectronic handheld device
German Smartphone
- Smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Greek σμάρτφον
- σμάρτφον (smártfon)electronic handheld device
Hebrew סמארטפון, טלפון חכם
- סמארטפון (smártfon)electronic handheld device
- טלפון חכם (télefon khakhám)electronic handheld device
Hindi स्मार्टफ़ोन, स्मार्टफोन
- स्मार्टफ़ोन (smārṭfon)electronic handheld device
- स्मार्टफोन (smārṭphon)electronic handheld device
Hungarian okostelefon, smartphone
- okostelefonelectronic handheld device
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Icelandic snjallsími
- snjallsímielectronic handheld device
Indonesian telepon cerdas, telepon pintar
- telepon cerdaselectronic handheld device
- telepon pintarelectronic handheld device
Irish fón cliste
- fón clisteelectronic handheld device
Italian smartphone, telefono intelligente
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
- telefono intelligenteelectronic handheld device
- telefonino intelligenteelectronic handheld device
- cellulare intelligenteelectronic handheld device
- superfoninoelectronic handheld device
- supercellulareelectronic handheld device
- furbofonoelectronic handheld device
- furbofoninoelectronic handheld device
Japanese スマートフォン, スマートホン
- スマートフォン (sumātofon)electronic handheld device
- スマートホン (sumātohon)electronic handheld device
- スマホ (sumaho)electronic handheld device
Korean 스마트폰
- 스마트폰 (seumateupon)electronic handheld device
Latvian viedtālrunis
- viedtālruniselectronic handheld device
Lithuanian išmanusis telefonas
- išmanusis telefonaselectronic handheld device
Malay telefon pintar, telefon bijak
- telefon pintarelectronic handheld device
- telefon bijakelectronic handheld device
Māori waea atamai
- waea atamaielectronic handheld device
Norwegian Bokmål smarttelefon
- smarttelefonelectronic handheld device
Polish smartfon
- smartfonelectronic handheld device
Portuguese smartphone
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Romanian smartphone
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
Russian смартфо́н
- смартфо́н (smartfón)electronic handheld device
Scottish Gaelic fòn tapaidh
- fòn tapaidhelectronic handheld device
Slovak smartfón, smartphone
- smartfónelectronic handheld device
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
- inteligentný telefónelectronic handheld device
- chytrý telefónelectronic handheld device
Spanish teléfono inteligente
- teléfono inteligenteelectronic handheld device
Swahili simu janja
- simu janjaelectronic handheld device
Swedish smarttelefon, smart telefon
- smarttelefonelectronic handheld device
- smart telefonelectronic handheld device
- smartphoneelectronic handheld device
- smartmobilelectronic handheld device
- smart mobilelectronic handheld device
- pekmobilelectronic handheld device
Tamil நுண்ணறி பேசி
- நுண்ணறி பேசி (nuṇṇaṟi pēci)electronic handheld device
Thai สมาร์ตโฟน
- สมาร์ตโฟน (sà-máat-foon)electronic handheld device
Turkish akıllı telefon
- akıllı telefonelectronic handheld device
Ukrainian смартфо́н
- смартфо́н (smartfón)electronic handheld device
Urdu اِسْمارْٹ فون
- اِسْمارْٹ فون (ismārṭ fon)electronic handheld device
Vietnamese điện thoại thông minh, điện thoại tinh khôn
- điện thoại thông minhelectronic handheld device
- điện thoại tinh khônelectronic handheld device
- phôn khônelectronic handheld device
- smát-phônelectronic handheld device
Welsh ffôn clyfar
- ffôn clyfarelectronic handheld device
Cite this entry
APA
smartphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smartphone
MLA
“smartphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smartphone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smartphone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smartphone.
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