Meanings
nounspeakerphone (plural speakerphones)
plural speakerphones · alternative speaker phone
- A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
- A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it hands-free.
It wasn’t on speakerphone, and I could still hear him [Boris Johnson] shouting and swearing
2026 June 23, Will Walden, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
Translations
Danish medhør
- medhørtelephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset
German Freisprechtelefon, Freisprechgerät
- Freisprechtelefontelephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset
- Freisprechgerättelephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset
- Freisprechanlagetelephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset
- Freisprecheinrichtungtelephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset
- Lautsprechtelefonloudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound
- Lautsprechertelefonloudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound
Portuguese viva-voz, alta-voz
- viva-vozloudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound
- alta-vozloudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound
Cite this entry
APA
speakerphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerphone
MLA
“speakerphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerphone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speakerphone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerphone.
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