Meanings
nountelephone call (plural telephone calls)
plural telephone calls
- A connection established over a telephone network between two parties.
Synonyms: call, phone call
- The conversation held by the two parties on this connection.
- colloquiallawA quick, informal consultation or conversation with a lawyer, usually by a party in distress or that is about to be placed under arrest.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA connection established over a telephone network between two parties.
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Translations
Arabic مُكَالَمَة, مُكَالَمَة هَاتِفِيَّة
- مُكَالَمَة (mukālama)connection
- مُكَالَمَة هَاتِفِيَّة (mukālama hātifiyya)conversation
- مُحَادَثَة تِلِفُونِيَّة (muḥādaṯa tilifūniyya)conversation
- مُهَاتَفَة (muhātafa)conversation
- مُكَالَمَة (mukālama)conversation
- تَهَاتُف (tahātuf)conversation
Bulgarian телефонно обаждане
- телефонно обаждане (telefonno obaždane)connection
Chinese Mandarin 電話 /电话, 電話呼叫 /电话呼叫
- 電話 /电话 (diànhuà)connection
- 電話呼叫 /电话呼叫 (diànhuà hūjiào)connection
- 電話 /电话 (diànhuà)conversation
- 電話呼叫 /电话呼叫 (diànhuà hūjiào)conversation
Czech telefonát, telefonát
- telefonátconnection
- telefonátconversation
- telefonní hovorconversation
Danish telefonsamtale, opringning
- telefonsamtaleconnection
- opringningconnection
Dutch oproep, telefoontje
- oproepconnection
- telefoontjeconversation
- telefoongesprekconversation
Estonian telefonikõne
- telefonikõneconnection
Finnish puhelu, puhelu
- puheluconnection
- puheluconversation
French appel téléphonique, coup de téléphone
- appel téléphoniqueconnection
- coup de téléphoneconnection
- coup de filconnection
- appel téléphoniqueconversation
- coup de filconversation
German Anruf, Telefonanruf
- Anrufconnection
- Telefonanrufconnection
- Telefongesprächconversation
- Telefonatconversation
Greek τηλεφώνημα, τηλεφωνική κλήση
- τηλεφώνημα (tilefónima)connection
- τηλεφωνική κλήση (tilefonikí klísi)connection
- τηλεφώνημα (tilefónima)conversation
Hebrew שִׂיחַת טֵלֵפוֹן
- שִׂיחַת טֵלֵפוֹן (sikhát télefon)conversation
Icelandic símhringing
- símhringingconnection
Indonesian panggilan telepon, telepon
- panggilan teleponconnection
- teleponconnection
- panggilan teleponconversation
- teleponconversation
Italian telefonata, telefonata
- telefonataconnection
- telefonataconversation
Japanese 通話, 通話
- 通話 (tsūwa)connection
- 通話 (tsūwa)conversation
Korean 통화, 통화
- 통화 (tonghwa)connection
- 통화 (tonghwa)conversation
Māori waeatanga
- waeatangaconnection
Norwegian Bokmål telefonsamtale
- telefonsamtaleconversation
Polish połączenie telefoniczne, rozmowa telefoniczna
- połączenie telefoniczneconnection
- rozmowa telefonicznaconversation
Portuguese telefonema
- telefonemaconnection
Romanian apel telefonic, convorbire telefonică
- apel telefonicconnection
- convorbire telefonicăconversation
Russian звоно́к, телефо́нный звоно́к
- звоно́к (zvonók)connection
- телефо́нный звоно́к (telefónnyj zvonók)connection
- звоно́к (zvonók)conversation
- телефо́нный разгово́р (telefónnyj razgovór)conversation
- телефо́нный звоно́к (telefónnyj zvonók)conversation
Spanish llamada
- llamadaconnection
Swedish telefonsamtal, telefonsamtal
- telefonsamtalconnection
- telefonsamtalconversation
Tagalog tawag
- tawagconnection
Tamil ஃபோன்
- ஃபோன் (fōṉ)conversation
Turkish telefon bağlantısı, telefon görüşmesi
- telefon bağlantısıconnection
- telefon görüşmesiconversation
- telefon konuşmasıconversation
Ukrainian дзвіно́к, телефо́нний дзвіно́к
- дзвіно́к (dzvinók)connection
- телефо́нний дзвіно́к (telefónnyj dzvinók)connection
- телефо́нний дзвіно́к (telefónnyj dzvinók)conversation
- телефо́нна розмо́ва (telefónna rozmóva)conversation
Urdu فون
- فون (fon)connection
Vietnamese gọi điện thoại
- gọi điện thoạiconversation
Cite this entry
APA
telephone call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephone%20call
MLA
“telephone call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephone%20call. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telephone call,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telephone%20call.
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