telephone number

noun

The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.

“How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.”

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numberphone numberdigits
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Meanings

nountelephone number (plural telephone numbers)

plural telephone numbers

  1. The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.

    Well, that story satisfied old O’Herrin’s curiosity. But he wanted to know the fairy’s telephone number, and when Zobedee fetched her fairylets in by burning a lot of hair, while the grand vizier and the boss eunuch held their noses, he asked her to change the spaniels back into women.

    1902, J[ames] W[infield] Scott, “The Porter and the Ladies of Bagdad”, in Jack Hardin’s Rendering of the Arabian Nights: Being a New Translation in Up-to-Date English […], Boston, Mass.: Herbert B. Turner & Co., published April 1903, →OCLC, page 130

    Synonyms: number, phone number, digits

  2. figurativelyhumorousin pluralA large number.

    How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.

    Synonyms: phone number

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.

Similar
numberphone numberdigits

nounA large number.

Similar
phone number

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe number is used in calling a particular telephone

Similar
phone numbernumber
Broader
signalsignalingsign
Also see
digitsnumber

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans telefoonnommer
  • telefoonnommerdigits assigned to a telephone
Arabic رَقْم هَاتِف, رَقْم تِلِفُون
  • رَقْم هَاتِف (raqm hātif)digits assigned to a telephone
  • رَقْم تِلِفُون (raqm tilifūn)digits assigned to a telephone
Bengali টেলিফোন নাম্বার
  • টেলিফোন নাম্বার (ṭeliphōn nambar)digits assigned to a telephone
Bulgarian телефо́нен но́мер
  • телефо́нен но́мер (telefónen nómer)digits assigned to a telephone
Catalan número de telèfon
  • número de telèfondigits assigned to a telephone
Chinese Cantonese 電話號碼 /电话号码, 電話冧巴 /电话冧巴
  • 電話號碼 /电话号码digits assigned to a telephone
  • 電話冧巴 /电话冧巴digits assigned to a telephone
Chinese Mandarin 電話號碼 /电话号码, 大數字 /大数字
  • 電話號碼 /电话号码 (diànhuà hàomǎ)digits assigned to a telephone
  • 大數字 /大数字 (dà shùzì)large number
Czech telefonní číslo
  • telefonní číslodigits assigned to a telephone
Danish telefonnummer
  • telefonnummerdigits assigned to a telephone
Dutch telefoonnummer, abonneenummer
  • telefoonnummerdigits assigned to a telephone
  • abonneenummerdigits assigned to a telephone
Esperanto telefonnumero
  • telefonnumerodigits assigned to a telephone
Estonian telefoninumber
  • telefoninumberdigits assigned to a telephone
Finnish puhelinnumero, iso numero
  • puhelinnumerodigits assigned to a telephone
  • iso numerolarge number
French numéro de téléphone, numéro
  • numéro de téléphonedigits assigned to a telephone
  • numérodigits assigned to a telephone
German Telefonnummer
  • Telefonnummerdigits assigned to a telephone
Greek αριθμός τηλεφώνου, τηλεφωνικός αριθμός
  • αριθμός τηλεφώνου (arithmós tilefónou)digits assigned to a telephone
  • τηλεφωνικός αριθμός (tilefonikós arithmós)digits assigned to a telephone
Hebrew מִסְפָּר טֵלֵפוֹן
  • מִסְפָּר טֵלֵפוֹן (mispár télefon)digits assigned to a telephone
Hindi टेलीफ़ोन नम्बर, फ़ोन नम्बर
  • टेलीफ़ोन नम्बर (ṭelīfon nambar)digits assigned to a telephone
  • फ़ोन नम्बर (fon nambar)digits assigned to a telephone
Hungarian telefonszám
  • telefonszámdigits assigned to a telephone
Icelandic símanúmer
  • símanúmerdigits assigned to a telephone
Indonesian nomor telepon
  • nomor telepondigits assigned to a telephone
Irish uimhir ghutháin, uimhir fóin
  • uimhir ghutháindigits assigned to a telephone
  • uimhir fóindigits assigned to a telephone
  • uimhir theileafóindigits assigned to a telephone
Italian numero telefonico, numero di telefono
  • numero telefonicodigits assigned to a telephone
  • numero di telefonodigits assigned to a telephone
Japanese 電話番号
  • 電話番号 (denwa bangō)digits assigned to a telephone
Korean 전화번호
  • 전화번호 (jeonhwabeonho)digits assigned to a telephone
Latvian telefona numurs
  • telefona numursdigits assigned to a telephone
Lithuanian telefono numeris
  • telefono numerisdigits assigned to a telephone
Malay nombor telefon
  • nombor telefondigits assigned to a telephone
Māori nama waea, tau waea
  • nama waeadigits assigned to a telephone
  • tau waeadigits assigned to a telephone
Norwegian Bokmål telefonnummer
  • telefonnummerdigits assigned to a telephone
Polish numer telefonu, numer telefonu
  • numer telefonudigits assigned to a telephone
  • numer telefonularge number
Portuguese número telefônico, número de telefone
  • número telefônicodigits assigned to a telephone
  • número de telefonedigits assigned to a telephone
Romanian număr telefonic, număr de telefon
  • număr telefonicdigits assigned to a telephone
  • număr de telefondigits assigned to a telephone
Russian но́мер телефо́на, телефо́нный но́мер
  • но́мер телефо́на (nómer telefóna)digits assigned to a telephone
  • телефо́нный но́мер (telefónnyj nómer)digits assigned to a telephone
Slovak telefónne číslo
  • telefónne číslodigits assigned to a telephone
Spanish número de teléfono
  • número de teléfonodigits assigned to a telephone
Swedish telefonnummer
  • telefonnummerdigits assigned to a telephone
Tagalog numero ng telepono
  • numero ng teleponodigits assigned to a telephone
Thai หมายเลขโทรศัพท์, เบอร์โทร
  • หมายเลขโทรศัพท์ (mǎai-lêek too-rá-sàp)digits assigned to a telephone
  • เบอร์โทร (bəə too)digits assigned to a telephone
  • เบอร์โทรศัพท์ (bəə too-rá-sàp)digits assigned to a telephone
Turkish telefon numarası
  • telefon numarasıdigits assigned to a telephone
Ukrainian но́мер телефо́ну, телефо́нний но́мер
  • но́мер телефо́ну (nómer telefónu)digits assigned to a telephone
  • телефо́нний но́мер (telefónnyj nómer)digits assigned to a telephone
Urdu ٹیلی فون نَمْبَر, فون نَمْبَر
  • ٹیلی فون نَمْبَر (ṭelī fon nambar)digits assigned to a telephone
  • فون نَمْبَر (fon nambar)digits assigned to a telephone
Vietnamese số điện thoại, số phôn
  • số điện thoạidigits assigned to a telephone
  • số phôndigits assigned to a telephone
  • số dây nóidigits assigned to a telephone
Welsh rhif ffôn
  • rhif ffôndigits assigned to a telephone
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APA

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