Betekenis van phone In het Nederlands

• 0 a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a similar device:

  • Just then, his phone rang.

  • Could you answer the phone?

  • We speak on the/by phone about twice a week.

  • You had three phone calls this morning.

  • If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.

  • Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet.

  • I left the phone off the hook, so it wouldn't ring.

  • I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished).

  • That son of mine is on the phone all day!

  • Are the Middletons on the phone at their cottage, do you know?

• 1 a unit of sound at the phonetic level, used when studying speech

• 2 to communicate with someone by phone:

  • She phoned just after lunch.

  • He's phoned me (up) every day this week.

• 3 used to form words referring to a speaker or speakers of a particular language:

  • a francophone (= a French speaker)

  • the anglophone world (= people in the world who speak English)

  • a chordophone (= an instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string)

  • a sousaphone (= a brass instrument named after J. P. Sousa)

• 4 short form oftelephone:

  • The phone is ringing – would you answer it?

• 5 a piece of electronic equipment which makes it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has similar equipment, using either electrical signals sent along a system of wires, or radio signals:

  • over the phone You can arrange a mortgage online, over the phone, or through a meeting.

  • by phone The company can be reached by phone on this number.

  • on the phone She has spent hours on the phone in recent weeks, talking to negotiators in a labour dispute.

• 6 to communicate with someone by phone:

  • Someone phoned while you were at lunch.

  • Phone him and ask if he's free this afternoon.