telephone

Meaning of telephone in English

Adjective

1. of or relating to telephone or a telephone

a telephone booth

Noun

1. the piece of equipment that transmits your voice over a distance using wire, and you can speak to someone who is in another place

May[Can] I use your telephone?

2. a system for sending sounds over distances by changing them into electrical signal

by telephone

Verb

1. speak to someone using a telephone

Your wife has just telephoned.