telephoneとは

語源

First used by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to refer to the modern instrument, but previous devices had been given this name, which was borrowed from French téléphone. Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlɪfəʊn/, /ˈtɛləfəʊn/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛləfoʊn/

名詞

telephone (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 telephones)

1. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, かつ now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (often shortened to phone).
2. (Canada, 米国用法, uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.
   • 2013 October 27, Erik Adams, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “The PTA Disbands””, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     And since the spring of 1995, no game of telephone has ended without some Simpsons-loving smart-ass dropping “purple monkey dishwasher” into the chain.

   • 2017 October 3, David Dobbs, “The Touch of Madness”, in Pacific Standard‎^[2]:

     In other words, Jones' career and life may have been derailed because a game of telephone went bad.

同意語

• blower, phone, farspeaker, Ameche (スラング), dog and bone (スラング), horn (くだけた用法)
• See also Thesaurus:phone

派生語

動詞

telephone (三人称単数 現在形 telephones, 現在分詞 telephoning, 過去形および過去分詞形 telephoned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[3]:

     “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ?  Why didn’t I telephone ?  Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”

同意語

• call, drop a line, phone, ring
• See also Thesaurus:telephone

アナグラム

• phenetole