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telefon
telephone /te.leˈfon/
noun#246 most common
Also: phone, phone call
Example sentences
Acesta este telefonul meu.
This is my phone.
Telefonul sună în bucătărie.
The phone is ringing in the kitchen.
Am uitat telefonul acasă azi-dimineață.
I forgot my phone at home this morning.
Numărul de telefon al biroului s-a schimbat luna trecută.
The office's phone number changed last month.
Fără telefoanele inteligente, mulți dintre noi ar avea dificultăți în a gestiona activitățile zilnice.
Without smartphones, many of us would struggle to manage daily activities.
Dependența tot mai accentuată de telefon ridică întrebări serioase privind sănătatea mintală a generației tinere.
The ever-growing dependence on the phone raises serious questions about the mental health of the young generation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | telefon | telefoane |
| Genitive | telefonului | telefoanelor |
| Accusative | telefon | telefoane |
| Vocative | telefon | telefoane |
Word family
a telefonato telephone, to call
telefonictelephonic, over the phone
telefonist / telefonistătelephone operator
telefonietelephony
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "telefon" from French "téléphone" in the 19th century, during a period when Romanian actively modernized its vocabulary using French and Latin models. The French word itself was coined from Greek elements: "tēle" (far) and "phōnē" (sound, voice). The device and the word spread across Europe together in the late 1800s.
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