mobile phone

English

mobile phones

Etymology

mobile +‎ phone

Pronunciation

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Noun

mobile phone (plural mobile phones)

A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network over radio wave transmission.

Synonyms

mobile (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, India and Singapore)
cellphone, cell phone, cell (mainly US, Canada and New Zealand)
handphone (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Hawaii, and Singapore)
cellular mobile, cellular, cellular telephone, cellular phone

Hypernyms

phone

Hyponyms

Translations

portable telephone

Afrikaans: selfoon (af), sellulêre telefoon
Albanian: telefon celular m
Amharic: ነፋስ ስልክ (näfas səlk), ተንቀሳቃሽ ስልክ (tänḳäsaḳaš səlk), ሞባይል ስልክ (mobayl səlk)
Arabic: جَوَّال (ar) m (jawwāl), هَاتِف مَحْمُول (ar) m (hātif maḥmūl), هَاتِف خَلَوِيّ m (hātif ḵalawiyy), هَاتِف مُتَحَرَّك m (hātif mutaḥarrak), هَاتِف النَّقَّال m (hātif an-naqqāl), مُوبِيل m (mūbīl)
Hijazi Arabic: جَوَّال m (jawwāl)

Moroccan Arabic: بورطابل m (burṭabl), تلفون (tilifun)
Armenian: բջջային հեռախոս (hy) (bǰǰayin heṙaxos), բջջային (hy) (bǰǰayin)
Assamese: ম’বাইল ফোন (möbail phün)
Azerbaijani: mobil telefon
Bashkir: кеҫә телефоны (keśə telefonı)
Basque: telefono mugikor, sakelako telefono, mobil
Belarusian: мабі́льны тэлефо́н m (mabílʹny teljefón), со́тавы тэлефо́н m (sótavy teljefón), мабі́льнік m (mabílʹnik) (colloquial)
Bengali: মোবাইল ফোন (bn) (mōbail phōn), মোবাইল (bn) (mōbail), মুঠোফোন (bn) (muṭhōphōn)
Bulgarian: моби́лен телефо́н m (mobílen telefón), кле́тъчен телефо́н m (klétǎčen telefón), преноси́м телефо́н m (prenosím telefón), мобифо́н m (mobifón)
Burmese: မိုဘိုင်းလ်ဖုန်း (muibhuing:lhpun:)
Catalan: telèfon mòbil (ca) m, mòbil (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 手提電話／手提电话 (sau² tai⁴ din⁶ waa^6-2), 手機／手机 (sau² gei¹), 流動電話／流动电话 (lau⁴ dung⁶ din⁶ waa^6-2) (formal/technical), 大哥大 (daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶) (slang, dated)

Dungan: шуҗи (šuži)

Eastern Min: 手機／手机 (chiū-gĭ)

Hakka: 手機仔／手机仔 (sú-kî-é), 行動電話／行动电话 (hàng-thung thien-fa, hàng-thûng thien-fa) (formal/technical)

Hokkien: 手機仔／手机仔 (zh-min-nan) (chhiú-ki-á), 手機／手机 (chhiú-ki), 行動電話／行动电话 (hêng-tōng tiān-ōe) (formal/technical)

Mandarin: 手機／手机 (zh) (shǒujī), 手提電話／手提电话 (zh) (shǒutí diànhuà) (formal/technical), 移動電話／移动电话 (zh) (yídòng diànhuà) (mainland China, formal/technical), 行動電話／行动电话 (zh) (xíngdòng diànhuà) (Taiwan, formal/technical), 大哥大 (zh) (dàgēdà) (slang)

Wu: 手機／手机 (⁵seu-ci)
Cornish: klapkodh f, pellgowsel f, kellgowser m
Czech: mobilní telefon (cs) m, mobil (cs) m
Danish: mobiltelefon (da) c, mobil (da) c
Dutch: mobiele telefoon m, gsm (nl), mobieltje (nl) n (colloquial, diminutive)
Dzongkha: འགྲུལ་འཕྲིན། ('grul 'phrin), བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན (brgyud 'phrin)
Esperanto: poŝtelefono (eo)
Estonian: mobiiltelefon (et)
Faroese: fartelefon f
Finnish: matkapuhelin (fi), kännykkä (fi), kapula (fi)
French: téléphone mobile (fr) m, mobile (fr), (France) téléphone portable (fr) m portable (fr) m, (Belgium) GSM (fr) m (note: often used for mobile phones that are not technically GSM), (Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England) téléphone cellulaire (fr) m, cellulaire (fr) m, (colloquial), (Switzerland) natel (fr) m
Galician: teléfono móbil (gl) m, móbil (gl) m
Georgian: მობილური (mobiluri), მობილური ტელეფონი (mobiluri ṭeleponi)
German: Mobiltelefon (de) n, Funktelefon (de) n, Handy (de) n, (Switzerland) Natel (de) n
Greek: κινητό τηλέφωνο (el) n (kinitó tiléfono), (colloquial) κινητό (el) n (kinitó)
Greenlandic: mobili, oqarasuaat nassartariaq, oqarasuaat angallattagaq
Guaraní: mombyñe'ẽporu
Gujarati: મોબાઈલ n (mobāīla), મોબાઇલ ફોન (mobāila phon)
Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן סֶלוּלָרי (he) m (telefon selulari), טלפון נייד / טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד (he) m (telefon nayad)
Hindi: मोबाइल फ़ोन m (mobāil fon), मोबाइल (hi) m (mobāil)
Hungarian: mobiltelefon (hu), mobil (hu)
Icelandic: farsími (is) m, gemsi (is) m, GSM-sími m
Indonesian: telepon selular, telepon genggam (id), telepon seluler (id)
Interlingua: telephono mobile
Irish: guthán soghluaiste m, guthán póca m, fón póca m
Italian: cellulare (it) m, telefono cellulare (it) m, telefono mobile m, telefonino (it) m, (Switzerland) natel (it) m
Japanese: 携帯電話 (ja) (けいたいでんわ, keitai denwa), 携帯 (ja) (けいたい, keitai) (colloquial), セルホーン (seruhōn), セルフォン (serufon), モバイル (ja) (mobairu)
Kalmyk: һар утцн (ğar uttsn)
Kannada: ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್ (kn) (mobail phōn)
Kazakh: ұялы телефон (ūäly telefon), қалта телефоны (qalta telefony), қалтафон (kk) (qaltafon) (colloquial), мобилді телефон (mobildı telefon)
Khmer: ទូរសព្ទចល័ត (tuurĕəʼsap caʼlat)
Korean: 휴대전화(携帶電話) (ko) (hyudaejeonhwa), 핸드폰 (ko) (haendeupon) (colloquial), 휴대폰 (ko) (hyudaepon) (colloquial), 손전화 (ko) (sonjeonhwa) (North Korea), 폰 (pon)
Kriol: telefonn portab, portab, mobayl
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مۆبایل (ckb) (mobayl)

Northern Kurdish: telefona destan (ku) f, telefona berîkê (ku) f, telefona bêtêl (ku) f, telefona mobîl (ku) f
Kyrgyz: кол телефон (ky) (kol telefon), уюлдук телефон (uyulduk telefon)
Ladino: djep m, pélefon m
Lao: ໂທລະສັບມືຖື (lo) (thō la sap mư̄ thư̄)
Latin: tēlephōnum gestābile n, tēlephōnium gestābile n, tēlephōnum portātile n, tēlephōnium portātile n, tēlephōnum portābile n, tēlephōnium portābile n, tēlephōnulum n
Latvian: mobilais tālrunis m, mobilais telefons m, mobilais m (colloquial)
Lithuanian: mobilusis telefonas m
Luxembourgish: Handy (lb) m
Macedonian: мобилен телефо́н m (mobilen telefón), мобилен m (mobilen), преносен телефо́н m (prenosen telefón)
Malay: telefon bimbit (ms)
Malayalam: മൊബൈൽഫോൺ (mobailphōṇ), ജംഗമദൂരവാണി (jaṅgamadūravāṇi), ദൂരഭാഷണശ്രവണസഹായി (dūrabhāṣaṇaśravaṇasahāyi), സഞ്ചാരദൂരഭാഷിണി (sañcāradūrabhāṣiṇi), സെൽഫോൺ (selphōṇ)
Maltese: mowbajl m, telefon ċellulari m, ċellulari m
Maori: waea pūkoro
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гар утас (gar utas), хармаа дянхуа (xarmaa djanxua)

Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷ
ᠣᠲᠠᠰᠤ (ɣar otasu), ᠬᠠᠷᠮᠠᠨ
ᠳ᠋ᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠤᠸᠠ (qarman diyaŋquwa) (China)
Nahuatl: ehecatlanonotzqui
Navajo: biłńjoobałí, bił níjoobałí, bił níjooyisí, béésh bee haneʼé tʼóó naatʼáhígíí
Norman: téléphône dé pouchette m
Northern Sami: mobiilatelefovdna, giehtatelefovdna, mátketelefovdna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mobiltelefon (no) m, mobil (no) m

Nynorsk: mobiltelefon m, mobil m
Occitan: telefòn mobil m
Odia: ମୋବାଇଲ ଫୋନ (mobailô phonô)
Pashto: ګرځنده ټيلفون m (garjanda ṭelefon)
Pattani Malay: telefon tangan
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تِلِفُنِ هَمْراه (fa) (telefon-e hamrâh), تِلِفُنِ موبایْل (telefon-e mobâyl), موبایْل (fa) (mobâyl), گوشیِ هَمْراه (guši-ye hamrâh), گوشیِ موبایْل (guši-ye mobâyl), گوشی (fa) (guši)
Phalura: waarlís
Polish: telefon (pl) m inan, telefon komórkowy (pl) m inan, (colloquial) komórka (pl) f
Portuguese: telefone móvel m, telemóvel (pt) m, telefone celular (pt) m, celular (pt) m
Punjabi: ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ (mobāīla fon)
Romanian: telefon mobil n, telefon celular (ro) n, mobil (ro) n, celular (ro) n
Romansch: telefon mobil m
Russian: моби́льный телефо́н (ru) m (mobílʹnyj telefón), со́товый телефо́н (ru) m (sótovyj telefón), моби́льник (ru) m (mobílʹnik) (colloquial), со́товый (ru) f (sótovyj) (colloquial), моби́ла (ru) f (mobíla) (slang)
Scottish Gaelic: fòn-làimhe
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀бител m, мо̏билан телѐфон m, мобилни телефон m

Roman: mòbitel (sh) m, mȍbīlan telèfōn m, mobilni telefon (sh) m
Sinhalese: ජංගම දුරකථනය (jaṁgama durakathanaya)
Slovak: mobilný telefón m, mobil m
Slovene: mobilni telefon m, prenosni telefon m
Sotho: selfono
Spanish: teléfono móvil, móvil (es) m (Spain), teléfono celular, celular (es) m (Hispanic/Latin America)
Swahili: rununu (sw), simu ya mkononi
Swedish: mobiltelefon (sv) c, mobil (sv) c, nalle (sv) c
Tagalog: selepono, teleponong selular (tl), selpon (colloquial)
Tajik: телефони ҳамроҳ (telefoni hamroh)
Tamil: நகர்பேசி (nakarpēci), செல்லிடத் தொலைபேசி (celliṭat tolaipēci)
Tatar: кесә телефоны (kesä telefonı)
Telugu: చరవాణి (te) (caravāṇi), మొబైల్ ఫోన్ (mobail phōn)
Thai: โทรศัพท์เคลื่อนที่ (th) (too-rá-sàp-klʉ̂ʉan-tîi), โทรศัพท์มือถือ (th) (too-rá-sàp-mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ), มือถือ (th) (mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ)
Tibetan: ལག་ཐོག་ཁ་དཔར (lag thog kha dpar)
Tok Pisin: mobail fon
Turkish: cep telefonu (tr), cep (tr) (colloquial)
Turkmen: ykjam telefon
Ukrainian: мобі́льний телефо́н m (mobílʹnyj telefón), стільнико́вий телефо́н m (stilʹnykóvyj telefón), мобі́льник m (mobílʹnyk) (colloquial)
Urdu: موبائِل فون m (mobāil fon), گَشْتی فون m (gaśtī fon), دَسْتی فون m (dastī fon), دَسْتی ہاتِف f (dastī hātif), ^{(please verify)} ہَمْراہ ہاتِف f (hamrāh hātif), ^{(please verify)} مَحْمُول ? (mahmūl), ^{(please verify)} دَسْتی دُور گو ? (dastī dūr go)
Uyghur: يانفون (yanfon)
Uzbek: mobil telefon (uz)
Vietnamese: điện thoại di động (vi) (電話移動), điện thoại cầm tay (電話擒𢬣), di động (vi)
Volapük: telefonöm polovik
Walloon: axhlåve (wa) m, mobilofone m, wizesse m, schoûtrece (wa) f, GSM m
Welsh: ffôn symudol (cy) m
Yakut: сиэп төлөппүөнэ (siep tölöppüöne)
Yiddish: מאָביל טעלעפֿאָן m (mobil telefon), מאָבילקע f (mobilke), צעלקע (tselke)
Zhuang: soujgih
Zulu: umakhalekhukhwini

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