earphone
/ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/
earphone noun: a transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
Noun
earphone (plural earphones)
earphone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
earphone in Hindi
- sound device held near the ear
- हेडफ़ोन heḍfon
earphone in Tamil
- sound device held near the ear
- காதொலிப்பான் kātolippāṉ
earphone in Bengali
- ইয়ারফোন
earphone in Telugu
- sound device held near the ear
- హెడ్ఫోన్స్ heḍphōns
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- earphone in Malayalam
- ഇയർഫോൺ iyaṟphōṇ
- earphone in Kannada
- ಕಿವಿಯುಲಿ
- earphone in Punjabi
- ਹੈਡਫ਼ੋਨਸ haiḍfonas
- earphone in Gujarati
- કાનદટ્ટો kāndaṭṭo
- earphone in Sinhala
- හෙඩ්ෆෝන් heḍfōn
- earphone in Tagalog
- talinig
- earphone in Arabic
- سَمَّاعَة sammāʕa, سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس samāʕāt ar-raʔs
- earphone in Malay
- fon kepala
- earphone in Indonesian
- penyuara kuping
- earphone in Persian
- هدفون hedfon
- earphone in Thai
- หูฟัง hǔu-fang
- earphone in Vietnamese
- ống nghe, tai nghe
- earphone in Myanmar
- နားကြပ် na:krap
Forms of earphone
| plural | earphones |
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Origin of earphone
From ear + phone.
Words formed from earphone
Questions about earphone
- What does earphone mean?
- Earphone means a transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
- What is earphone in Hindi?
- Earphone in Hindi is हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon). See Earphone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is earphone?
- Earphone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce earphone?
- Earphone is pronounced /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/.
- What is the plural of earphone?
- The plural of earphone is earphones.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: earphone (page history and authors); earphone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); earphone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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