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earphones

earphones noun: a pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head. Also the plural of earphone.

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Noun

earphones pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

Also used as

earphones is also the plural of earphone.

earphones meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

earphones in Hindi

small speakers worn over the ears
आकर्णक ākarṇak, हेडफ़ोन heḍfon

earphones in Marathi

इयरफोन, इयरफोन्स

earphones in Urdu

small speakers worn over the ears
ہیڈ فون heḍ fon, ہیڈ فونْز heḍ fonz

earphones in Bengali

ইয়ারফোন, ইয়ারফোনগুলি, ইয়ারফোনগুলো
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earphones in Telugu
ఇయర్ఫోన్లు, ఇయర్ఫోన్స్, ఇయర్ ఫోన్లు
earphones in Malayalam
ഇയർഫോണുകൾ, ഇയർ ഫോണുകൾ, ഇയർഫോനുകൾ
earphones in Kannada
ಇಯರ್ಫೋನ್ಗಳು, ಇಯರ್ಫೋನ್ಸ್, ಇಯರ್ ಫೋನ್ಗಳು
earphones in Punjabi
ਈਅਰਫੋਨ, ਈਅਰਫੋਨਸ, ਈਅਰਫੋਨਜ਼
earphones in Odia
ଇଯ଼ାରଫୋନ୍, ଇଯ଼ାରଫୋନ୍ଗୁଡ଼ିକ, ଇଯ଼ାରଫୋନ
earphones in Nepali
इयरफोनहरू, इयरफोन, इअरफोनहरू
earphones in Arabic
سَمَّاعَات sammāʕāt
earphones in Malay
fon telinga
earphones in Indonesian
penyuara kuping, fon telinga
earphones in Thai
หูฟัง hǔu-fang
earphones in Vietnamese
tai nghe, ê-cút-tơ
earphones in Myanmar
နားကြပ် na:krap

Origin of earphones

Plural of earphone.

Questions about earphones

What does earphones mean?
Earphones means a pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
What is earphones in Hindi?
Earphones in Hindi is आकर्णक (ākarṇak), हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon). See Earphones meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is earphones?
Earphones is a noun.

Words near earphones in the dictionary

  1. Earp
  2. earpad
  3. earpads
  4. earphone
  5. earphoned
  6. earphones
  7. earpick
  8. earpicks
  9. earpiece
  10. earpieced
  11. earpieces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earphones (page history and authors); earphones (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); earphones (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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