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handphone

handphone noun: a mobile phone.

handphone: a mobile phone
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Noun

handphone (plural handphones)

  1. (Brunei, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore) A mobile phone.
  2. (obsolete, rare) A telephone receiver or handset.

Forms of handphone

pluralhandphones
alternative formhand phone
alternative formhand-phone

Origin of handphone

From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”).

Questions about handphone

What does handphone mean?
Handphone means a mobile phone.
What part of speech is handphone?
Handphone is a noun.
What is the plural of handphone?
The plural of handphone is handphones.

Words near handphone in the dictionary

  1. handpassed
  2. handpasses
  3. handpassing
  4. handpaw
  5. handpaws
  6. handphone
  7. handphones
  8. handpick
  9. handpick out
  10. handpicked
  11. handpicked out

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