headphones
/ˈhɛdfəʊnz//ˈhɛdfoʊnz/
headphones noun: a pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
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Noun
headphones pl (normally plural, singular headphone)
- A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
- Circumaural headphones enclose the ear, supra-aural headphones rest on the ear's surface, and earbuds are placed inside the ear.
- My headphones / They saved my life / Your tape / It lulled me to sleep1995, “Headphones”, in Post, performed by Björk
- A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or on the ears.
headphones meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Sinhala and Arabic
headphones in Hindi
- pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound
- आकर्णक ākarṇak, हेडफ़ोन heḍfon
headphones in Bengali
- হেডফোন
headphones in Sinhala
- pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound
- හෙඩ්ෆෝන් heḍfōn
headphones in Arabic
- pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound
- سَمَّاعَة sammāʕa, سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس samāʕāt ar-raʔs
More languagesFewer languages
- headphones in Malay
- fon kepala
- headphones in Persian
- هدفون hedfon, گوشی guši
- headphones in Thai
- หูฟัง hǔu-fang
- headphones in Vietnamese
- ống nghe, tai nghe
- headphones in Myanmar
- နားကြပ် na:krap
Synonyms of headphones
Antonyms
Forms of headphones
| singular | headphone |
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Origin of headphones
From head + phones.
Questions about headphones
- What does headphones mean?
- Headphones means a pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
- What is headphones in Hindi?
- Headphones in Hindi is आकर्णक (ākarṇak), हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon). See Headphones meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is headphones?
- Headphones is a noun.
- How do you pronounce headphones?
- Headphones is pronounced /ˈhɛdfəʊnz/ (UK).
Words near headphones in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: headphones (page history and authors); headphones (Bengali 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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