mobile phone
mobile phone noun: a portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio transmissions.
Noun
mobile phone (plural mobile phones)
- A portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio transmissions.
- A portable (handheld) telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network.
- Synonyms:
- cell, cell phone, cellular, cellular mobile, cellular phone, cellular telephone, cellphone//handphone, mobile, mobile telephone
mobile phone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mobile phone in Hindi
- cellular telephone
- मोबाइल फ़ोन mobāil fon, मोबाइल mobāil
mobile phone in Tamil
- cellular telephone
- நகர்பேசி nakarpēci, செல்லிடத் தொலைபேசி celliṭat tolaipēci, கைப்பேசி kaippēci, அலைப்பேசி alaippēci, மொபைல் mopail
mobile phone in Marathi
- cellular telephone
- मोबाईल mobāīl, मोबाईल फोन mobāīl phon
mobile phone in Urdu
- cellular telephone
- موبائِل فون mobāil fon, گَشْتی فون gaśtī fon, دَسْتی فون dastī fon, دَسْتی ہاتِف dastī hātif, خلوی فون xalvī-fon
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- mobile phone in Bengali
- মোবাইল ফোন mōbail phōn, মোবাইল mōbail, মুঠোফোন muṭhōphōn
- mobile phone in Telugu
- చరవాణి caravāṇi, మొబైల్ ఫోన్ mobail phōn
- mobile phone in Malayalam
- മൊബൈൽഫോൺ mobailphōṇ, ജംഗമദൂരവാണി jaṅgamadūravāṇi, ദൂരഭാഷണശ്രവണസഹായി dūrabhāṣaṇaśravaṇasahāyi, സഞ്ചാരദൂരഭാഷിണി sañcāradūrabhāṣiṇi
- mobile phone in Kannada
- ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್ mobail phōn
- mobile phone in Punjabi
- ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ mobāīla fon
- mobile phone in Gujarati
- મોબાઈલ mobāīla, મોબાઇલ ફોન mobāila phon
- mobile phone in Odia
- ମୋବାଇଲ ଫୋନ mobāila phona
- mobile phone in Sinhala
- ජංගම දුරකථනය jaṁgama durakathanaya
- mobile phone in Assamese
- ম’বাইল ফোন möbail phün
- mobile phone in Pashto
- ګرځنده ټيلفون garjanda ṭelefon
- mobile phone in Tagalog
- selepono, teleponong selular, selpon
- mobile phone in Arabic
- جَوَّال jawwāl, هَاتِف مَحْمُول hātif maḥmūl, هَاتِف خَلَوِيّ hātif ḵalawiyy, هَاتِف نَقَّال hātif naqqāl
- mobile phone in Malay
- telefon bimbit
- mobile phone in Indonesian
- telepon selular, telepon genggam, telepon seluler
- mobile phone in Thai
- โทรศัพท์เคลื่อนที่ too-rá-sàp-klʉ̂ʉan-tîi, โทรศัพท์มือถือ too-rá-sàp-mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ, มือถือ mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ
- mobile phone in Vietnamese
- điện thoại di động, điện thoại cầm tay, di động
- mobile phone in Myanmar
- မိုဘိုင်းလ်ဖုန်း muibhuing:lhpun:
- Dzongkha
- འགྲུལ་འཕྲིན། 'grul 'phrin, བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན brgyud 'phrin
Synonyms of mobile phone
- mobile telephone
- portable phone
- portable telephone
- radio telephone
- radio-telephone
- radiotelephone
- cell
- cell phone
- cellular
- cellular mobile
4 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- cellular phone
- cellular telephone
- cellphone//handphone
- mobile
Forms of mobile phone
| plural | mobile phones |
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Origin of mobile phone
From mobile + phone.
Questions about mobile phone
- What does mobile phone mean?
- Mobile phone means a portable telephone (for example, one installed in a car) that connects with the telephone network, typically by means of radio transmissions.
- What is mobile phone in Hindi?
- Mobile phone in Hindi is मोबाइल फ़ोन (mobāil fon), मोबाइल (mobāil). See Mobile phone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mobile phone?
- Mobile phone is a noun.
- What is the plural of mobile phone?
- The plural of mobile phone is mobile phones.
Words near mobile phone in the dictionary
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