telephone number
telephone number noun: the sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
Noun
telephone number (plural telephone numbers)
- The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
- Well, that story satisfied old O’Herrin’s curiosity. But he wanted to know the fairy’s telephone number, and when Zobedee fetched her fairylets in by burning a lot of hair, while the grand vizier and the boss eunuch held their noses, he asked her to change the spaniels back into women.1902, J[ames] W[infield] Scott, “The Porter and the Ladies of Bagdad”, in Jack Hardin’s Rendering of the Arabian Nights: Being a New Translation in Up-to-Date English […], Boston, Mass.: Herbert B....
- Synonyms:
- number, phone number, digits
- A large number.
- How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.
- Synonyms:
- phone number
telephone number meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Sinhala
telephone number in Hindi
- digits assigned to a telephone
- टेलीफ़ोन नम्बर ṭelīfon nambar, फ़ोन नम्बर fon nambar
telephone number in Urdu
- digits assigned to a telephone
- ٹیلی فون نَمْبَر ṭelī fon nambar, فون نَمْبَر fon nambar
telephone number in Bengali
- digits assigned to a telephone
- টেলিফোন নাম্বার ṭeliphōn nambar
telephone number in Sinhala
- digits assigned to a telephone
- දුරකථන අංක durakathana aṁka
More languagesFewer languages
- telephone number in Pashto
- د تيلفون شمېره de telefun šmera
- telephone number in Tagalog
- numero ng telepono
- telephone number in Arabic
- رَقْم هَاتِف raqm hātif, رَقْم تِلِفُون raqm tilifūn
- telephone number in Malay
- nombor telefon
- telephone number in Indonesian
- nomor telepon
- telephone number in Thai
- หมายเลขโทรศัพท์ mǎai-lêek too-rá-sàp, เบอร์โทร bəə too, เบอร์โทรศัพท์ bəə too-rá-sàp
- telephone number in Vietnamese
- số điện thoại, số phôn, số dây nói
- telephone number in Myanmar
- ဖုန်းနံပါတ် hpun:nampat, တယ်လီဖုန်းနံပါတ် tailihpun:nampat
Synonyms of telephone number
Forms of telephone number
| plural | telephone numbers |
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Questions about telephone number
- What does telephone number mean?
- Telephone number means the sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
- What is telephone number in Hindi?
- Telephone number in Hindi is टेलीफ़ोन नम्बर (ṭelīfon nambar), फ़ोन नम्बर (fon nambar). See Telephone number meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is telephone number?
- Telephone number is a noun.
- What is the plural of telephone number?
- The plural of telephone number is telephone numbers.
Words near telephone number in the dictionary
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