mobile phone

English

Etymology

From mobile +‎ phone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mobile phone (plural mobile phones)

A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network with radio transmissions
Synonyms: mobile telephone, portable phone, portable telephone, radio telephone, radio-telephone, radiotelephone

Hypernyms: phone, telephone

Hyponyms: carphone, cellphone, satphone
A portable telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network
Synonyms: cell (mainly US, Canada, and New Zealand), cell phone (mainly US, Canada, New Zealand, and Philippines), cellular, cellular mobile, cellular phone, cellular telephone, cellphone / handphone (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Hawaii, and Singapore), mobile (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore), mobile telephone

Hypernyms: phone, telephone

Hyponyms: feature phone, smartphone

Translations

cellular telephone

Afrikaans: selfoon (af), sellulêre telefoon
Albanian: telefón celulár m, telefóni celulár m, celulár m, celulári m
Amharic: ነፋስ ስልክ (näfas səlk), ተንቀሳቃሽ ስልክ (tänḳäsaḳaš səlk), ሞባይል ስልክ (mobayl səlk)
Arabic: جَوَّال (ar) m (jawwāl), هَاتِف مَحْمُول (ar) m (hātif maḥmūl), هَاتِف خَلَوِيّ m (hātif ḵalawiyy), هَاتِف نَقَّال (ar) m (hātif naqqāl), مُوبَيْل m (mūbayl)
Gulf Arabic: موبايل m (mōbāyl)

Hijazi Arabic: جَوَّال m (jawwāl)

Moroccan Arabic: بورطابل m (pūrṭābl), تلفون (tilifūn)

South Levantine Arabic: تلفون m (tilifōn), بلفون m (bilifōn), خلوي m (ḵalawi)
Armenian: բջջային հեռախոս (hy) (bǰǰayin heṙaxos), բջջային (hy) (bǰǰayin)
Assamese: ম’বাইল ফোন (möbail phün)
Azerbaijani: mobil telefon
Bashkir: кеҫә телефоны (keśə telefonı)
Basque: telefono mugikor, sakelako telefono, mobil
Belarusian: мабі́льны тэлефо́н m (mabílʹny teljefón), со́тавы тэлефо́н m (sótavy teljefón), мабі́льнік m (mabílʹnik) (colloquial)
Bengali: মোবাইল ফোন (bn) (mōbail phōn), মোবাইল (bn) (mōbail), মুঠোফোন (bn) (muṭhōphōn)
Bulgarian: моби́лен телефо́н m (mobílen telefón), кле́тъчен телефо́н m (klétǎčen telefón), преноси́м телефо́н m (prenosím telefón), мобифо́н m (mobifón)
Burmese: မိုဘိုင်းလ်ဖုန်း (muibhuing:lhpun:)
Catalan: telèfon mòbil (ca) m, mòbil (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 手提電話 / 手提电话 (sau² tai⁴ din⁶ waa^6-2), 手機 / 手机 (sau² gei¹), 流動電話 / 流动电话 (lau⁴ dung⁶ din⁶ waa^6-2) (formal/technical), 大哥大 (daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶) (slang, dated)

Dungan: шуҗи (šuži)

Eastern Min: 手機 / 手机 (chiū-gĭ)

Hakka: 手機仔 / 手机仔 (sú-kî-é), 行動電話 / 行动电话 (hàng-thung thien-fa, hàng-thûng thien-fa) (formal/technical)

Hokkien: 手機仔 / 手机仔 (zh-min-nan) (chhiú-ki-á), 手機 / 手机 (chhiú-ki), 行動電話 / 行动电话 (hêng-tōng tiān-ōe) (formal/technical)

Mandarin: 手機 / 手机 (zh) (shǒujī), 手提電話 / 手提电话 (zh) (shǒutí diànhuà) (formal/technical), 移動電話 / 移动电话 (zh) (yídòng diànhuà) (mainland China, formal/technical), 行動電話 / 行动电话 (zh) (xíngdòng diànhuà) (Taiwan, formal/technical), 大哥大 (zh) (dàgēdà) (slang)

Wu: 手機 / 手机 (⁵seu-ci)
Cornish: klapkodh f, pellgowsel f, kellgowser m
Czech: mobilní telefon (cs) m, mobil (cs) m
Danish: mobiltelefon (da) c, mobil (da) c
Dutch: mobiele telefoon m, gsm (nl), mobieltje (nl) n (colloquial, diminutive)
Dzongkha: འགྲུལ་འཕྲིན། ('grul 'phrin), བརྒྱུད་འཕྲིན (brgyud 'phrin)
Esperanto: poŝtelefono (eo)
Estonian: mobiiltelefon (et)
Faroese: fartelefon f
Finnish: matkapuhelin (fi), kännykkä (fi), kapula (fi)
French: téléphone mobile (fr) m, mobile (fr), (France) téléphone portable (fr) m portable (fr) m, (Belgium) GSM (fr) m (note: often used for mobile phones that are not technically GSM), (Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England) téléphone cellulaire (fr) m, cellulaire (fr) m, (colloquial), (Switzerland) natel (fr) m
Galician: teléfono móbil (gl) m, móbil (gl) m
Georgian: მობილური (mobiluri), მობილური ტელეფონი (mobiluri ṭeleponi)
German: Mobiltelefon (de) n, Funktelefon (de) n, Handy (de) n, (Switzerland) Natel (de) n
Greek: κινητό τηλέφωνο (el) n (kinitó tiléfono), (colloquial) κινητό (el) n (kinitó)
Greenlandic: mobili, oqarasuaat nassartariaq, oqarasuaat angallattagaq
Guaraní: mombyñe'ẽporu
Gujarati: મોબાઈલ n (mobāīla), મોબાઇલ ફોન (mobāila phon)
Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן סֶלוּלָרי (he) m (télefon selulári), טלפון נייד / טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד (he) m (télefon nayád)
Hindi: मोबाइल फ़ोन m (mobāil fon), मोबाइल (hi) m (mobāil)
Hungarian: mobiltelefon (hu), mobil (hu)
Icelandic: farsími (is) m, gemsi (is) m, GSM-sími m
Indonesian: telepon selular, telepon genggam (id), telepon seluler (id)
Interlingua: telephono mobile
Irish: guthán soghluaiste m, guthán póca m, fón póca m
Italian: cellulare (it) m, telefono cellulare (it) m, telefono mobile m, telefonino (it) m, (Switzerland) natel (it) m
Jamaican Creole: muobail fuon, mobail fuon, muobail telifuon
Japanese: 携帯電話 (ja) (けいたいでんわ, keitai denwa), 携帯 (ja) (けいたい, keitai) (colloquial), セルホーン (seruhōn), セルフォン (serufon), モバイル (ja) (mobairu)
Kalmyk: һар утцн (ğar uttsn)
Kannada: ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್ (kn) (mobail phōn)
Kazakh: ұялы телефон (ūäly telefon), қалта телефоны (qalta telefony), қалтафон (kk) (qaltafon) (colloquial), мобилді телефон (mobildı telefon)
Khmer: ទូរសព្ទចល័ត (tuurĕəʼsap caʼlat)
Korean: 휴대전화(携帶電話) (ko) (hyudaejeonhwa); 핸드폰 (ko) (haendeupon) (colloquial), 휴대(携帶)폰 (ko) (hyudaepon); 모바일폰 (ko) (mobailpon), 셀룰러폰 (ko) (sellulleopon), 폰 (pon); 손전화(電話) (ko) (sonjeonhwa) (North Korea), 손전화기(電話機) (sonjeonhwagi)
Kriol: telefonn portab, portab, mobayl
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مۆبایل (ckb) (mobayl)

Northern Kurdish: telefona destan (ku) f, telefona berîkê (ku) f, telefona bêtêl (ku) f, telefona mobîl (ku) f
Kyrgyz: кол телефон (ky) (kol telefon), уюлдук телефон (uyulduk telefon)
Ladino: djep m, pélefon m
Lakota: omásʼapȟela
Lao: ໂທລະສັບມືຖື (lo) (thō la sap mư̄ thư̄)
Latin: tēlephōnum gestābile n, tēlephōnium gestābile n, tēlephōnum portātile n, tēlephōnium portātile n, tēlephōnum portābile n, tēlephōnium portābile n, tēlephōnulum n
Latvian: mobilais tālrunis m, mobilais telefons m, mobilais m (colloquial)
Lithuanian: mobilusis telefonas m
Luxembourgish: Handy (lb) m
Macedonian: мобилен телефо́н m (mobilen telefón), мобилен m (mobilen), преносен телефо́н m (prenosen telefón)
Malay: telefon bimbit (ms)
Malayalam: മൊബൈൽഫോൺ (mobailphōṇ), ജംഗമദൂരവാണി (jaṅgamadūravāṇi), ദൂരഭാഷണശ്രവണസഹായി (dūrabhāṣaṇaśravaṇasahāyi), സഞ്ചാരദൂരഭാഷിണി (sañcāradūrabhāṣiṇi), സെൽഫോൺ (selphōṇ)
Maltese: mowbajl m, telefon ċellulari m, ċellulari m
Maori: waea pūkoro
Marathi: मोबाईल (mr) m (mobāīl), मोबाईल फोन m (mobāīl phon)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гар утас (gar utas), хармаа дянхуа (xarmaa djanxua)

Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷ
ᠣᠲᠠᠰᠤ (ɣar otasu), ᠬᠠᠷᠮᠠᠨ
ᠳ᠋ᠢᠶᠠᠩᠬᠤᠸᠠ (qarman diyangquwa) (China)
Nahuatl: ehecatlanonotzqui
Navajo: biłńjoobałí, bił níjoobałí, bił níjooyisí, béésh bee haneʼé tʼóó naatʼáhígíí
Norman: téléphône dé pouchette m
Northern Sami: mobiilatelefovdna, giehtatelefovdna, mátketelefovdna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mobiltelefon (no) m, mobil (no) m

Nynorsk: mobiltelefon m, mobil m
Occitan: telefòne portable m, telefonet m
Odia: ମୋବାଇଲ ଫୋନ (mobāila phona)
Pashto: ګرځنده ټيلفون m (garjanda ṭelefon)
Pattani Malay: telefon tangan
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تِلِفُنِ هَمْراه (telefon-e hamrâh), تِلِفُنِ موبایْل (telefon-e mobâyl), موبایْل (mobâyl), گوشیِ هَمْراه (guši-ye hamrâh), گوشی (fa) (guši)
Phalura: waarlís
Polish: telefon (pl) m inan, telefon komórkowy (pl) m inan, (colloquial) komórka (pl) f
Portuguese: telefone móvel m (Portugal), telemóvel (pt) m (Portugal), telefone celular (pt) m (Brazil), celular (pt) m (Brazil)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ m (mobāīla fon)
Romanian: telefon mobil n, telefon celular (ro) n, mobil (ro) n, celular (ro) n
Romansch: telefon mobil m
Russian: моби́льный телефо́н (ru) m (mobílʹnyj telefón), со́товый телефо́н (ru) m (sótovyj telefón), моби́льник (ru) m (mobílʹnik) (colloquial), со́товый (ru) f (sótovyj) (colloquial), моби́ла (ru) f (mobíla) (slang)
Scottish Gaelic: fòn-làimhe
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀бител m, мо̏билан телѐфон m, мобилни телефон m

Roman: mòbitel (sh) m, mȍbīlan telèfōn m, mobilni telefon (sh) m
Sinhalese: ජංගම දුරකථනය (jaṁgama durakathanaya)
Slovak: mobilný telefón m, mobil m
Slovene: mobilni telefon m, prenosni telefon m
Sotho: selfono
Spanish: teléfono móvil, móvil (es) m (Spain), teléfono celular (es), celular (es) m (Hispanic/Latin America)
Swahili: rununu (sw), simu ya mkononi
Swedish: mobiltelefon (sv) c, mobil (sv) c, nalle (sv) c
Tagalog: selepono, teleponong selular (tl), selpon (colloquial)
Tajik: телефони ҳамроҳ (telefon-i hamroh)
Tamil: நகர்பேசி (nakarpēci), செல்லிடத் தொலைபேசி (celliṭat tolaipēci)
Tatar: кесә телефоны (kesä telefonı)
Telugu: చరవాణి (te) (caravāṇi), మొబైల్ ఫోన్ (mobail phōn)
Thai: โทรศัพท์เคลื่อนที่ (th) (too-rá-sàp-klʉ̂ʉan-tîi), โทรศัพท์มือถือ (th) (too-rá-sàp-mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ), มือถือ (th) (mʉʉ-tʉ̌ʉ)
Tibetan: ལག་ཐོག་ཁ་དཔར (lag thog kha dpar)
Tok Pisin: mobail fon
Turkish: cep telefonu (tr), cep (tr) (colloquial)
Turkmen: ykjam telefon
Ukrainian: мобі́льний телефо́н m (mobílʹnyj telefón), стільнико́вий телефо́н m (stilʹnykóvyj telefón), мобі́льник m (mobílʹnyk) (colloquial)
Urdu: موبائِل فون m (mobāil fon), گَشْتی فون m (gaśtī fon), دَسْتی فون m (dastī fon), دَسْتی ہاتِف f (dastī hātif), ^{(please verify)} ہَمْراہ ہاتِف f (hamrāh hātif), ^{(please verify)} مَحْمُول ? (mahmūl), ^{(please verify)} دَسْتی دُور گو ? (dastī dūr go)
Uyghur: يانفون (yanfon)
Uzbek: mobil telefon (uz)
Vietnamese: điện thoại di động (vi) (電話移動), điện thoại cầm tay (電話擒𢬣), di động (vi)
Volapük: telefonöm polovik
Walloon: axhlåve (wa) m, mobilofone m, wizesse m, schoûtrece (wa) f, GSM m
Welsh: ffôn symudol (cy) m
Yakut: сиэп төлөппүөнэ (siep tölöppüöne)
Yiddish: מאָביל טעלעפֿאָן m (mobil telefon), מאָבילקע f (mobilke), צעלקע (tselke)
Zhuang: soujgih
Zulu: umakhalekhukhwini

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