telephone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for telephone in the English»French Dictionary

I.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] N

telephone

téléphone m

on or over the telephone

au téléphone

to be on the telephone (connected)

avoir le téléphone

to be on the telephone (talking)

être au téléphone

to book by telephone

réserver par téléphone

an interview conducted by telephone

une interview au téléphone

to answer the telephone

répondre au téléphone

to reach sb on the telephone

joindre qn au téléphone

‘Get Mr Smith on the telephone for me, would you’

‘Appelez-moi M. Smith au téléphone, s'il vous plaît’

‘Get Mr Smith on the telephone for me, would you’ attr conversation, equipment, message, survey

téléphonique

‘Get Mr Smith on the telephone for me, would you’ engineer

du téléphone

II.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] VB trans

telephone person, organization

téléphoner à, appeler

telephone instructions, message

téléphoner

to telephone France

téléphoner en France, appeler la France

to telephone sb to do Am

téléphoner à qn de faire

to telephone sb that …

appeler qn pour dire que …

III.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] VB intr

telephone

appeler, téléphoner

telephone booth, telephone box Brit N

telephone booth

cabine f téléphonique

telephone operator N

telephone operator

standardiste mf

telephone call N

telephone call

appel m téléphonique

telephone directory N

telephone directory

annuaire m (du téléphone)

telephone line N

telephone line

ligne f de téléphone

telephone book N

telephone book → telephone directory

See also telephone directory

telephone directory N

telephone directory

annuaire m (du téléphone)

telephone-tapping N

telephone-tapping

mise f sur écoute téléphonique

telephone subscriber N

telephone subscriber

abonné/-e m/f au téléphone

telephone service N

telephone service

service m des téléphones

telephone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for telephone in the English»French Dictionary

I.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] N

telephone

téléphone m

by telephone

par téléphone

on the telephone

au téléphone

to pick up the telephone

prendre le téléphone

telephone bill

facture f de téléphone

telephone booking

réservation f par téléphone

II.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] VB trans

telephone

appeler

III.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] VB intr

telephone

téléphoner

to telephone long-distance

faire un appel longue distance

telephone booth, telephone box N Am

telephone booth

cabine f téléphonique

telephone book N

telephone book

annuaire m

telephone message N form

telephone message

message m téléphonique

telephone exchange N Brit

telephone exchange

central m téléphonique

telephone directory N

telephone directory → telephone book

See also telephone book

telephone book N

telephone book

annuaire m

telephone call N

telephone call

appel m téléphonique

to make a telephone call

passer un appel

public telephone N

public telephone

téléphone m public

telephone number N

telephone number

numéro m de téléphone

telephone conversation N

telephone conversation

conversation f téléphonique

telephone Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put down the (tele)phone

raccrocher le téléphone

to make a telephone call

passer un appel

to answer the telephone/the call of sb

répondre au téléphone/à l'appel de qn

to get the telephone

répondre au téléphone

to put sb on the (tele)phone

passer qn

on the telephone

au téléphone

to pick up the telephone

prendre le téléphone

a telephone interview

un entretien téléphonique

he answered the telephone rather sleepily

il répondit au téléphone quelque peu endormi

to connect the telephone (to the network)

brancher le téléphone sur le réseau

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The sentence was for illegal possession of two facsimile machines and a telephone switchboard.

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A long-distance call is not necessarily synonymous with a call to another telephone area code.

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He is listed as a clown in the telephone book.

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It has been heavily exploited for its strong, dark red, resinous wood, which is useful for the construction of buildings, bridges, boats, and telephone poles.

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In addition, they possessed hairdressing salons, telephone booths, theatre booking agencies and at one period a twice-a-day food delivery service.

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The MDF usually holds telephone exchange protective devices including heat coils, and functions as a test point between a line and the exchange equipment.

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The voting machine has a telephone-like panel where the voter presses the buttons for the number of their chosen candidate.

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Evidence from a significant number of housing benefit offices demonstrates that local, face-to-face processing of benefits is cheaper and faster than distant automated telephone and online processing.

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Terms such as audio conferencing, telephone conferencing and phone conferencing are also sometimes used to refer to teleconferencing.

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At the club itself, a semi-automatic control system based on telephone relays was installed by the mid-1950s.

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