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The correct spelling is phone.
How to pronounce phone
/fəʊ̯n/
nounIPA: /fəʊ̯n/
Say it like: Fon-e
The correct spelling is phone. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- 2.A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
verb
- 1.To call (someone) using a telephone.
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