mobile phone

See also: mobile-phone

English

mobile phones

Etymology

From mobile + telephone.

Noun

mobile phone (plural mobile phones)

A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network over radio wave transmission.

Synonyms

mobile (mainly UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore)
cellphone, cell phone, cell (mainly US and Canada)
handphone (mainly Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, and Singapore)
cellular mobile, cellular, cellular telephone, cellular phone

Hypernyms

phone

Hyponyms

Translations

portable telephone

Afrikaans: selfoon (af), sellulêre telefoon
Albanian: telefon celular m
Amharic: ነፋስ ስልክ (näfas slkə), ተንቀሳቃሽ ስልክ (tänḳäsaḳaš slkə), ሞባይል ስልክ (mobayl slk)
Arabic: جَوَّال‎ m (jawwāl), هَاتِف مَحْمُول‎ m (hātif maḥmūl), هَاتِف خَلَوِيّ‎ m (hātif ḵalawiyy), هَاتِف مُتَحَرَّك‎ m (hātif mutaḥarrak), هَاتِف اَلنَّقَّال‎ m (hātif an-naqqāl), مُوبِيل‎ m (mūbīl)
Hijazi Arabic: جَوَّال‎ m (jawwāl)

Moroccan Arabic: بورطابل‎ m (burṭabl)
Armenian: բջջային հեռախոս (hy) (bǰǰayin heṙaxos), բջջային (hy) (bǰǰayin)
Azerbaijani: mobil telefon
Bashkir: кеҫә телефоны (keθä telefonï)
Basque: telefono mugikor
Belarusian: мабі́льны тэлефо́н m (mabílʹny teljefón)
Bengali: মোবাইল ফোন (mobail phon), মোবাইল (mobail), মুঠোফোন (muṭhophon)
Bulgarian: моби́лен телефо́н m (mobílen telefón)
Burmese: မိုဘိုင်းလ်ဖုန်း (muibhuing:lhpun:)
Catalan: telèfon mòbil (ca) m, mòbil (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 手提電話, 手提电话 (sau² tai⁴ din⁶ waa⁶^-²), 手機, 手机 (sau² gei¹), 流動電話, 流动电话 (lau⁴ dung⁶ din⁶ waa⁶^-²) (formal/technical), 大哥大 (daai⁶ go¹ daai⁶) (slang, dated)

Dungan: шуҗи (šuži)

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)

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

Min Dong: 手機, 手机 (chiū-gĭ)

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

Wu: 手機, 手机 (seu ji)
Cornish: klapkodh f, pellgowsel f, kellgowser m
Czech: mobilní telefon (cs) m, mobil (cs) m
Danish: mobiltelefon (da) c
Dutch: mobiele telefoon, GSM (nl), (colloquial, diminutive) mobieltje (nl)
Esperanto: poŝtelefono, poŝtelefono (eo)
Estonian: mobiiltelefon
Faroese: fartelefon f
Finnish: matkapuhelin (fi), kännykkä (fi), kapula (fi)
French: téléphone mobile (fr) m, portable (fr) m, GSM (fr) m (note: often used for mobile phones that are not technically GSM), (Quebec) téléphone cellulaire (fr) m, (Canada/Quebec) cellulaire (fr) m, mobile (fr) m (colloquial), (Switzerland) natel (fr) m
Galician: teléfono móbil m, móbil m
Georgian: მობილური (mobiluri), მობილური ტელეფონი (mobiluri ṭeleponi)
German: Mobiltelefon (de) n, Funktelefon n, Handy (de) n, (Switzerland) Natel (de) n
Greek: κινητό τηλέφωνο (el) n (kinitó tiléfono), (colloquial) κινητό (el) n (kinitó)
Greenlandic: mobili, oqarasuaat nassartariaq
Gujarati: મોબાઈલ n (mobāīla), મોબાઇલ ફોન (mobāila phon)
Hebrew: טֶלֶפוֹן סֶלוּלָרי‎ (he) m (telefon selulari), טלפון נייד‎ (he) m (telefon nayad)
Hindi: मोबाइल फ़ोन m (mobāil fon), मोबाइल (hi) (mobāil)
Hungarian: mobiltelefon (hu), mobil (hu)
Icelandic: farsími (is) m, gemsi (is) m, GSM-sími m
Indonesian: telepon selular, telepon genggam (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 m
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 (mobairu)
Kalmyk: һар утцн (har uttsn)
Kannada: ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಫೋನ್ (kn) (mobail phōn)
Kazakh: ұялы телефон (uyalı telefon), қалта телефоны (qalta telefonı), қалтафон (kk) (qaltafon) (colloquial)
Khmer: ទូរសព្ទចល័ត (tuurĕəʾsap caʾlat)
Korean: 휴대전화 (ko) (hyudaejeonhwa) (携帶電話 (ko)), 휴대폰 (ko) (hyudaepon) (colloquial), 핸드폰 (ko) (haendeupon) (colloquial), 손전화 (ko) (sonjeonhwa) (North Korea)
Kriol: telefonn portab, portab, mobayl
Kurdish: telefona destan (ku) f, telefona berîkê (ku) f, telefona bêtêl (ku) f, telefona mobîl (ku) f
Central Kurdish: مۆبایل‎ (mobayl)
Kyrgyz: кол телефон (ky) (kol telefon)
Ladino: djep m, pélefon m

Lao: ໂທລະສັບມືຖື (lo) (thō la sap mư̄ thư̄)
Latin: tēlephōnium cellularium n
Latvian: mobilais tālrunis m, mobilais telefons m, mobilais m (colloquial)
Lithuanian: mobilusis telefonas m
Macedonian: мобилен телефон m (mobilen telefon), мобилен m (mobilen)
Malay: telefon bimbit
Malayalam: മൊബൈൽ ഫോൺ (mobail phōṇ)
Maltese: mowbajl m, telefon ċellulari m, ċellulari m
Maori: waea pūkoro
Mongolian: гар утас (gar utas)
Nahuatl: ehecatlanonotzqui
Navajo: biłńjoobałí, bił níjoobałí, bił níjooyisí, béésh bee haneʼé tʼóó naatʼáhígíí
Norman: téléphône dé pouchette m
Northern Sami: mobiilatelefovdna, giehtatelefovdna, mátketelefovdna
Norwegian: mobiltelefon (no) m, mobil (no) m
Occitan: telefòn mobil m
Oriya: ମୋବାଇଲ ଫୋନ (mobailô phonô)
Pashto: ګرځنده ټيلفون‎ m (garjandá ṭelefón)
Persian: تلفن همراه‎ (fa) (telefon-e hamrâh), تلفن موبایل‎ (telefon-e mobâyl), موبایل‎ (fa) (mobâyl)
Polish: telefon (pl) m inan, telefon komórkowy (pl) m inan, (colloquial) komórka (pl) f
Portuguese: telefone móvel m, telemóvel (pt) m, telefone celular (pt) m, celular (pt) m
Punjabi: ਮੋਬਾਈਲ ਫ਼ੋਨ (mobāēl 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)
Scottish Gaelic: fòn-làimh
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
Slovene: mobilni telefon m, prenosni telefon m
Sotho: selfono
Spanish: teléfono móvil, móvil (es) m (Spain), teléfono celular, 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)
Tajik: телефони ҳамроҳ (telefoni 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)
Turkish: cep telefonu (tr), cep (tr) (colloquial)
Turkmen: ykjam telefon
Ukrainian: мобі́льний телефо́н m (mobílʹnyj telefón)
Urdu: محمول‎ (mahmūl), موبائل فون‎ (mobā'il fon)
Uyghur: يانفون‎ (yanfon)
Uzbek: mobil telefon (uz)
Vietnamese: điện thoại di động (vi), điện thoại cầm tay, di động (vi)
Volapük: telefonöm polovik
Walloon: axhlåve (wa) m, mobilofone m, wizesse m, schoûtrece (wa) f, GSM m
Welsh: ffôn symudol (cy) m
Yiddish: מאָביל טעלעפֿאָן‎ m (mobil telefon), מאָבילקע‎ f (mobilke)
Zhuang: soujgih
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

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