iPhone

English

Etymology

From i- +‎ phone. Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪˌfoʊ̯n/
  • Homophone: eyephone

Noun

iPhone (plural iPhones)

  1. (trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.
    His mom bought him an IPhone for his 11th birthday.
    Synonym: (humorous) Jesus phone
    Hypernym: smartphone
    • 2012, “Best iPhone 5 concept photos”, in CNet:
      This concept puts the curve back on the iPhone 5 with a silhouette that's reminiscent of a banana phone.
    • 2020 July 9, Jacob Krol, “Here’s how to get the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta”, in CNN[2]:
      Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad.
    • 2023 September 19, Yessenia Funes, quoting Robert D. Bullard, “The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity”, in Scientific American[3]:
      “This is before everyone had [geographic information system] mapping, before iPads, iPhones, laptops, Google,” he says. “This is doing research way back with a hammer and a chisel.”
  2. (by extension) Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization.

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Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English iPhone.

Pronunciation


Noun

iPhone

  1. iPhone (the Apple iPhone)
  2. iPhone (a smartphone)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English iPhone.

Noun

iPhone c (singular definite iPhonen, plural indefinite iPhones)[1]

  1. iPhone

Declension

Declension of iPhone
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative iPhone iPhonen iPhones iPhonesene
genitive iPhones iPhonens iPhones' iPhonesenes

References

  1. ^ “Pluralis af iPad og iPhone [Plural of iPad and iPhone]”, in sproget.dk[1], Dansk Sprognævn / Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab, 19 December 2014

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English iPhone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aj.fɔn/, /i.fɔn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

iPhone m (plural iPhones)

  1. iPhone (the Apple iPhone)
  2. iPhone (any smartphone)
    Synonyms: smartphone, ordiphone

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯foːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

iPhone n (proper noun, strong, genitive iPhones)

  1. iPhone

Hungarian

Etymology

From English iPhone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːjfoːn]
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

iPhone (plural iPhone-ok)

  1. (trademark) iPhone (a smartphone of a series produced by Apple)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative iPhone iPhone-ok
accusative iPhone-t iPhone-okat
dative iPhone-nak iPhone-oknak
instrumental iPhone-nal iPhone-okkal
causal-final iPhone-ért iPhone-okért
translative iPhone-ná iPhone-okká
terminative iPhone-ig iPhone-okig
essive-formal iPhone-ként iPhone-okként
essive-modal
inessive iPhone-ban iPhone-okban
superessive iPhone-on iPhone-okon
adessive iPhone-nál iPhone-oknál
illative iPhone-ba iPhone-okba
sublative iPhone-ra iPhone-okra
allative iPhone-hoz iPhone-okhoz
elative iPhone-ból iPhone-okból
delative iPhone-ról iPhone-okról
ablative iPhone-tól iPhone-októl
non-attributive
possessive – singular
iPhone-é iPhone-oké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
iPhone-éi iPhone-okéi
Possessive forms of iPhone
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. iPhone-om iPhone-jaim
2nd person sing. iPhone-od iPhone-jaid
3rd person sing. iPhone-ja iPhone-jai
1st person plural iPhone-unk iPhone-jaink
2nd person plural iPhone-otok iPhone-jaitok
3rd person plural iPhone-juk iPhone-jaik

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English iPhone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaj.fɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajfɔn
  • Syllabification: i‧Phone

Noun

iPhone m animal

  1. iPhone (smartphone of a series produced by Apple Inc., which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device)

Declension

Further reading

  • iPhone in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

iPhone m (plural iPhones)

  1. iPhone (smartphone produced by Apple Inc.)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English iPhone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aiˈfon/ [ai̯ˈfõn]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

iPhone m (plural iPhones)

  1. iPhone