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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: UK /fəʊn/, US /foʊn/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ {{homograph|1|telephone}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1878}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The telephone is a shortening of [[telephone]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002)^(AHD 2000)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A telephone: by 1878, in the ''Des Moines Register'',^(Etymonline) or 1884 in American English according to Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The Century Dictionary of 1895 notes that the word was usually applied to the receiver, sometimes to the whole apparatus.^(Etymonline) The verb is from 1884^(Etymonline) or 1889.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate) An earphone or headphone has been a ''phone'' since the early 20th century.^(SOED 2002) ''Phone bill'' is from 1901, ''phone booth'' and ''phone number'' from 1906, and ''phone book'' from 1920.^(Etymonline) The word was long written ''’phone''.^(SOED 2002)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1878 – a telephone.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1884 – verb.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1901 – ''phone bill''.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1906 – ''phone booth'', ''phone number''.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1920 – ''phone book''.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[telephone]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
+ # An [[earphone]] or headphone.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ===Verb===
+ # To call or speak to by telephone.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)
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+ {{homograph|2|speech sound}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1866|origins=ine-pro *bhā-}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The speech sound is [[bor|grc|φωνή|tr=phōnḗ|t=sound, voice]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) from [[ine-pro|*bhā-|t=to speak, tell, say]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(Klein 1966) the root also of [[la|fārī|t=to speak]] and [[m|la|fāma|t=report, reputation]], the source of [[fame]].^(Klein 1966) The Greek word also gave [[phoneme]], [[phonetic]] and [[symphony]].^(Klein 1966)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ An elementary sound of spoken language: 1866.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1866 – a speech sound.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(phonetics)'' A speech sound considered without regard to its status as a [[phoneme]] or [[allophone]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[phonetic]]
+ * [[phonetics]]
+ * [[phonology]]
+ * [[phoneme]]
+ * [[telephone]]
+ * [[-phone]]
+ * [[fame]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}