iPhone

English
iPhone (front)
iPhone (back)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (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.
    Synonym: (humorous) Jesus phone
    Hypernym: smartphone
  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”, in sproget.dk‎, Dansk Sprognævn / Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab, 19 December 2014

French

Etymology

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 anim

  1. iPhone

Declension
Declension of iPhone
singular plural
nominative iPhone iPhone'y
genitive iPhone'a iPhone'ów
dative iPhone'owi iPhone'om
accusative iPhone iPhone'y
instrumental iPhone'em iPhone'ami
locative iPhonie iPhone'ach
vocative iPhonie iPhone'y

Further reading
  • iPhone in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • 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
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