smartphone

See also: Smartphone and smart phone

English
Samsung smartphones (frontside)
Samsung smartphones (backside)

Etymology

smart +‎ phone, first usage in the mid-1990s

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/

Noun

smartphone (plural smartphones)

  1. A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
    Hypernym: mobile phone
    Hyponym: iPhone

Translations

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɑrt.foːn/, [ˈsmɑɹt.foːn], [ˈsmɑɹt.foʊ̯n]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: smart‧phone

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smaʁt.fɔn/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone
    Synonyms: ordiphone, supertéléphone, téléphone intelligent

Italian
Quattro smartphone — Four smartphones

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzmart.fon/, /ˈzmart.fɔn/
  • Rhymes: -artfon, -artfɔn
  • Hyphenation: smàrt‧phone

Noun

smartphone m (invariable)

  1. (mobile telephony) smartphone
    Da quando hai uno smartphone? ― Since when have you had a smartphone?

Further reading
  • smartphone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsmaʁt͡ʃˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaht͡ʃˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaʁ.t͡ʃiˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmah.t͡ʃiˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/ [ˌsmaht͡ʃˈfõ.ni], /ˌsmaʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ [ˌsmah.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌsmaɾt͡ʃˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaɾt͡ʃˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaɾ.t͡ʃiˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaɾ.t͡ʃiˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaɾt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/, /ˌsmaɾ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌsmaʁt͡ʃˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaχt͡ʃˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaʁ.t͡ʃiˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaχ.t͡ʃiˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/ [ˌsmaχt͡ʃˈfõ.ni], /ˌsmaʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ [ˌsmaχ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsmaɻt͡ʃˈfo(w)n/ [ˌsmaɻt͡ʃˈfo(ʊ̯)n], /ˌsmaɻt͡ʃˈfo.ne/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsmaɾˈtfo(w)n/, /ˌsmaɾˈtfɔ.n(ɨ)/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsmaɾˈtfon/, /ˌsmaɾˈtfɔ.n(ɨ)/

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone (mobile phone with greater computing capacity)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smaɾdˈfon/ [zmaɾð̞ˈfõn], /esmaɾdˈfon/ [ez.maɾð̞ˈfõn]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

smartphone m (plural smartphones or smartphone)

  1. smartphone

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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