teileafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone.

Noun

teileafón m (genitive singular teileafóin, nominative plural teileafóin)

1. telephone

   Synonym: guthán

Declension

Declension of teileafón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teileafón teileafóin vocative a theileafóin a theileafóna genitive teileafóin teileafón dative teileafón teileafóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teileafón na teileafóin genitive an teileafóin na dteileafón dative leis an teileafón don teileafón leis na teileafóin

Derived terms

• bosca teileafóin (“telephone-box”)
• eolaí an teileafóin (“telephone directory”)
• fón (“phone”)
• giolla teileafóin (“operator”)
• leabhar teileafóin (“telephone book”)
• líne teileafóin f (“telephone line”)
• malartán teileafóin (“telephone exchange”)
• teileafón cárta (“cardphone”)
• teileafón póca (“cellphone”)
• teileafónach (“telephonic”, adjective)
• teileafónaí (“telephonist”)
• teileafónaíocht (“telephony”)
• uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teileafón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teileafón	theileafón	dteileafón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teileafón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “teileafón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025