phone
n.
1
1884, shortening of telephone, n.. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927; phone bill 1901.
2
"elementary sound of a spoken language," 1866, from Greek phone (see fame, n.).
v.
1884, from phone, n.. Related: Phoned; phoning.
〔蒋〕[telephone的缩略形式] 电话