iPhone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• (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

   His mom bought him an IPhone for his 11th birthday.

   • 2012, “Best iPhone 5 concept photos”, in CNet:

     This concept puts the curve back on the iPhone 5 with a silhouette that's reminiscent of a banana phone.

   • 2020 July 9, Jacob Krol, “Here’s how to get the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 31 March 2023:

     Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad.

   • 2023 September 19, Yessenia Funes, quoting Robert D. Bullard, “The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity”, in Scientific American‎, archived from the original on 20 December 2023:

     “This is before everyone had [geographic information system] mapping, before iPads, iPhones, laptops, Google,” he says. “This is doing research way back with a hammer and a chisel.”

2. (by extension) Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization.

Coordinate terms

• iPad
• iPod
• iMac
• iDevice

Derived terms

• iPhone moment
• iPhoneography
• iPhoner

Translations

device

Arabic: آيْفُون m (ʔāyfūn) Hijazi Arabic: آيفون m (ʔāyfōn) Armenian: այֆոն (ayfon) Belarusian: айфо́н m (ajfón) Bengali: আইফোন (aiphōn) Burmese: အိုင်ဖုန်း (uinghpun:) Chinese: Mandarin: 蘋果手機 / 苹果手机 (zh) (Píngguǒ shǒujī), 愛瘋 / 爱疯 (zh) (àifēng) (slang) Czech: iPhone m Danish: iPhone c Dutch: iPhone (nl) c Faroese: iPhone m Finnish: iPhone French: iPhone (fr) m Georgian: აიფონი (aiponi) German: iPhone (de) n Hawaiian: iPona Hebrew: אייפון (he) m (ayfon) Hindi: आइफ़ोन m (āifon), आईफ़ोन m (āīfon) Italian: melafonino (it) m, iPhone (it) m Japanese: アイフォン (Aifon) (transliteration), アイホン (Aihon), アイフォーン (Aifōn) (rare) Kannada: ಐಫೋನ್ (aiphōn‌) Korean: 아이폰 (ko) (Aipon) (transliteration) Lao: ໄອໂຟນ (ʼai fōn) Lithuanian: aifònas m Malayalam: ഐഫോൺ (aiphōṇ) Marathi: आयफोन (āyphon) Navajo: biłńjoobałí ntsékeesígíí Nepali: आइफोन (āiphon) Pashto: آيفون m (āyfōn) Persian: آی‌فون (ây-fôn) Polish: iPhone (pl) m Portuguese: iPhone m Punjabi: ਆਈਫ਼ੋਨ (āīfon) Russian: айфо́н (ru) m (ajfón) Spanish: iPhone m Tagalog: iPhone Tamil: ஐபோன் (aipōṉ) Telugu: ఐఫోన్ (aiphōn) Thai: ไอโฟน (ai-foon) Turkish: iPhone Ukrainian: айфо́н m (ajfón)

See also

• iOS
• BlackBerry

Further reading

• iPhone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pinhoe, hopein

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English iPhone.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āifèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ fung¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹e-fon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āifèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄈㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aifòng
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-fêng⁴
    • Yale: āi-fèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aifenq
    • Palladius: айфэн (ajfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai¹ fung¹
    • Yale: āai fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹e-fon
    • MiniDict: e^平 fon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹e-fon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

Noun

iPhone

1. iPhone (the Apple iPhone)
2. iPhone (a smartphone)