New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: phone round · poke around · ponce around · shove around · whore around · come around · hand around · hang around · horse around · moon around

phone

TELECOM 1 nounfón masc1 c m uguthán masc1 c m uteileafón masc1 c m uto talk to sb on the phone labhairt le duine ar an bhfón, labhairt le duine ar an nguthánanswer the phone! freagair an fón!, freagair an guthán!she's on the phone tá sí ar an bhfón, tá sí ar an ngutháncordless phone guthán gan sreangphone line líne fóin, líne theileafóin 2 verb

TRANSITIVEglaoigh ar PhrV c m uscairt ar c m uglao gutháin a chur arscairt ghutháin a chur ar

INTRANSITIVEglaoigh verb c m uscairt verb c m u

-phone

suffix LINGthey're hispanophones is cainteoirí Spáinnise iad, labhraíonn siad Spáinnisanglophone countries tíortha ina labhraítear an Béarla

phrases

to pick up the phone

informal an fón a thógáilan guthán a thógáil

phrasal verbs

phone ahead

(v + adv) INTRANSITIVEglaoigh roimh réscairt roimh ré

phone around

(also

phone round

) (v + adv)

INTRANSITIVEglaoigh timpeallscairt thart c m u

TRANSITIVEglaoigh ar PhrV c m uscairt ar c m uhe phoned round his mates ghlaoigh sé ar a chairde

phone back

(v + adv)

TRANSITIVEglaoigh ar ais ar c m uscairt ar ais ar c m uscairt a chur ar ais arglao a chur ar ais arshe phoned me back ghlaoigh sí ar ais orm

INTRANSITIVEglaoigh ar ais c m uscairt ar ais c m uscairt a chur ar aisglao a chur ar aishe never phones back ní ghlaonn sé ar ais riamh

phone in

1 (v + adv) make contact INTRANSITIVEglaoigh isteach c m uscairt isteach c m u 2 (v + adv) relay TRANSITIVEglaoigh isteach lescairt isteach lecomplaints can be phoned in is féidir glaoch isteach le gearáin, is féidir gearáin a sheoladh isteach ar an bhfón 3 (v + adv) THEAT , CINE , TV-RAD, pejorative (US) of performance, role TRANSITIVEhe phoned in his part bhí sé an-lag sa pháirt

phone up