earphones

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earphones¹

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Plural of earphone.

noun

  1. plural, plural only A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

earphones²

noun

  1. plural plural of earphone

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: earpiece, headphone, phone, headphones, circumaural, phones, insert, handsets, headsets, hearers, helmets, listeners, tags, earwear, earware, earloop

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noun small speakers worn over the ears

Españolauriculares, audífonos
한국어이어폰 ieopon, 헤드폰 hedeupon
日本語イヤフォン iyafon, イヤホン iyahon, ヘッドフォン heddofon
中文耳機 /耳机 ěrjī
हिन्दीआकर्णक ākarṇak, हेडफ़ोन heḍfon
Portuguêsfones, auriculares, fones de ouvido
Françaisécouteurs
DeutschOhrhörer
Italianocuffie
Ελληνικάακουστικά akoustiká
Românăcăști
Русскийнау́шники naúšniki
Tiếng Việttai nghe, ê-cút-tơ
العربيةسَمَّاعَات sammāʕāt
עבריתאָזְנִית oznít

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@misc{earphones_2026,
  title = {earphones},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earphones},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}