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iPhone

  • /ˈaɪˌfoʊ̯n/ US

Sounds like eyephone

Where it comes from

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

noun iPhones

  1. A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device. His mom bought him an IPhone for his 11th birthday.

    Similar: Jesus phone

  2. broadly Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: smartphone, 'phone, mobile device, camera phone, keitai, computerphone, touchphone, phone, blackberry, cellular phone, cell, brick phone, cellular telephone, facetime, videophone, cellular

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noun device

EspañoliPhone
한국어아이폰 Aipon
日本語アイフォン Aifon, アイホン Aihon, アイフォーン Aifōn
中文蘋果手機 /苹果手机 Píngguǒ shǒujī, 愛瘋 /爱疯 àifēng
हिन्दीआइफ़ोन āifon, आईफ़ोन āīfon
PortuguêsiPhone
FrançaisiPhone
DeutschiPhone
Italianomelafonino, iPhone
Русскийайфо́н ajfón
العربيةآيْفُون ʔāyfūn
עבריתאייפון ayfon

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@misc{iphone_2026,
  title = {iPhone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iphone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}