speakerphone

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speakerphone

/ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn/ UK
/ˈspikɚˌfoʊn/ US

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From speaker + phone.

noun speakerphones · speaker phone

A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it hands-free. It wasn’t on speakerphone, and I could still hear him [Boris Johnson] shouting and swearing
A feature on a phone that reroutes audio through the phone's external speaker, rather than the earpiece.

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noun telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset

Deutsch	Freisprechtelefon, Freisprechgerät, Freisprechanlage, Freisprecheinrichtung

noun loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound

Português	viva-voz, alta-voz
Deutsch	Lautsprechtelefon, Lautsprechertelefon

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@misc{speakerphone_2026,
  title = {speakerphone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/speakerphone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}