Dictionary

payphone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪˌfoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From pay + phone.

Meanings

1. A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
   • I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.
   • You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober 2020, “Kyoto”, in Punisher, performed by Phoebe Bridgers:

Forms

Relateds

telephone box · drop a dime · COCOT · telephone kiosk · coin-op · telephone booth · call collect · collect call

Synonyms

tickey box

Translations (25)

pt orelhão (a public telephone) · ga táillefón (a public telephone) · pl automat telefoniczny (a public telephone) · uk таксофо́н (a public telephone) · ru обще́ственный телефо́н (a public telephone) · hu nyilvános telefon (a public telephone) · ru телефо́н-автома́т (a public telephone) · ko 공중전화 (a public telephone) · pl automat (a public telephone) · th โทรศัพท์หยอดเหรียญ (a public telephone) · ru таксофо́н (a public telephone) · id telepon umum (a public telephone) · cmn 公用電話 /公用电话 (a public telephone) · ca telèfon públic (a public telephone) · bg телефонен автомат (a public telephone) · fi rahapuhelin (a public telephone) · de Münzfernsprecher (a public telephone) · es teléfono público (a public telephone) · da mønttelefon (a public telephone) · hy տաքսաֆոն (a public telephone) · cy ffôn talu (a public telephone) · fi yleisöpuhelin (a public telephone) · pl telefon samoinkasujący (a public telephone) · de Münztelefon (a public telephone) · ja 公衆電話 (a public telephone)