Dictionary

speakerphone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspikɚˌfoʊn/ (General-American)
• /ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From speaker + phone.

Meanings

1. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.
2. 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 2026 June 23, Will Walden, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. A feature on a phone that reroutes audio through the phone's external speaker, rather than the earpiece.

Forms

Relateds

earpiece

Translations (9)

pt alta-voz (loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound) · de Freisprecheinrichtung (telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset) · pt viva-voz (loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound) · de Freisprechtelefon (telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset) · de Freisprechanlage (telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset) · de Lautsprechertelefon (loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound) · da medhør (telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset) · de Freisprechgerät (telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset) · de Lautsprechtelefon (loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound)