テレホン

also: テレフォン

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ホ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Standard loanword for 'telephone'. Often used in compound words like テレホンカード (telephone card) or テレホンサービス (telephone service).

Where is the public telephone?

テレホンカードを買かいました。

I bought a telephone card.

電でん話わN5
電話 is the everyday native word for 'telephone', while テレホン is a loanword mostly limited to compound terms like テレホンカード and can sound dated or commercial.
テレ
テレホン is the fuller loanword for telephone that テレ abbreviates, though both are now old-fashioned next to 電話.

テレホンUsage63%
Most common katakana spelling for 'telephone' in Japanese.
テレフォンUsage37%
Alternate katakana spelling reflecting the English 'telephone' pronunciation more closely; less common than テレホン.

Loanword from English 'telephone'. The spelling テレホン reflects a common Japanese adaptation of the 'ph' sound as ホ.