téléphone cellulaire

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.le.fɔn sɛ.ly.lɛʁ/ ~ /te.le.fɔn se.ly.lɛʁ/
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Noun

téléphone cellulaire m (plural téléphones cellulaires)

  1. (Canada, North America) cellular telephone / cellphone
    Synonyms: téléphone mobile, téléphone portable, cellulaire, cell, mobile, portable

Usage notes

  • Mostly used in Canada, but is reserved to technical contexts elsewhere in the Francophonie, where the common term for a cellphone is a (téléphone) portable. In Canada however, a portable usually refers to a ordinateur portable (“laptop”).

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