Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phones

/foʊnz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: phones
IPA: /foʊnz/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of phone

noun

Informal

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of phone

Example Sentences

"I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you."
"I ripped the phones off my head, fluffed my hair, and tossed the crumpled lyric sheet in the garbage can before strolling into the control room like a queen."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /foʊnz/
British English: /fəʊnz/

Usage

Informal

Rhymes With

jones loans bones stones owns zones drones tones clones cones moans cyclones

Questions

How do you pronounce phones?: The recorded pronunciation is /foʊnz/.
What does phones mean?: plural of phone

How to pronounce phones

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