Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telephone ring

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: tele-phone ring
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.

Example Sentences

"The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire."

Inflected Forms

telephone rings (plural)

Questions

What does telephone ring mean?: A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.

How to pronounce telephone ring

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