headphones

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or on the ears.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛdfəʊnz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-headphones.wav /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aadenboy-headphones.wav /ˈhedfəʉnz/ /ˈhedfɐʉnz/ /ˈhɛdfonz/ /ˈhɛdfoːnz/

Word forms

headphones headphone

Etymology

From head + phones.

Synonyms

cans heads

Antonyms

earphones earbuds

Related words

headphone earbud earphones earpiece headset

Translations

Albanian: kufje Arabic: سَمَّاعَة Arabic: سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس Armenian: ականջակալ Azerbaijani: qulaqlıq Belarusian: наву́шнікі Bulgarian: слу́шалки Burmese: နားကြပ် Catalan: auriculars Chinese Mandarin: 耳機 /耳机 Chinese Mandarin: 耳筒 Czech: sluchátka Danish: hovedtelefoner Danish: høretelefoner Dutch: hoofdtelefoon Dutch: koptelefoon Elfdalian: ärlur Esperanto: aŭskultiloj Esperanto: kapaŭskultiloj Estonian: kõrvaklapid Faroese: oyralurtitól Finnish: kuulokkeet Finnish: luurit French: casque French: écouteurs German: Kopfhörer Greek: ακουστικά Greenlandic: naalaarutit siutaasat Hebrew: אָזְנִית Hebrew: אוזניות Hindi: आकर्णक Hindi: हेडफ़ोन Hungarian: fejhallgató Hungarian: fülhallgató Icelandic: heyrnartól Irish: cluasáin Italian: cuffie Japanese: ヘッドフォン Japanese: ヘッドホン Japanese: イヤフォン Kazakh: құлаққап Khmer: កាស Korean: 헤드폰 Korean: 이어폰 Kyrgyz: кулаккап Lao: ຫູຟັງ Latin: auscultābulum Latvian: austiņas Luxembourgish: Casque Macedonian: слушалки Malay: fon kepala Mongolian: чихэвч Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠪᠴᠢ Norwegian Bokmål: hodetelefoner Norwegian Bokmål: høretelefoner

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