| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /teləˈfon/ |
| Hyphenation | te·le·foon |
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | telefoons, telefonen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| telefoontje | telefoontjes |
| Afrikaans | foon; telefoon |
|---|---|
| Albanian | telefon |
| Catalan | telèfon |
| Danish | telefon |
| English | telephone; phone |
| Esperanto | telefono |
| Faeroese | telefon |
| Finnish | puhelin |
| French | téléphone |
| German | Telephon |
| Greek | τηλέφωνο |
| Hungarian | telefon |
| Icelandic | sími |
| Italian | telefono |
| Low German | telefoon |
| Norwegian | telefon |
| Papiamento | telefon; telefòn |
| Polish | telefon |
| Portuguese | telefone |
| Romanian | telefon |
| Saterland Frisian | Telephon |
| Scots | phone |
| Spanish | teléfono |
| Sranan | konkrutitey |
| Swahili | simu |
| Swedish | telefon |
| Thai | โทรศัพท์ |
| Welsh | teliffon; ffôn |
| West Frisian | telefoan |