headphone

English

pair of supra-aural headphones

Etymology

head +‎ phone

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhedfəʊn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhedfoʊn/

Noun

headphone (plural headphones)

A listening device placed or worn in the ear, usually sold in pairs
She handed me one headphone so I could listen too.

Usage notes

Also used as a noun modifier: e.g. headphone plug, headphone socket. The device composed of two, is called in the plural headphones.

Derived terms

circumaural and supra-aural headphones

Related terms

earphone

Translations

listening device

Armenian: ականջակալ (hy) (akanǰakal)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: auricular m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耳機 (zh), 耳机 (zh) (ěrjī), 耳筒 (ěrtǒng)
Dutch: hoofdtelefoon (nl) m, koptelefoon (nl) m
Esperanto: kapaŭskultilo (eo)
Finnish: kuulokkeet pl
French: écouteur (fr) m
German: Kopfhörer (de) m
Greek: ακουστικό (el) n (akoustikó), ακουστικά (el) n pl (akoustiká)
Hungarian: fejhallgató (hu)
Icelandic: heyrnartól (is) n

Irish: cluasán m
Japanese: ヘッドフォン (heddofon), ヘッドホン (heddohon)
Korean: 헤드폰 (hedeupon)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: fone de cabeça (pt) m
Russian: нау́шники (ru) m pl (naúšniki)
Scottish Gaelic: fòn-cluaise m
Spanish: auricular (es) m, audífono m
Thai: หูฟัง (th) (hǔu-fang)
Tibetan: ཉན་བྱེད་འཕྲུལ་ཆས (nyan byed 'phrul chas)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: clustffon m or f

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