telephone vs French telephone

French telephone vs telephone

telephone and French telephone both are nouns.

telephone is a verb but French telephone is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telephone	Yes	No	Yes	No
French telephone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, French telephone is a hyponym of telephone; that is, French telephone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than telephone:

telephone: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
French telephone: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle

Other hyponyms of telephone include desk phone, dial phone, dial telephone, extension, extension phone, telephone extension, handset, pay-phone, pay-station, radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone, speakerphone.

telephone (noun)	French telephone (noun)
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds	telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
transmitting speech at a distance

telephone (verb)	French telephone (verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

Difference between telephone and French telephone

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