telephone number
noun
telephone number is a noun meaning “The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-E-N-U-M-B-E-R. The plural of telephone number is telephone numbers.
What does telephone number mean?
noun
- 1
The sequence of digits used to identify a particular destination telephone in a network.
- 2
A large number.
How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce telephone number?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-telephone_number.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of telephone number
- telephone numbers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Telephone number in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense digits assigned to a telephone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | numéro de téléphone, numéro |
| German | Telefonnummer |
| Portuguese | número telefônico, número de telefone |
| Spanish | número de teléfono |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.