téléphone portable

\te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\

/\te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\/ noun

The verdict

“téléphone portable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Téléphone de petite taille, sans fil, et facilement transportable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-telephone-portable · téléphone portable · French

téléphone portable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for téléphone portable
PropertyValue
Headwordtéléphone portable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « téléphone portable » en français

téléphone portablen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

téléphone portable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Téléphone de petite taille, sans fil, et facilement transportable.".

téléphone portable has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is téléphone portable, spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Téléphone de petite taille, sans fil, et facilement transportable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how téléphone portable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un téléphone portable qui sonne dans un sac, ce n’est pas érotique. On m’a demandé si j’avais un sac à main quand j’ai dit que je venais d’acheter un portable, et on m’a dit que c’était érotique un téléphone qui sonne dans le sac d’une femme. La femme prend son temps alors que l’homme se précipite. M’a dit celui qui l’avait remarqué.
  2. Peu d’artisanes égyptiennes commercialisent elles-mêmes leurs produits par Internet. Même le téléphone portable est rarement utilisé par les femmes pour leur commerce.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "téléphone portable"?
"téléphone portable" is spelled T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-E- -P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\.
What does "téléphone portable" mean?
As a noun, "téléphone portable" means: Téléphone de petite taille, sans fil, et facilement transportable.
How do you pronounce "téléphone portable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "téléphone portable" is \te.le.fɔn pɔʁ.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list