1.
telephone (device); telephone set; phone unit
the physical telephone device or handset, as distinct from the service or act of calling
新しい電話機を買った。
I bought a new telephone.
電話機の受話器を取ってください。
Please pick up the telephone receiver.
昔の電話機はダイヤル式で、番号を回して掛けるものだった。
Old telephones were rotary-dial type, where you dialed by turning the numbers.
Composed of 電話 (telephone) and 機 (machine, device). While 電話 can refer to both the device and the act of calling, 電話機 specifically refers to the physical telephone device itself.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 電話機を設置する: to install a telephone
- 電話機の故障: telephone malfunction
- 固定電話機: landline telephone
- 公衆電話機: public telephone
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 電話: telephone — the general word, refers to both the device and phone calls
- 受話器: receiver, handset — the part you hold to your ear
- 携帯電話: mobile phone — portable telephone
- 固定電話: landline — a non-mobile telephone line