Origin: Greek
suffix -phone
Earphone has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
2
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
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