🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

número de telemóvel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈnu.me.ɾu dʒi te.leˈmɔ.vɛw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mobile number/ˈmoʊ.bəl ˈnʌm.bər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Qual é o teu número de telemóvel?"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A unique sequence of digits assigned to a cellular telephone device, enabling it to connect to a mobile network.

    "Please write down your mobile number so I can text you the meeting details."
  2. 2

    The numerical designation used to reach a specific person via their smartphone or mobile phone.

    "Can I get your mobile number in case we get separated?"

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'mobile', derived from Latin 'mobilis' meaning movable, which gained modern technological application in the late 20th century for portable radio-telephony, and 'number', originating from Middle English via Old French from Latin 'numerus'. As cellular technology expanded globally in the 1990s and 2000s, the phrase became standard terminology for identifying portable telecommunication devices.

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