Added 10 October 2026 earphone /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəʊn/ noun Categories: ThingsRare Words In Latin: auscultābulum Wiktionary noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about earphone at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone. Origin From ear + phone. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: earpieceheadphonephoneheadsetheadphoneshandset39handphonehydrophoneheadpiece Back to today's word