Handy

Signification (Anglais)

mobile phone, mobile, cell phone, phone (portable, wireless telephone)

Concepts

téléphone mobile

téléphone cellulaire

portable

GSM

mobile

téléphone portable

cellulaire

natel

Natel

06

Genre

Neutre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛndi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Some sources claim the existence of an early English preform. Perhaps from English handie-talkie, apparently used as a Motorola product name based on walkie-talkie. Or perhaps derived from English handheld transceiver, coined by CB radio users, later informally applied to the first mobile phones, and soon found in product names.
Others assert the use for a phone is exclusively German, possibly as a short form of Handfunktelefon, as which it was marketed by firms like Bosch and Hagenuk. Thus equivalent to an anglicisation of Hand (“hand”) + -i (diminutive suffix).

Phrases

Mein Handy zeigt mir einen Anruf in Abwesenheit an .

Mon téléphone portable me montre un appel en l'absence.