speakerphone

American

[spee-ker-fohn] / ˈspi kərˌfoʊn /

noun

a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.

speakerphone British

/ ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn /

noun

a telephone incorporating an external microphone and loudspeaker, allowing several people to participate in a call at the same time

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Etymology

Origin of speakerphone

1955–60, (loud)speaker + (micro)phone or (tele)phone

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speakerphone

The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

He found it hard to have speakerphone calls and listen to music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

One of his sons, Flávio, who is a senator, briefly put his father on speakerphone to the crowd in Rio de Janeiro.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Strangely enough, after the movie, an entirely different person stood in the very same spot, taking a phone call on speakerphone for some ungodly reason.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025

After she asked my uncle to take her off speakerphone so she could tell him what she would've done if anything had happened to Maddy, and how dare he take all day to call her.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

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