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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesappel à frais reversés
Pronunciation / Transliteration: apel a fre reverse
"Elle a passé un appel à frais reversés à ses parents depuis l'aéroport."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A telephone call for which the recipient pays the charges.
"She made a collect call to her parents from the airport." - 2
A call placed by a caller who requests that the charges be billed to the person receiving the call.
"He placed a collect call to his friend, hoping to catch up without incurring costs."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'collect call' originated in the early 20th century, combining 'collect', meaning to gather or receive, with 'call', referring to a telephone communication. It reflects the practice of charging the recipient for the cost of the call, a concept that evolved with the advent of long-distance telephony.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Collect-Call" is said worldwide
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appel à frais reversés
Transliteration: apel a fre reverse
"Elle a passé un appel à frais reversés à ses parents depuis l'aéroport."
Rückruf
Transliteration: Rückruf
"Er hat einen Rückruf an seinen Freund gemacht, um sich zu unterhalten."
chiamata a carico del destinatario
Transliteration: kiamata a kariko del destinatario
"Ha effettuato una chiamata a carico del destinatario dai suoi genitori."
llamada a cobro revertido
Transliteration: ya-mada a ko-bro re-ver-ti-do
"Hizo una llamada a cobro revertido a sus padres desde el aeropuerto."
chamada a cobrar
Transliteration: sha-ma-da a ko-bar
"Ela fez uma chamada a cobrar para seus pais do aeroporto."
संग्रह कॉल
Transliteration: Sangrah kol
"उसने हवाई अड्डे से अपने माता-पिता को संग्रह कॉल किया।"
收费电话
Transliteration: shōufèi diànhuà
"她从机场给父母打了一个收费电话。"
수신자 부담 전화
Transliteration: susinja budam jeonhwa
"그녀는 공항에서 부모님께 수신자 부담 전화를 걸었습니다."
コレクトコール
Transliteration: korekuto kōru
"彼女は空港から両親にコレクトコールをかけました。"
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