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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesen attente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ahn a-tahnt
"Mon appel est resté en attente pendant de longues minutes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Temporarily delayed or suspended, especially referring to a telephone call waiting to be connected.
"I was kept on-hold for twenty minutes listening to automated music." - 2
Postponed or put aside for a future time.
"The expansion project is currently on-hold until we secure additional funding."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prepositional phrase 'on' combined with the noun 'hold', originating from telecommunications terminology in the mid-20th century. The phrase evolved from physical suspension of an object to mean the temporary suspension of a telephone call or process.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "On-hold" is said worldwide
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en attente
Transliteration: ahn a-tahnt
"Mon appel est resté en attente pendant de longues minutes."
in der Warteschleife
Transliteration: in der var-te-shley-fe
"Ich hing ewig in der Warteschleife."
in attesa
Transliteration: in at-te-za
"Sono rimasto in attesa per molto tempo."
en espera
Transliteration: en es-pei-ra
"Me pusieron en espera cuando llamé al banco."
em espera
Transliteration: ãm es-pei-ra
"Fiquei em espera por dez minutos."
प्रतीक्षा में
Transliteration: pratiksha mein
"मेरा कॉल कुछ समय के लिए प्रतीक्षा में था।"
保持通话
Transliteration: bǎochí tōnghuà
"请不要挂断，保持通话。"
통화 대기 중
Transliteration: tong-hwa dae-gi jung
"고객센터 연결을 위해 통화 대기 중입니다."
保留中
Transliteration: horyū-chū
"お問い合わせの電話は現在保留中です。"
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