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noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English phones English headphones From head + phones.
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