Definition
Past tense of dial: to call someone on a telephone by entering numbers, or to tune a radio to a specific station.
Etymology
From dial (the numbered wheel on old phones), from Latin 'dialis' meaning daily, from 'dies' (day). The dial originally marked hours on a clock face.
Kelly Says
The word 'dial' is becoming obsolete—younger people don't 'dial' phones anymore, yet the word persists in 'speed dial' and remains in dictionaries as digital ghosts of old technology!
Translations
BNবাংলা
ডায়াল করা
doi-al kor-a
DADansk
opkaldte
op-kal-deh
DEDeutsch
angewählt
an-geh-valt
ELΕλληνικά
επέλεξα
e-pe-le-ksa
ESEspañol
marcado
mar-kah-doh
FAفارسی
تماس گرفت
temaas gereft
FRFrançais
composée
kom-po-z eh
HIहिन्दी
डायल किया
dai-al ki-ya
IDBahasa Indonesia
dihubungi
di-hu-bun-gi
ITItaliano
composto
kom-po-stoh
JA日本語
電話をかけました
denwa o ka-ke-ma-shi-ta
KO한국어
전화를 걸었습니다
jeon-hwa-reul geol-eo-sseumnida
MSBahasa Melayu
dihubungi
di-hu-bun-gi
NLNederlands
opgebeld
op-ge-belt
PLPolski
zadzwonił
zad-voni-ł
PTPortuguês
marcado
mar-kah-doh
RORomână
a sunat
a su-nat
SVSvenska
ringde
ring-deh
SWKiswahili
kuita
koo-ee-ta
TEతెలుగు
చెప్పాను
cheppa-anu
UKУкраїнська
набрав
na-brav