phone ring

Alert for calls

A phone ring is the sound a telephone makes to signal an incoming call.

The term covers everything from traditional electronic ringtones to custom music clips: I heard a phone ring somewhere in the house, She changed her phone ring to a song.

Also called a ringtone.

Related

alert · incoming · incoming call · answer · dial · tone · mobile · notification · jingle · bell · receiver · loud · silent · missed · pocket · pocket dial · screen · pickup

Categories
Opposites
audibility/sound state

phone ringsilent mode

Phone's soundless setting

phone silence · vibrate · mute · do not disturb · silenced

communication event direction

phone ringoutgoing call

Phone contact you initiate

make a call · dial tone

call status

phone ringhang up

End telephone conversation

missed call · disconnected · voicemail · dial tone

Family

phone, ring, phones, phoned, phoning, telephone, telephony, telephonic, microphone

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G