beeper

• Petit appareil électronique portatif qui émet une série de bips sonores pour avertir son porteur qu'il est appelé ou que quelqu'un cherche à le joindre.

An electronic device that emits a series of beeping sounds to alert the person carrying it that they are being paged or contacted.

1. Paging deviceB1formal

   A small electronic device that emits a series of beeps to alert the user that they are being paged or have a message.

   Bipeur (dispositif d'appel)

   • Doctors used to carry beepers to receive urgent messages.
   • His beeper went off during the meeting.
   • She checked her beeper for the callback number.

   Synonymespager