Belgium

GSM

Meaning

a mobile phone

Elsewhere

portable

Explanation

France says portable. Belgium, Luxembourg and Réunion named the phone after the network standard it ran on.

Example

J’ai oublié mon GSM sur la table du salon.

I've left my mobile on the living room table.

Origin

The English acronym for global system for mobile communications, the network standard.

Where

BelgiumLuxembourgRéunion

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