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phone phoné 'phone English Etymology en :der grc:φωνή 1 From en grc φωνή sound, voice, speech, language, from en ine-pro *bʰoh₂neh₂, from ine-pro *bʰeh₂- to speak; related to en fame and en fable. Some terms ending in phone, such as en textphone, are actually compounds made with en phone. Pronunciation en /ˈfəʊ̯n/ RP en /ˈfoʊ̯n/ /ˈfɔʊ̯n/ GA,CA en en-us-phone.ogg US en /ˈfəʉ̯n/ /ˈfɐ̞ʉ̯n/ GA en -phone Suffix A type of sound. en allophone; homophone A device that makes a sound. en aerophone; saxophone Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language. en Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language. en Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone Derived terms en en type of sound allophone homophone monophone xenophone en speaker of a specific language Afrophone Anglophone Arabophone aragonophone arameophone armenophone Asiophone basquephone Batavophone,Dutchophone,Netherlandophone Belarusophone Berberophone Bulgarophone Catalanophone celtophone Cymrophone Danophone Esperantophone etruscophone Europhone fennophone,Finnophone Francophone,Gallophone Gaelophone,Hibernophone Germanophone,Teutophone Graecophone,Grecophone,hellenophone Hebraeophone Hindophone,Indophone Hispanophone Hungarophone Iranophone,Persophone Italophone Japanophone Kurdophone Kyrgyzophone Latinophone lusophone Norvegophone Polonophone Romanophone Russophone Rwandophone Sinophone Slavophone Suahelophone Suecophone,Suedophone,Swedophone Turkophone Ukrainophone vascophone en a sound-transmitting device dictaphone earphone geophone aerophone hydrophone gramophone headphone heckelphone hydrophone interphone megaphone mellophone metallophone microphone radiophone radiotelephone saxophone sousaphone speakerphone stylophone telephone vibraphone videophone xylophone zoomoozophone en other derived terms -phonic -phony heterophone polyphone Related terms en phone phono- Translations type of sound Danish: da -fon c Dutch: nl -foon French: fr -phone Hungarian: hu -fón Italian: it -fono m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -fon Nynorsk: nn -fon Polish: pl -fon m-in Portuguese: pt -fone m device that makes a sound Danish: da -fon c Dutch: nl -foon French: fr -phone Hungarian: hu -fon Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -fon Nynorsk: nn -fon Polish: pl -fon m-in Portuguese: pt -fone m forming adjectives: speaking a certain language French: fr -phone German: de -sprachig Hindi: hi -भाषी m, hi -भाषिणी f Polish: pl -foniczny forming nouns: speaker of a certain language Dutch: nl -foon French: fr -phone Hindi: hi -भाषी m, hi -भाषिणी f Hungarian: hu -fón, hu -ul/-ül beszélő, hu ajkú Japanese: ja 話者 washa Polish: pl -fon m-pr Portuguese: pt -fono m Anagrams en ehnop nepho- pheno- pheon French Etymology fr :der grc:φωνή<id:sound> sound From fr grc φωνή sound. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--phone.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Suffix mf forming adjectives: -phone speaking a specific language forming nouns: -phone speaker of a specific language Suffix m forming nouns: -phone something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone Derived terms fr fr speaker of a specific language allophone arabophone anglophone francophone germanophone hispanophone néerlandophone nipponophone lusophone russophone sinophone suédophone Further reading