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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-phanous en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “appearing”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”), compare diaphanous and apophanous.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Forms adjectives describing a material's appearance or the conditions under which this appearance changes.

Relateds

pheno- · phane · -phany · -phane