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Pronunciation
- /ˈfɔʊ̯n/ (Canada, General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈfɐ̞ʉ̯n/ (General-American)
- /ˈfoʊ̯n/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈfəʊ̯n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfəʉ̯n/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); related to fame and fable. Some terms ending in phone, such as textphone, are actually compounds made with phone.
Meanings
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(morpheme) A type of sound.
allophone; homophone
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(morpheme) A device that makes a sound.
aerophone; saxophone
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(morpheme) Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language.
Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
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(morpheme) Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language.
Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
Deriveds
heterophone (other derived terms) · Ukrainophone (speaker of a specific language) · Hindophone (speaker of a specific language) · -phony (other derived terms) · Kyrgyzophone (speaker of a specific language) · Europhone (speaker of a specific language) · homophone (type of sound) · stylophone (a sound-transmitting device) · lusophone (speaker of a specific language) · Rwandophone (speaker of a specific language) · Danophone (speaker of a specific language) · Arabophone (speaker of a specific language) · Slavophone (speaker of a specific language) · Persophone (speaker of a specific language) · Batavophone (speaker of a specific language) · aerophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Grecophone (speaker of a specific language) · Gallophone (speaker of a specific language) · Suahelophone (speaker of a specific language) · Norvegophone (speaker of a specific language) · earphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Esperantophone (speaker of a specific language) · xylophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Latinophone (speaker of a specific language) · saxophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Swedophone (speaker of a specific language) · Teutophone (speaker of a specific language) · interphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Russophone (speaker of a specific language) · Hibernophone (speaker of a specific language) · Francophone (speaker of a specific language) · sousaphone (a sound-transmitting device) · videophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Hungarophone (speaker of a specific language) · telephone (a sound-transmitting device) · arameophone (speaker of a specific language) · microphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Cymrophone (speaker of a specific language) · Hispanophone (speaker of a specific language) · mellophone (a sound-transmitting device) · etruscophone (speaker of a specific language) · Suecophone (speaker of a specific language) · Belarusophone (speaker of a specific language) · metallophone (a sound-transmitting device) · celtophone (speaker of a specific language) · basquephone (speaker of a specific language) · armenophone (speaker of a specific language) · heckelphone (a sound-transmitting device) · megaphone (a sound-transmitting device) · dictaphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Finnophone (speaker of a specific language) · polyphone (other derived terms) · gramophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Gaelophone (speaker of a specific language) · Iranophone (speaker of a specific language) · Catalanophone (speaker of a specific language) · Graecophone (speaker of a specific language) · Japanophone (speaker of a specific language) · Sinophone (speaker of a specific language) · vibraphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Polonophone (speaker of a specific language) · Asiophone (speaker of a specific language) · aragonophone (speaker of a specific language) · Bulgarophone (speaker of a specific language) · Romanophone (speaker of a specific language) · hellenophone (speaker of a specific language) · Netherlandophone (speaker of a specific language) · radiotelephone (a sound-transmitting device) · Afrophone (speaker of a specific language) · Germanophone (speaker of a specific language) · xenophone (type of sound) · Italophone (speaker of a specific language) · Hebraeophone (speaker of a specific language) · Suedophone (speaker of a specific language) · Anglophone (speaker of a specific language) · zoomoozophone (a sound-transmitting device) · -phonic (other derived terms) · Kurdophone (speaker of a specific language) · allophone (type of sound) · speakerphone (a sound-transmitting device) · monophone (type of sound) · radiophone (a sound-transmitting device) · Berberophone (speaker of a specific language) · vascophone (speaker of a specific language) · Dutchophone (speaker of a specific language) · hydrophone (a sound-transmitting device) · headphone (a sound-transmitting device) · Turkophone (speaker of a specific language) · geophone (a sound-transmitting device) · fennophone (speaker of a specific language) · Indophone (speaker of a specific language)
Relateds
Translations (27)
pl -fon (type of sound) · fr -phone (device that makes a sound) · da -fon (device that makes a sound) · hu -fón (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · fr -phone (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · nn -fon (type of sound) · pt -fono (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · pl -fon (device that makes a sound) · nl -foon (device that makes a sound) · pt -fone (type of sound) · pt -fone (device that makes a sound) · ja 話者 (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · hu -fón (type of sound) · hi -भाषी (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · da -fon (type of sound) · fr -phone (forming adjectives: speaking a certain language) · nb -fon (device that makes a sound) · hu -ul/-ül beszélő (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · hu -fon (device that makes a sound) · nn -fon (device that makes a sound) · hu ajkú (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · nl -foon (forming nouns: speaker of a certain language) · nb -fon (type of sound) · nl -foon (type of sound) · fr -phone (type of sound) · de -sprachig (forming adjectives: speaking a certain language) · it -fono (type of sound)