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Definition 2024

-phone

-phone

See also: phone, phoné, and 'phone

English

Suffix

-phone

A type of sound.
allophone; homophone‎
A device that makes a sound.
aerophone; saxophone‎
A device related to the telephone.
textphone‎
A speaker of a certain language.
Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone‎

Derived terms

motodynamophone

type of sound

speaker of a specific language

a sound-transmitting device

other derived terms

Translations

type of sound

Dutch: -foon (nl)
French: -phone (fr)

Italian: -fono m

device that makes a sound

Dutch: -foon (nl)

French: -phone (fr)

speaker of a certain language

Dutch: -foon (nl)
French: -phone (fr)

Japanese: 話者 ‎(washa)

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή ‎(phōnḗ, “sound”)

Suffix

-phone

speaker of a specific language
something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone

Derived terms

speaker of a specific language