-phone

See also phone

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, “sound”), related to fame.

Suffix

-phone

1. a type of sound e.g. allophone
2. a device that makes a sound e.g. saxophone
3. a speaker of a certain language e.g. Francophone
4. part of some classical names, e.g., Persephone, Tisiphone

Derived terms

type of sound

allophone homophone

xenophone

speaker of a specific language

anglophone—English arabophone—Arabic batavophone—Dutch danophone—Danish dutchophone—Dutch finnophone—Finnish francophone—French gaelophone—Gaelic gallophone—French germanophone—German grecophone—Greek hibernophone—Irish Gaelic hispanophone—Spanish indophone—Hindu

italophone—Italian japanophone—Japanese lusophone—Portuguese netherlandophone—Dutch nippophone—Japanese polonophone—Polish russophone—Russian sinophone—Chinese slavophone—Slavic swedophone—Swedish teutophone—German turkophone—Turkish ukrainophone—Ukrainian

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

other derived terms

-phonic -phony

allophone

polyphone

tisiphone

Translations

• Italian: -fono (it) m.

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, “sound”)

Suffix

-phone

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

Derived terms

speaker of a specific language

allophone arabophone anglophone francophone germanophone hispanophone

néerlandophone nipponophone lusophone russophone sinophone suédophone