-phone
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); related to fame and fable.
Suffix
-phone
- A type of sound.
- A device that makes a sound.
- A device related to the telephone.
- A speaker of a certain language.
Derived terms
type of sound
speaker of a specific language
- Afrophone
- Anglophone
- Arabophone
- aragonophone
- arameophone
- armenophone
- basquephone
- Batavophone, Dutchophone, Netherlandophone
- 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
a sound-transmitting device
other derived terms
Translations
type of sound
device that makes a sound
speaker of a certain language
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Suffix
-phone
- speaker of a specific language
- something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone
Derived terms
speaker of a specific language
Further reading
- “-phone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.