phon

See also: PHON, phon-, phôn, phớn, and phồn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

phon (plural phons)

1. (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.

Translations

unit of apparent loudness

• Czech: fón (cs) m
• Finnish: fooni (fi), foni (fi)
• French: phone (fr) m
• German: Phon (de) n
• Japanese: ホン (ja) (hon), ホーン (ja)
• Macedonian: фон m (fon)
• Polish: fon (pl) m
• Romanian: fon (ro) m

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /pʰɔn˧/

Noun

phon

1. altar

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 108

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

phon m (invariable)

1. (acoustics) phon
2. proscribed spelling of fon