phonon

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.nɑn/, /ˈfoʊ.nɔn/

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Etymology 1

From phono- +‎ -on. From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Modelled after photon.

Noun

phonon (plural phonons)

1. (physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.

Coordinate terms

• photon
• plasmon

Derived terms

• hyperphonon
• magnetophonon
• multiphonon
• phononic
• phononics
• phononless
• piezophonon

Translations

quantum of acoustic energy

• Armenian: ֆոնոն (fonon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲子 / 声子 (zh) (shēngzǐ)

• Finnish: fononi
• French: phonon (fr) m
• German: Phonon n
• Hindi: ध्वन्यणु (dhvanyaṇu)
• Icelandic: hljóðeind f
• Italian: fonone (it) m
• Japanese: フォノン (fonon), 音子 (おんし, onshi), 音響量子 (おんきょうりょうし, onkyō ryōshi)
• Khmer: សព្ទាណូ (sab tea no)
• Korean: 음향양자(音響量子) (eumhyang'yangja)
• Polish: fonon (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: fônon m

  European Portuguese: fonão m

• Russian: фоно́н (ru) m (fonón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фо̀но̄н m

  Latin: fònōn (sh) m

• Swedish: fonon (sv) c

See also

• quasiparticle

Etymology 2

From phono- +‎ -on. From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

phonon (plural phonons)

1. (linguistics) A unit of phonemics.

Coordinate terms

• lexon
• semon