áfono

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === afono === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -fono. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: á‧fo‧no === Adjective === áfono (feminine áfona, masculine plural áfonos, feminine plural áfonas) (loosely) mute, silent (with no voice) Synonyms: mudo, silencioso (medicine) aphonic Synonyms: (Brazil) afônico, afónico<q:Portugal (linguistics) voiceless, unvoiced Synonym: mudo ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “áfono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “áfono”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “áfono”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “áfono”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -fono. === Adjective === áfono (feminine áfona, masculine plural áfonos, feminine plural áfonas) (medicine) aphonic Synonym: afónico (linguistics) voiceless, unvoiced (linguistics) silent (that represents no sound) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “áfono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025