-phone

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); related to fame and fable. Some terms ending in phone, such as textphone, are actually compounds made with phone. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ̯n/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ̯n/, /ˈfɔʊ̯n/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfəʉ̯n/, /ˈfɐ̞ʉ̯n/ Hyphenation: -phone === Suffix === -phone A type of sound. A device that makes a sound. Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language. Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === nepho-, pheno-, pheon == French == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔn/ === Suffix === -phone m or f forming adjectives: -phone (speaking a specific language) forming nouns: -phone (speaker of a specific language) === Suffix === -phone m forming nouns: -phone (something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-phone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012