fone

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== fone (obsolete) plural of foe === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fone (plural fones) (nonstandard, informal) phone ===== See also ===== freephone === Anagrams === of'en == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfone/ Rhymes: -one Syllabification: fo‧ne === Adverb === fone in the background fully == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== fone alternative form of fonne === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fone alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From English phone. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fo‧ne Rhymes: -oni, -ɔnɨ === Noun === fone m (plural fones) earphone, earpiece Synonyms: (Portugal) auricular, (Brazil) fone de ouvido (in the plural) headphones, headset Synonyms: (Portugal) auscultadores, (Brazil) fones de cabeça (linguistics) speech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract) Antonym: fonema ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fone”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026