fono
التعريفات والمعاني
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Russian фон (fon), from French fond, ultimately from Latin fundus (“ground, foundation, bottom”). Compare Italian fondo. Doublet of fundo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfono/
Rhymes: -ono
Syllabification: fo‧no
=== Noun ===
fono (accusative singular fonon, plural fonoj, accusative plural fonojn)
(art) background, backdrop
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.no/
Rhymes: -ɔno
Hyphenation: fò‧no
=== Noun ===
fono m (plural foni)
(phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
fono in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
fono in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
fono in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
fòno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
== Samoan ==
=== Noun ===
fono
social class of headmen
assembly of headmen
Parliament
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfono/ [ˈfo.no]
Rhymes: -ono
Syllabification: fo‧no
=== Noun ===
fono m (plural fonos)
(chiefly Chile) telephone, blower
(phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)
=== Further reading ===
“fono”, 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
== West Makian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɸo.n̪o/
=== Verb ===
fono
(transitive) to not want
Antonyms: seba, tope
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics