Word: optophones
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: op
to
phones
Definition: Plural of optophone; a device, used by the blind, that scans text and generates time-varying chords of tones to identify letters
Morphemes:
Affix: opto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: optical
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄπωπᾰ
Language: grc
Decoded: opopa
Meaning: I have seen
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
Meaning: -able
Affix: -ῐκός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ikos
Meaning: -ic
Affix: -phone
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A device that makes a sound.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φωνή
Language: grc
Decoded: phone
Meaning: sound
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.