-phone
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
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.
Senses: examples: text: allophone; homophone
glosses: A type of sound.
examples: text: aerophone; saxophone
glosses: A device that makes a sound.
examples: text: Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
glosses: Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language.
examples: text: Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone
glosses: Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language.
Derived terms: sense: type of sound
word: allophone
sense: type of sound
word: homophone
sense: type of sound
word: monophone
sense: type of sound
word: xenophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Afrophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Anglophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Arabophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: aragonophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: arameophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: armenophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Asiophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: basquephone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Batavophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Dutchophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Netherlandophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Belarusophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Berberophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Bulgarophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Catalanophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: celtophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Cymrophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Danophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Esperantophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: etruscophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Europhone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: fennophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Finnophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Francophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Gallophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Gaelophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Hibernophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Germanophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Teutophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Graecophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Grecophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: hellenophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Hebraeophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Hindophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Indophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Hispanophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Hungarophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Iranophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Persophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Italophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Japanophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Kurdophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Kyrgyzophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Latinophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: lusophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Norvegophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Polonophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Romanophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Russophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Rwandophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Sinophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Slavophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Suahelophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Suecophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Suedophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Swedophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Turkophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: Ukrainophone
sense: speaker of a specific language
word: vascophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: aerophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: dictaphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: earphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: geophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: gramophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: headphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: heckelphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: hydrophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: interphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: megaphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: mellophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: metallophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: microphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: radiophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: radiotelephone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: saxophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: sousaphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: speakerphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: stylophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: telephone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: vibraphone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: videophone
sense: a sound-transmitting device
word: xylophone
sense: other derived terms
word: heterophone
sense: other derived terms
word: -phonic
sense: other derived terms
word: -phony
sense: other derived terms
word: polyphone
Related terms: phone
phono-