phono-

See also: phono

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). The word φωνή primarily referred to articulated human or animal sounds. This is in contrast to ἠχή -- from which echo is derived -- which referred to sounds in general.

Pronunciation

• (stress on first syllable; e.g., phonograph) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊnə-/, /ˈfoʊnoʊ-/
• (stress on second syllable; e.g., phonology) IPA^(key): /fəˈnɒ-/
• (stress on third syllable; e.g., phonocentric) IPA^(key): /ˌfoʊnə-/, /ˌfoʊnoʊ-/
• Hyphenation: pho‧no-

Prefix

phono-

1. Relating to sound

   phonograph

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with phono-

Translations

relating to sound

• Catalan: fono- (ca)
• Dutch: fono- (nl)
• French: phono- (fr)
• Galician: fono-
• German: phono- (de)
• Italian: fono- (it)
• Macedonian: фоно- (fono-)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fono-

  Nynorsk: fono-

• Polish: fono-
• Portuguese: fono-
• Romanian: fono- (ro)
• Russian: фоно- (fono-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фоно-

  Roman: fono-

• Spanish: fono- (es)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

phono-

1. phono-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with phono-