-phonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms nouns describing a condition related to production of voice or reaction to sound.
  2. Alternative form of -phony.

Word forms

-phonia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -ia. Doublet of -phony.

Related words

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