English Explanatory Dictionary

-phony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms nouns related to:
  2. sound or its production
  3. musical structure
  4. language sounds and languages
  5. medical auscultation
  6. voice (Alternative form of -phonia)

Pronunciation

/-fəni/

Word forms

-phony

Etymology

From French -phonie, from Old French -phonie, and its etymon Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -y. Doublet of -phonia.

Derived words

-phonic
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