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-

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 (file)

Prefix

phono-

phono-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with phono-

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