-phone
- noun combining form meaning "sound-transmitting device"
- noun combining form meaning "musical instrument"
- noun combining form meaning "speech sound" or "symbol representing a speech sound"
- noun combining form meaning "speaker of (a specified language)"
- adjective combining form meaning "of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language)"
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯n/ / /ˈfoʊ̯n/ / /ˈfɔʊ̯n/
suffix
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone 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.
- A type of sound.
“allophone; homophone”
- A device that makes a sound.
“aerophone; saxophone”
- Forming adjectives: speaking a certain language.
“Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone”
- Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language.
“Anglophone; Francophone; Germanophone”