áfono
See also: afono
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos). By surface analysis, a- + -fono.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fo.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.fo.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.fu.nu/
- Hyphenation: á‧fo‧no
Adjective
áfono (feminine áfona, masculine plural áfonos, feminine plural áfonas)
- (loosely) mute, silent (with no voice)
- Synonyms: mudo, silencioso
- (medicine) aphonic
- Synonyms: (Brazil) afônico, afónico<q:Portugal
- (linguistics) voiceless, unvoiced
- Synonym: mudo
Related terms
Further reading
- “áfono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “áfono”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “áfono”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “áfono”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφωνος (áphōnos). By surface analysis, a- + -fono.
Adjective
áfono (feminine áfona, masculine plural áfonos, feminine plural áfonas)
- (medicine) aphonic
- Synonym: afónico
- (linguistics) voiceless, unvoiced
- (linguistics) silent (that represents no sound)
Related terms
Further reading
- “áfono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025