-phony
See also: phony
English
Etymology
From French -phonie, from Old French -phonie, and its etymon Classical Latin ‑phōnia, from Ancient Greek ‑φωνία (‑phōnía).[1] By surface analysis, -phone + -y. Doublet of -phonia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-fəni/
Suffix
-phony
- Forms nouns related to:
- sound or its production
- musical structure
- language sounds and languages
- medical auscultation
- voice (Alternative form of -phonia)
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -phony
Translations
References
- ^ “-phony, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.