-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

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ -phony, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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