phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony +
(Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone)
This phono-, phon- should not be confused with another phono-, phon- that means "slaughter, murder, homicide". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the Greek letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.
phonodynamograph
An instrument for registering simultaneously the sounds and the electrical changes caused by the heart, or one of these together with the pulse.
phonoelectrocardioscope
An instrument for the simultaneous visualization of a phonocardiogram and an electrocardiogram.
phonoelectrocardioscopy
The simultaneous registration of a phonocardiogram as well as an electrocardiogram on an oscilloscope.
phonoelectroscope
A stethoscope that suppresses the low frequencies characteristic of normal heart function to emphasize the high frequencies.
phonoglyph
1. A carved picture or character that represents a speech sound.
2. IN Chinese writing, a compound character consisting of a radical (root) and a phonetic. About 90 per cent of all Chinese characters are phonograms.
3. A phonograph or gramophone record.
4. A message transmitted by telephone and written down like a telegram message for delivery to the addressee.
phonogram, phonogramic
1. A graphic curve depicting the duration and intensity of a sound.
2. A written character or symbol representing a spoken sound; as in shorthand.
3. The tracing produced by a phonoautograph.
4. A telegram that the sender dictates over the telephone.
phonograph
An instrument, invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1877 (patented 30 July), by which sounds are automatically recorded and reproduced. In Britain the word is retained only for early cylinder machines; but in North Amerrica, it has become synonymous with a "record player", a "record deck", a "record", etc., corresponding to the British gramophone.
phonographic
1. A reference to any system of phonetic shorthand, as that of Pitman.
2. Phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
3. Representing, or consisting of characters representing, spoken sounds; phonetic.
4. Of, pertaining to, or produced by a phonograph.
phonographist, phonographer
One who writes with shorthand.
phonography, phonograph
1. The art or practice of writing according to sound, or so as to represent the actual pronunciation; phonetic spelling.
2. The system of phonetic shorthand invented by Isaac Pitman in 1837: so named by him in 1840; Pitman’s shorthand.
3. The automatic recording of sounds, as by the phonautograph, or the recording and reproduction of them by the phonograph; the construction and use of phonographs.
4. The scientific description of sound, or of the voice; phonology.
phonolite, phonolitic
Name for various volcanic rocks which ring when struck; "clinkstone".
phonologist
Someone who is a specialist in phonology.
phonology
1. Originally, the science of vocal sounds (phonetics); especially, of the sounds of a particular language. The study of pronunciation, transferring the system of sounds in a language. Now, that branch of linguistics that deals with sound systems, or with sound systems and phonetics; the study of the sound system of a particular language. The ensemble for a particular individual speaker is referred to as his/her phonological system.
2. The analysis and description of speech sounds in terms of the linguistic systems in which they function.
3. The study of the elements and principles that determine the overall sound patterns of a language, including phonetics and phonemics.
phonomania
An obsession with noise or sounds.
phonomassage
Exciting movements of the ossicles of the ear by means of noise or alternating suction and pressure directed through the external auditory meatus.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
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