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.
cacophonous, cacophonously
Sounding loud, jarring, harsh, and unpleasant. Additional synonyms: raucous, strident, jangling, dissonant, discordant; unmelodious.
cacophony, cacophonic
1. An unpleasant combination of loud, often jarring, and discordant sounds.
2. The use of harsh unpleasant sounds in language, e.g., for literary effect.
calliophone
A type of calliope music operating with air pressure. Based on
calliope plus
-phone.
The calliope was known as a steam organ, a musical instrument consisting of a set of steam whistles that were activated by a keyboard.
In classical mythology, Kalliope was the muse of heroic poetry. Etymologically, her name came from calli-, "beautiful" plus op, "voice" plus the feminine ending -e.
calliphony
Beautiful sound.
cardiophone
A stethoscope specially modified to aid in listening to the sounds of the heart.
cardiophony
A term for phonocardiography.
cellphone, cell phone
A cellular telephone.
ceraunophone, keraunophone, keraunophonic
1. An instrument that makes a record of occurrences of thunder through a telephone receiver.
2. In meteorology, an apparatus, essentially a radio receiver, for audibly demonstrating the occurrence of distant lightning flashes [Webster's New Unabridged International Dictionary, 2nd Ed. (1952)].
cinephone
A former name for an apparatus designed for the production of a talking film.
cymophone
The sound of sea or ocean waves.
dectaphone
A telephonic apparatus with an attached microphone transmitter used especially for listening secretly.
dentiphone, dentaphone
An instrument for conveying sound to the inner ear through the teeth, an audiphone (an instrument which, pressed against the upper teeth, enables the deaf to hear more distinctly).
dermatophone
An instrument used for listening to blood flow in the skin.
dermatophony
The use of the dermatophone applied to the surface of the living body; the observation of the sounds thus heard.
dial telephone, dialtelephone
A telephone from which connections may be automatically completed without the aid of an exchange operator by revolving a dial marked with numbers and letters into positions corresponding to the units of the desired telephone number.
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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