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.
haptophonia
1. In psychology, a delusion in which an individual hears voices or other noises emanating from a part of his body, usually as the result of a physical sensation or touch.
2. The hearing of noises or voices in response to tactile or haptic stimulation.
hemeraphonia
Able to speak only at night.
heterophonia
1. The change of voice at puberty.
2. Any abnormality in the voice sounds.
heterophony
A singing or sounding of the same melody by two or more voices or instruments usually with some modifications (as in rhythm or ornamentation) by one or both of the performers.
heterophony, heterophonic, heterophonous
Simultaneous performance by two or more singers or instrumentalists of different versions of the same melody.
homophone, homophonous
1. One of two or more words pronounced alike ("sound-alikes") but different in meaning or derivation and spelling (as all and awl; to, too, and two; rite, write, right, and wright; as well as, cite, sight, and site); also called a homonym.
2. A character or group of characters pronounced the same as another character or group.
homophonic
1. In linguistics, sharing the same sound.
2. In music, relating to parts of music in which they move together in simple harmonization.
homophony
1. The quality of having the same pronunciation as one or more other words with different origins and meanings.
2. Music of a largely chordal style in which there is no independence of voice parts, but rather a simple harmonization of a melody.
hydrophone
An electroacoustic transducer for listening to sound transmitted through water; such as, detection of submarines by hydrophone and underwater seismic surveying by hydrophone.
hyperphonesis
An increase in the percussion sound or of the voice sound in ausculation.
hyperphonia
Overuse of the voice, as by excessive loudness or tension of the vocal muscles.
hypophonesis
In percussion or auscultation, a sound that is diminished or fainter than usual.
hypophonia
An abnormally weak voice due to incoordination of the muscles concerned in vocalization.
hypsophonous
Having a high clear voice.
ideophone
A sound or group of sounds denoting an idea, i.e. a spoken word.
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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