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.
ideophonous
Relating to spoken words as sounds denoting ideas.
idiophone, idiophonic
1. A musical instrument (as a bell, gong, rattle) the source of whose sound is the vibration of its elastic constituent material unmodified by any special tension (as in a drum); also known as an autophone.
2. A percussion instrument, e.g. a gong or xylophone, that is made from resonating material that does not have to be tuned.
interphone
A telephone system (as in an airplane, tank, ship, or office building) for intercommunication between points within a small area.
ischnophonia, ischophonia
Stammering or stuttering.
isokeraunophonic
Designating areas over which thunderstorm discharges are audible in the keraunophone with equal intensity.
isophone
1. A line on a language map surrounding an area within which a particular pronunciation is used.
2. A phonetic isogloss; also, a phonetic feature shared by speakers in contiguous areas.
3. Phonetic feature shared by some but not all of the speakers of a dialect, language, or group of related languages.
kaleidophone
An instrument for exhibiting the phenomena of sound-waves, by means of a vibrating rod or plate having a reflector at the end.
kinesiphony, kinesiophony
1. Sounds made by movements or motions.
2. Certain movements that cause sounds.
kinetophone, kinetophonic
A machine combining a kinetoscope (a projector that creates an illusion of motion) and a phonograph synchronized so as to produce the illusion of motion in a scene with accompanying sounds.
lamprophony
A term for a clear and sonorous state of the voice.
laryngophone
1. A communication-system transmitter in which the vibration-receiving diaphragm is strapped to the throat over the larynx from which it receives speech vibrations directly.
2. A microphone designed to be placed or attached to the throat so as to pick up the voice directly with little intrusion of other sounds.
laryngophony
The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when it is placed on the larynx.
leptophonia, leptophonic
1. A weak voice; hypophonia.
2. An abnormally weak voice due to incoordination of the muscles concerned in vocalization.
3. A weak, thin quality of the voice, resulting from general debility or certain myopathic or neurologic conditions.
lexiphonic
A reference to word sounds or sounding out words.
megaphone, megaphonic
1. A cone-shaped device used to intensify, amplify, or direct the voice; for example, a cheerleader’s megaphone.
2. Someone who expresses or publicizes others’ opinions or ideas.
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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