polyphone
English
noun
Definitions
- A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways
Etymology
Prefix from English phone (sound).
Origin
English
phone
Gloss
sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Googlephone English
- airphone English
- cameraphone English
- camphone English
- cardphone English
- carphone English
- computerphone English
- cryptophone English
- dataphone English
- diphone English
- doorphone English
- dumbphone English
- earphone English
- entryphone English
- eyephone English
- featurephone English
- freephone English
- handphone English
- headphone English
- iPhone English
- interphone English
- isophone English
- keyphone English
- mobile phone English
- multiphone English
- netphone English
- payphone English
- phonable English
- phone English
- phonebook English
- phonebox English
- phonecam English
- phonecard English
- phoneful English
- phoneless English
- phonemaker English
- phoner English
- phoneward English
- phonewise English
- phoneword English
- picturephone English
- pocketphone English
- satphone English
- screenphone English
- smartphone English
- speakerphone English
- superphone English
- symphonious English
- textphone English
- touchphone English
- trackerphone English
- trimphone English
- triphone English
- videophone English
- viewphone English
- visionphone English
- watchphone English
- webphone English
- wristphone English
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fón Irish
- फ़ोन Hindi
- ffôn Welsh
- foon Afrikaans
- fòn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ફોન Gujarati
- 폰 Korean
- fowuna Zulu
- فون Urdu
- fowuna Xhosa
- ifoni Xhosa
- ifowuni Xhosa
- phun Kalasha
- phone
- iPhone
- phoner
- diphone
- earphone
- triphone
- netphone
- phonebox
- carphone
- payphone
- isophone
- eyephone
- phonecam
- camphone
- webphone
- airphone
- phoneful
- keyphone
- phonable
- satphone
- phoneward
- trimphone
- phoneword
- phoneless
- textphone
- headphone
- handphone
- phonebook
- dataphone
- phonewise
- phonecard
- viewphone
- dumbphone
- cardphone
- doorphone
- freephone
- interphone
- phonemaker
- wristphone
- touchphone
- multiphone
- watchphone
- smartphone
- entryphone
- videophone
- superphone
- cameraphone
- cryptophone
- screenphone
- visionphone
- pocketphone
- symphonious
- Googlephone
- picturephone
- trackerphone
- featurephone
- speakerphone
- mobile phone
- computerphone