κακοφωνία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- an ill-sound, cacophony
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (producing disagreeable sounds, ill-sounding), κακός (bad, evil) + Ancient Greek φωνή (sound, voice, tone, word).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φωνή
Gloss
sound, voice, tone, word
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
辞
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phone English
- apophony English
- caco- English
- cacoepy English
- cacophony English
- diaphonical English
- kakistocracy English
- kakocracy English
- phonate English
- phono- English
- kakofoninen Finnish
- Franco- Latin
- radiophonia Latin
- radiophonum Latin
- Kakophonie German
- Saxophon German
- kakophonisch German
- fón Hungarian
- caco- Italian
- fono- Italian
- vibra Italian
- foon Dutch, Flemish
- kakofonie Dutch, Flemish
- apophonie French
- cacophonie French
- cacophonique French
- saxo French
- saxophone French
- фонология Russian
- fono- Spanish, Castilian
- Δημοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Καλλιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κλειτοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κλεοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κτησιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ξενοφῶν Ancient Greek
- κάκιστος Ancient Greek
- κακοήθης Ancient Greek
- κακομάζαλος Ancient Greek
- κακομήχανος Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- κακός Ancient Greek
- κακότης Ancient Greek
- κακόχυλος Ancient Greek
- κακῶς Ancient Greek
- κᾰκόφωνος Ancient Greek
- συμφωνία Ancient Greek
- σύμφωνος Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- φωνήεις Ancient Greek
- φωνίον Ancient Greek
- φωνίς Ancient Greek
- φωνομαχία Ancient Greek
- χαλκεόφωνος Ancient Greek
- χαλκόφωνος Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- ἀντίφωνος Ancient Greek
- ἄφωνος Ancient Greek
- Ἀγλαοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ἀντιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοφῶν Ancient Greek
- ἑτεροφωνία Ancient Greek
- Ἱεροφῶν Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoh₂neh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- -fon Norwegian Bokmål
- fono- Norwegian Bokmål
- kakofoni Norwegian Bokmål
- fono- Portuguese
- kakofonia Polish
- -fon Norwegian Nynorsk
- fono- Norwegian Nynorsk
- kakofoni Norwegian Nynorsk
- kakofoni Danish
- fón Czech
- fon Serbo-Croatian
- fono- Catalan, Valencian
- fono- Galician
- τσαμπούνα Greek (modern)
- φωνή Greek (modern)
- kakofoni Turkish
- *pʰōnā́ Proto-Hellenic