ἄφωνος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- voiceless, dumb
- (of children) unable to speak
- intestate
- (ἄφωνα (γράμματα, στοιχεῖα)) the consonants, particularly the mutes
Etymology
Affix from 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
- aphonia English
- apophony English
- diaphonical English
- phonate English
- phono- English
- Franco- Latin
- aphonia Latin
- radiophonia Latin
- radiophonum Latin
- Saxophon German
- fón Hungarian
- fono- Italian
- vibra Italian
- foon Dutch, Flemish
- aphone French
- apophonie 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
- κακοφωνία 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
- ἀφωνία 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
- fono- Portuguese
- -fon Norwegian Nynorsk
- fono- Norwegian Nynorsk
- fón Czech
- fon Serbo-Croatian
- fono- Catalan, Valencian
- fono- Galician
- τσαμπούνα Greek (modern)
- φωνή Greek (modern)
- *pʰōnā́ Proto-Hellenic