fon
Indonesian
[ˈfɔn], [ˈfɔn], [ˈfɔn]
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) phone, a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish foon (-phone, phone) derived 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
- apophony English
- diaphonical English
- phonate English
- phono- English
- Franco- Latin
- radiophonia Latin
- radiophonum Latin
- Saxophon German
- fón Hungarian
- fono- Italian
- vibra Italian
- foon Dutch, Flemish
- 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
- 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
- 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