"fone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} fone
  1. (obsolete) plural of foe Tags: form-of, obsolete, plural Form of: foe
    Sense id: en-fone-en-noun-dLfpu-~z Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 28 10 8 2 3 4 3 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: fones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fone (plural fones)
  1. (nonstandard, informal) phone Tags: informal, nonstandard Related terms: freephone
    Sense id: en-fone-en-noun-RVadpX9L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 28 10 8 2 3 4 3 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [Esperanto]

IPA: /ˈfone/
Rhymes: -one Head templates: {{eo-head}} fone
  1. in the background
    Sense id: en-fone-eo-adv-X-bPPh3f Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 28 10 8 2 3 4 3 23 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. fully
    Sense id: en-fone-eo-adv-1iek-DPp

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} fone
  1. alternative form of fonne Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fonne
    Sense id: en-fone-enm-adj-zHr76cfW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} fone
  1. alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fane (extra: flag, vane)
    Sense id: en-fone-enm-noun-PQNgUc0f Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈfo.ni/ [Brazil], /ˈfo.ni/ [Brazil], /ˈfo.ne/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈfɔ.nɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: fones [plural]
Rhymes: -oni, -ɔnɨ Etymology: From English phone. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|en|phone}} English phone Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} fone m (plural fones)
  1. earphone, earpiece Tags: masculine Synonyms: auricular [Portugal], fone de ouvido [Brazil]
    Sense id: en-fone-pt-noun-w41217pI
  2. (in the plural) headphones, headset Tags: in-plural, masculine Synonyms: auscultadores [Portugal], fones de cabeça [Brazil]
    Sense id: en-fone-pt-noun-Erzcb2mZ
  3. (linguistics) speech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fone-pt-noun-QqUe6-mb Categories (other): Linguistics, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Electronics, Sound Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 28 10 8 2 3 4 3 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 24 9 7 2 3 3 3 34 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 15 14 71 Disambiguation of Electronics: 24 16 61 Disambiguation of Sound: 0 0 100 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: altifalantes, colunas

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        [
          "headphones",
          "headphones"
        ],
        [
          "headset",
          "headset"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) headphones, headset"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
          ],
          "word": "auscultadores"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "fones de cabeça"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fonema"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "pt:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "speech sound",
          "speech sound"
        ],
        [
          "vocal",
          "vocal#English"
        ],
        [
          "tract",
          "tract#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) speech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfo.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfo.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfo.ne/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔ.nɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oni"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔnɨ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fone"
}

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