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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfoʊ.nɑn/ [US], /ˈfoʊ.nɔn/ [US] Audio: En-us-phonon.ogg Forms: phonons [plural]
Etymology: From phono- + -on. From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -on. Modelled after photon. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|phono|on}} phono- + -on, {{uder|en|grc|φωνή||sound}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), {{suffix|en||-on}} + -on Head templates: {{en-noun}} phonon (plural phonons)
  1. (physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (quantum of acoustic energy): ֆոնոն (fonon) (Armenian), fônon [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), 聲子 (Chinese Mandarin), 声子 (shēngzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), fonão [masculine] (European Portuguese), fononi (Finnish), phonon [masculine] (French), ध्वन्यणु (dhvanyaṇu) (Hindi), hljóðeind [feminine] (Icelandic), fonone [masculine] (Italian), フォノン (fonon) (Japanese), 音子 (onshi) (alt: おんし) (Japanese), 音響量子 (onkyō ryōshi) (alt: おんきょうりょうし) (Japanese), សព្ទាណូ (sab tea no) (Khmer), 음향양자 (eumhyang'yangja) (alt: 音響量子) (Korean), fonon [masculine] (Polish), фоно́н (fonón) [masculine] (Russian), фо̀но̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fònōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fonon [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phonon-en-noun-fcjVu4Yh Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 47 53 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'quantum of acoustic energy': 64 36
  2. (linguistics) A unit of phonemics. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-phonon-en-noun-QjBbjxts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phono-, English terms suffixed with -on, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phono-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -on: 36 64 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 69 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quasiparticle Coordinate_terms: lexon, photon, plasmon, semon

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fônon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fonón",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фоно́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фо̀но̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fònōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quantum of acoustic energy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fonon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Phonon"
  ],
  "word": "phonon"
}

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