"phono-" meaning in English

See phono- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈfoʊnə-/ (note: stress on first syllable; e.g., phonograph), /ˈfoʊnoʊ-/ (note: stress on first syllable; e.g., phonograph), /fəˈnɒ-/ (note: stress on second syllable; e.g., phonology), /ˌfoʊnə-/ (note: stress on third syllable; e.g., phonocentric), /ˌfoʊnoʊ-/ (note: stress on third syllable; e.g., phonocentric)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). The word φωνή primarily referred to articulated human or animal sounds. This is in contrast to ἠχή -- from which echo is derived -- which referred to sounds in general. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}} [Template:root], {{der|en|grc|φωνή|t=voice, sound}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} phono-, {{en-prefix}} phono-
  1. Relating to sound Tags: morpheme Translations (relating to sound): fono- (Catalan), fono- (Dutch), phono- (French), fono- (Galician), phono- (German), fono- (Italian), фоно- (fono-) (Macedonian), fono- (Norwegian Bokmål), fono- (Norwegian Nynorsk), fono- (Polish), fono- (Portuguese), fono- (Romanian), фоно- (fono-) (Russian), фоно- [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), fono- [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fono- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-phono--en-prefix-QapK3SHn

Alternative forms

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      "note": "stress on first syllable; e.g., phonograph"
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      "word": "fono-"
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      "word": "phono-"
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      "word": "fono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "phono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "fono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "fono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "fono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "fono-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
      "word": "фоно-"
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      "sense": "relating to sound",
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