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-phone

 
a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone).
Origin:
see phone 2
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Language Translation for : -phone
Spanish: teléfono, German: das Telefon, Japanese: 電話
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-phone  
suff.  
  1. Sound: homophone.
  2. Device that receives or emits sound: geophone.
  3. Speaker of a language: Anglophone.


[From Greek phōnē, sound, voice; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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-phone 
comb. form meaning "voice," from Gk. phone "voice, sound," from PIE base *bha- "to speak, say, tell" (cf. L. for, fari "to speak," fama "talk, report;" see fame).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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