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-phony

 
Use -phony in a Sentence
a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phone: telephony.
Origin:
< Gk -phōnia; see -phone, -y 3
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-phony  
suff.  Sound: telephony.

[Greek -phōniā, from phōnē, sound, voice; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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-phony suff.
Sound: microphony.

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