[fohn] 
| a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone). |
[tel-uh-fohn] noun, verb, -phoned, -phon⋅ing.| 1. | an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device. |
| 2. | to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone. |
| 3. | to send (a message) by telephone. |
| 4. | to send a message by telephone. |
| phone 1 (fōn) n. A telephone. v. phoned, phon·ing, phones v. intr. To telephone. v. tr.
[Short for telephone.] |
| phone 2 (fōn) n. A speech sound considered without reference to its status as a phoneme or an allophone in a language. [Greek phōnē, sound, voice; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
